Despite Mexico’s reputation as a culinary destination, downtown Juarez lacks an abundance of great street food. Mostly the street food
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Mexican Tiger Trap
La Polaka, Periodismo en Caliente, reports a wave of retaliatory violence in Western Chihuahua following the arrest of the drug
The CBC on the Mennonite Connection
Here’s a show from the Canadian news program The Fifth Estate about our friendly neighbors to the south, the Mennonites,
A Bar On Both Sides of the Border?
Maybe it’s just a PR stunt. From Mexico News Daily: They haven’t any permits yet but a Scottish brewery that
Lucha Libre in Cd. Juarez on Sunday
Here’s something for y’all jaded by the usual fare. This Sunday, August 8, there’s a big lucha libre match in
Tarahumara Drug Runners
This is a great story about an international humanitarian tragedy, out of Texas Monthly. Mexican cartels, meanwhile, recognized an opportunity
Salud!
I’m standing at the bar in a 97-year-old cantina in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico. The whole bar is about fifteen feet
Mexico’s Pot Initiative
Did you read that Mexico has made medical marijuana legal? Here it is in the Washington Post: Mexican President Enrique
Mexico Only Has Two Problems . . .
You, and everyone else. Here’s a video that takes a stab at Mexico’s chronic problems. Check it out.
RIP, Javier Valdez Cárdenas
We’ve got it pretty good here. The water runs when I turn the faucet. When I’m hungry, I eat. The
Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 3
In this final episode of Clandestino: El Cartel de Sinaloa, the documentarians take us up to and over the border
Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 2
Did you see Chapter 1? In Chapter 2, we get to meet a sicario and cop who explains his ties
Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary
Remember when Sean Penn and Kate del Castillo met with Chapo Guzman? The Sinaloa Cartel wasn’t done with their publicity
AMLO Presente!
Next Monday, perennial Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador will visit El Paso courting the vote of Mexican expatriates.
What could possibly go wrong?
Naica is down there west of the highway between Delicias and Camargo, south of Ciudad Chihuahua. Naica is famous for
“We don’t need no stinkin’ wall.”
Soon to be a standard for mariachi bands all across the border. Pretty good. Check it out.
Mexican Gas
Multiple news sources report that the average price for gasoline in Mexico will rise from 14 to 20 percent in
Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Chihuahua
According to news reports, a radio journalist was shot dead in his driveway in Ciudad Chihuahua on Saturday morning. From
Mexican Boxer Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Murdered in Guadalajara
Mexican boxer Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. was found murdered in a jeep near his home in Guadalajara this morning. Mr. Gonzalez
A Perfect World: The Mennonite Colonies of Chihuahua
Here’s a locally relevant documentary about a couple of Mennonite colonies just down the road from here in Chihuahua. I