On September 18, a man was writing on the walls of the Balderas Metro Station in Mexico City, when he was confronted by a police officer. The man reacted and began shooting, killing the officer. During the chaos, subway riders sought refuge in the subway cars, while others fled up the stairs looking for an […]
Traveling to Mexico – read this first!
I was absolutely shocked recently when I visited the U.S. State Department website section on “travel warnings” concerning Mexico. Here is what one section reads: “The number of kidnappings and disappearances throughout Mexico is of particular concern. Both local and expatriate communities have been victimized. In addition, local police have been implicated in some of […]
Fatal Gas Tanker Explosion in Mexico
Written by J. Tadeo · Translated by Elizabeth he explosion of a gas tanker has left at least 19 people dead and 36 injured, according to the latest reports [1]. The blast occurred in Ecatepec de Morelos County (State of Mexico [2]) early in the morning of May 7, 2013. Ecatepec is part of Greater […]
Mexico: Central American Mothers in Search of Abducted and Missing Migrants
By Andrea Arzaba According to statistics by the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement [1] [es], in the last six years around 70,000 migrants [2] [es] have disappeared in Mexico. For several years, Central American mothers of abducted and missing migrants have traveled all over Mexico looking for their sons and daughters who have disappeared on their way north. The […]
In Mexico, Citizen Journalism in the Midst of Drug-Trafficking Violence
In the last months, the violence stemming from drug-trafficking organizations reached a peak in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, the metropolitan area of Monterrey and the North. There are constant battles in public spaces with firearms [es] and grenades [es], and“express” kidnappings [es] (known as “levantones”). There have also been cases of executions and […]
Hola! Mexico: Please Keep Those Bad Tomatoes
reprint from www.backupamerica.org The backlash apparently is continuing with respect to the bill signed by Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer in a purported attempt to curtail the deaths, property losses and drug trafficking that has been occuring in the State of Arizona for literally decades – and which escalated in leaps and bounds since the Reagan […]
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