Mexico has come out with some new banknotes. The 500 peso note is blue. It has a picture of Benito
Category: Mexico
Tobacco in Mexico
Here’s one you didn’t see coming. From the New York Daily News: Mexico now bans smoking in hotels, beaches, parks
The Three Mummies: A New Year’s Ode to Ghost Voices
By Kent Paterson They stand on an El Paso street like the shadowy, eerie artifacts of a forgotten ancient civilization.
THE BRIDGE OF STONES: A MIGRANT CHRISTMAS STORY
By Kent Paterson Carefully treading a crossing of slippery stones strung across the shallow Rio Grande between Ciudad Juárez and
Venezuela on the Rio Grande
By Kent Paterson Standing tall and stoic, Albert Silva gazed at the barbed wire topping the fence on the U.S.
Ballad of a Corrido, Part One
Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two
The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold
By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a
The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us
By Kent Paterson Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the
Doña Rosario: The Unfinished Legacy of a Fiery Mexican Mother and Activist
By Kent Paterson A giant of a woman in Mexican political life, civil society and human rights advocacy passed away
Capitalism In Action
Walking across the Santa Fe Street bridge in the old days, like pre-pandemic, sometimes you’d have to stop to let
Insight Crime on the Adapting Cartels
Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime about the evolving interests of criminal groups in our neighbor to the south.
You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program
Here’s an article from Insight Crime profiling “the most important newer criminal actors in Mexico.” La Línea began life as
Border Boo Boos
By Kent Paterson We’ve withstood some pretty fierce winds in the region lately. But so far, fortunately, no wind has
Descanse en Paz, El Recreo
El Recreo closed. El Recreo opened in 1921. This year we should be celebrating its centennial. But El Recreo is
International Women’s Day Coverage in the U.S. and Mexico
by Kent Paterson Women’s Day Reporting Diverges in U.S. and Mexico What was the top story in Mexico and the
CJNG on Display
This is, purportedly, the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, displaying their firepower in Mexico. Here they are in the town of
People, Poverty, and Narco-Violence
Here’s a good article examining the root causes of Mexico’s violent drug trade. The narcos I spoke with do not
Orwellian Doublespeak
God bless those hardworking men and women protecting our nation’s borders. But this new biometric picture-taking program they have at
Mexico’s Dirty U.A.
Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime. A pilot study in Mexico is showing promising results for measuring the frequency and