Grupo Modelo Buys Cervecería Tijuana and Cerveza Mexicali

MEXICO. – Grupo Modelo announced the purchase of both craft beer breweries Cervecería Mexicana and Cervecería Tijuana, this fact ends months of rumors and speculation. Forbes reported that Grupo Modelo will make the purchase through one of its subsidiaries, after confidential negotiations, the company is now the owner of several renowned beer brands in Baja […]

April 13, 2017

450 illegal tamales from Mexico seized at LAX and ‘incinerated’ (not steamed)

A passenger at Los Angeles International Airport learned that the hard way earlier this month when he tried to bring pork tamales into the U.S. from Mexico. The passenger arrived from Mexico on Nov. 2 and was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists, who found 450 pork tamales wrapped in plastic bags […]

April 13, 2017

Everything is ready for the Sinking of Mexican Navy Boat in Rosarito

TIJUANA.- During a press conference, the Deputy Secretary of the State's Tourism Department, Ives Gabriel Lelevier Ramos, explained that the first phase of Rosarito's Underwater Park will begin with the sinking of Mexican navy boat, Uribe 121, this coming Saturday, November 21, which is part of an effort to diversify the tourism offer and boost […]

April 13, 2017

Alleged Paris Attacks Mastermind Confirmed Dead

France's prosecutors have confirmed that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man suspected of being the mastermind behind las Friday's Paris attacks, died during the Saint-Denis raids by police Tuesday morning. They managed to identify the alleged mastermind of the Paris terror attacks thanks to prints from his fingers, palms, and the bottom of his feet. "Wednesday's raids […]

April 13, 2017

VIDEO | French police raid against terrorist in Paris leave two dead

FRANCE.- A war took place in Saint-Denis, a northern Parisian suburb, among French security forces and the supposed masterminds of the terrorist attacks that took place this past Friday night in the French capital. So far there have been two killed by French authorities as well as five police officers injured. A 7-year-old French police […]

April 13, 2017

Ballast Point to be sold to N.Y. corporation for $1B

Ballast Point, San Diego's largest brewery and a craft beer pioneer, is being sold for roughly $1 billion to beverage conglomerate Constellation Brands. Based in Victor, N.Y., Constellation has more than 100 brands in its portfolio, including Swedish vodka Svedka, California's Robert Mondavi wines and Mexico's Corona, Modelo, Pacifico and Victoria. Constellation's bid means the […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s Leftist Party Submits 32 Legal Petitions For Marijuana Recreational Use

The Democratic Revolution Party (Partido de la Revolución Democrática [PRD] in Spanish), announced that it will submit 32 federal legal protections for the recreational use of marijuana to Mexico's Supreme Court. "This finally opens the door to the failed prohibition policy that has caused one of the most violent episodes in Mexico in the last […]

April 13, 2017

Why I Feel Safe as a Visitor to Tijuana

TIJUANA.- When I write about an event or restaurant in Tijuana, I avoid beginning stories with rote commentary about the city's problems with crime and cartels. Or assuring my readers that "…the streets are safer now, come on down and have a taco and some Baja Med!" After all, if I were writing about deep-dish […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Confirms Two Mexican Victims in Paris Attacks

MEXICO. – Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores [SER] in Spanish), confirmed the deaths of two Mexican women, victims of the Paris terror attacks this past Friday night. The statement doesn't disclose the names of the victims but does assure that the victims' families have been contacted and a formal request has […]

April 13, 2017

American Cal State Student Killed in Paris Terror Attacks

PARIS. – California State University student, Nohemi González, 23, was spending a semester abroad studying at Strate College of Design in Paris. González was dining at a restaurant with other students when she killed; this was one of the places where the shootings first happened. She was a junior design student at Cal State Long […]

April 13, 2017

French National Participated in Paris Attacks

French authorities have detained five people so far for the Paris attacks this past November 13th, among them is a 29 year old French citizen who participated in the attack perpetrated at Bataclan concert hall. [/p] This information was disclosed by the Paris prosecutor François Molins. The young terrorist was identified by his fingerprints already […]

April 13, 2017

#ParisInFlames allegedly used by ISIS for Paris attacks

According to information from Reuters , a new shooting has been reported at a shopping mall in Les Halles. Also, according to CNN, ISIS seems to be allegedly using the tag #ParisInFlames to applaud these attacks on Twitter. Some media outlets have reported that the French Police department have confirmed two suicide attacks, however, information […]

April 13, 2017

More Than 150 Dead in Paris Terror Attacks

PARIS. – Attacks have occurred in multiple sites in Paris resulting in at least 150 dead, according to the French police department. VIDEO: Explosion heard during a France – Germany soccer game According to Telegraph, grenades were launched towards Paris' Stade de France. France's president, Francois Hollande, was in attendance and was evacuated immediately. These […]

April 13, 2017

911 To Be Mexico’s New Emergency Number

Soon you'll only need to remember one number in case of an emergency in Mexico: 911. It won't matter your location within the country, or if your cellphone doesn't have any balance left (in case of prepaid phones). The announcement was made by Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones [IFT] in Spanish), establishing […]

April 13, 2017

Mexico’s Health Department: A Joint Won’t Kill You

"Nothing will happen to you if you smoke a marijuana cigarette", said the head of the Health Department, Mercedes Juan López, as a first approach to debate about the study and evaluation regarding the marijuana legalization that the Interior Ministry will coordinate. Even though Juan López assures that smoking a marijuana cigarette won't harm you, […]

April 13, 2017

Mexicans Living Abroad To Get New Voting ID For National Elections

Finally, it'll be possible for all Mexicans residing in other countries to participate in the federal elections without coming to Mexico. This is the result of a new voting card model approved by the National Electoral Institute (Instituto Nacional Electoral [INE]), which will have the person's information in Spanish and English and multiple security measures […]

April 13, 2017

INTERVIEW: Author Miguel Ruiz Takes Us Through “The Toltec Art of Life and Death”

The market for self-help books is pretty strong in Mexico, but few Mexican authors have reached international success like Dr. Miguel Ruiz. Born in Guadalajara but brought up in Tijuana, the San Diego resident has broken the language barrier with "more than 8 million copies sold" of his most popular book: The Four Agreements. Oprah.com […]

April 13, 2017

SEDECO Presents 2015-2019 Sectorial Economic Development Plan Tardy ,Stingy, Makeshift

The document states that "other regions of the country have begun a process of industrialization, which has increased competition for both public and investment resources from the domestic and foreign private sector." Therefore, among SEDECO's goals there is a comparative analysis among the states that compete with Baja California for investment. It is unbelievable that […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana Airport Cross Border Bridge to Open in December

The Tijuana International Airport director, Guillermo Villalba, announced that the Cross Border Xpress pedestrian sky bridge, which links the U.S. with the Tijuana airport, will begin operations on December of this year. "We will have the bridge ready starting December 1st, the inauguration is something that corresponds to the federal government, remember that this is […]

April 13, 2017

Tourism in Baja Will Include an Artificial Reef, the Baja 1000 and a Golf Tournament

TIJUANA. – As part of the sport, adventure and ecological tourism activities calendar, this month the state's Secretary of Tourism (SECTURE in Spanish) will push for three important events like the off-road Baja 1000 race, the sinking of the ship Uribe 121 for the creating of the first artificial reef in Rosarito Beach and the […]

April 13, 2017