Tag Archives: mexico
Are border security measures working? Why the answer is elusive
Some of the ingredients that go into American border security are clear: The US-Mexico line is now flanked by 651 miles of fence and guarded by some 18,000 Border Patrol officers. Continue reading
Mexico sets shelters as volcano shakes, spews ash
Seismic activity has increased at the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City. Continue reading
Mexican journalists’ sons killed; seven bodies found near Mexico City
By Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Gunmen executed two sons of two prominent Mexican journalists in the northern city of Chihuahua, a spokesman for the state attorney general’s office said on Sunday, and police found seven bodies dumped in a Mexico City suburb. Alfredo Paramo, 20, and Diego Paramo, 21, were shot dead in Chihuahua early on Saturday after being chased through the streets by gunmen in a car, said spokesman Carlos Gonzalez Continue reading
AUDI AG: Laying of Foundation Stone for New Plant in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico
SAN JOSE CHIAPA, MEXICO and INGOLSTADT, GERMANY — (Marketwired) — 05/04/13 — Audi Board of Management and Mexico’s Economics Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal give official starting signal … Continue reading
Auto industry love for Mexico grows with new Audi plant
The automotive industry’s growing love affair with Mexico was celebrated here on Saturday as Audi executives laid the foundation stone for its first assembly plant in the Americas. Continue reading
Mexico welcomes Obama for listening tour
President Obama arrived in Mexico to talk trade, security and immigration. Continue reading
Seven die in Modelo brewery accident in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An accident at a Mexico City brewery killed seven people early Sunday, Corona beermaker Grupo Modelo said. The accident happened in a tank that was undergoing maintenance and cleaning, a spokeswoman for the company said in a statement Continue reading
S&P forecasts regional growth despite federal cuts
(Reuters) – Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Thursday that broad federal spending cuts through sequestration should not be a drag on overall economic growth, but will have different effects among the country's regions. S&P said it expects the strongest growth in 2013 to occur in the mountain region, which encompasses Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, as well as in the west south central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. .. Continue reading
Big surge in border-crossing deaths reported
Fewer are crossing into the USA from Mexico illegally, but immigrant deaths have spiked, a new report says. Continue reading
‘Breaking Bad’ — Jesse Pinkman’s 1984 Toyota Tercel FOR SALE
Attention “Breaking Bad” fanatics … here’s your chance to pay WAY TOO MUCH for the crappy Toyota owned by Aaron Paul’s character Continue reading
