CBP spent 18 billion in enforcing immigration laws in 2012

WASHINGTON. – According to a report released last month by the Migration Policy Institute. In 2012, the U.S. Government spent more in the agencies that monitor compliance with immigration laws and border enforcement, than all of the other federal agencies combined.[p] [p]The report indicates that in fiscal year 2012, the U.S. spent almost 18 billion […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana is much safer than Chicago

According to some new statics for the year 2012, the city of Chicago is the city with the highest rate of homicides in the United States, 506 deaths to be exact. Comparing this data to what the authorities in Tijuana, Mexico, have revealed in their numbers. Tijuana had a total of 364 homicides for 2012. […]

April 13, 2017

Legalizing marijuana in Mexico

Both the United States and Mexico for years have fought side by side against the trafficking of illegal drugs, especially marijuana. But recently this past November 2012, the states of Washington and Colorado have decriminalized the use of marijuana by legalizing, regulating, and taxing it through proposition 64. Also in November 2012, a survey was […]

April 13, 2017

Human rights activists getting threats in northern Mexico

MEXICO.- The increase in the number of migrants crossing Mexican territory on their way to the United States has led to more threats against human rights activists, said the priest Pedro Pantoja Arreola, who is the director of the Casa del Migrante shelter in Saltillo. Activists have been harassed and received threats, but it is […]

April 13, 2017

Violence in Mexico: 10 bodies found

MEXICO.- The bodies of 10 men presumably murdered by drug cartels in two separate incidents were found over the weekend on the border between the western Mexican states of Jalisco and Michoacan, officials said. Seven bodies were found Sunday on a road in Jilotlan de los Dolores, a town near the state of Michoacan, municipal […]

April 13, 2017

Puebla 1-2 Xolos: Tijuana starts the season like a champion

Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente began their 2013 Clausura campaign with a 2-1 win against Puebla FC in a Week 1 match up of the LIGA MX at Cuauhtemoc stadium. Xolos were able to hold on to the lead through a series of spectacular and important saves by goalkeeper Cirilo Saucedo late in the match. […]

April 13, 2017

Prison escape with a cat?

In a prison in Alagoas, Brazil, a kitten was used by inmates in an attempt to escape. The cat had entered the prison, but prison guards captured the animal before any attempts for an escape were made. After the capture of the animal, they then realized that attached to his body were objects like saws, […]

April 13, 2017

Bazinga! A new real life bee species from The Big Bang Theory

Biologist Andre Nemesio named a new species of bee "Euglossa bazinga" in honor of Dr. Sheldon Cooper, a character from the TV series "The Big Bang Theory". This news was announced last month in Zootaxa, a scientific journal specializing in taxonomy. "Euglossa bazinga" One of the producers of the TV series, Steven Molaro, said, "We […]

April 13, 2017

Sabina “La Guerrerense” from Ensenada, one of the best flavors of 2012 worldwide

There is still time to get to know the best of 2012, things, places, news, flavors that caused a stir for being unique and unmatched among others on many lists. We found the selection of food critic, Jonathan Gold, who presented a collection of the best flavors of the year. Among the finalists is "La […]

April 13, 2017

Man seduces thief to recover his iPhone

A man from New York by the name of Nadav Nirenberg, lost his phone on the seat of a taxi on New Year’s Eve, a situation that might be familiar to all of us, but the incredible part about this story, or rather ingenious, is the way that he recovered his iPhone. After calling whoever […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos start defending its championship against Puebla

TIJUANA, BC.- After a crazy December, full of celebrations, holidays and more, at last it's time for soccer and Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente is ready to defend its newly acquired championship on the Mexican league when they visit Puebla de La Franja on Sunday afternoon. The game will be played at Estadio Cuauhtémoc in […]

April 13, 2017

The future of Hugo Chavez and Venezuela

Something that has also attracted a lot of attention and is circulating in social networks, is a letter allegedly written by Chavez ex-wife, but it was actually written in 2011 by Saul Godoy Gomez, who is a Venezuelan columnist. In the letter, Gomez criticizes the life of Chavez and his way of governing. The letter […]

April 13, 2017

Marquez vs. Pacquiao: 5th fight could be in September

Spokesman for Top Rank, Fred Sternburg, announced that the next fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao could take place in September 2013, during the weekend that Mexico celebrates its independence day. Fernando Beltran, who is the representative for Marquez told ESPN that both Marquez and him are aware that Pacquiao had given them […]

April 13, 2017

Assembly member Ben Hueso will run for a seat in the California Senate

[p]The ex-president of the San Diego City Council and current assembly member, Ben Hueso, announced today that he will be seeking a seat in the California Senate in the upcoming special elections on March 26, 2013. [/p] So far, Hueso does not have an opponent yet, but if he does win the election, he will […]

April 13, 2017

Mexicans get a taste of 10-ton holiday ring-cake

MEXICO.- Thousands of Mexicans got a taste on Thursday of a "roscon de Reyes" ring-cake weighing more than 9,000 kilograms (19,823 pounds) that was distributed free in this capital's giant Zocalo square. The "roscon de Reyes" – known in English as a King cake because it is made around Three Kings Day, Jan. 6 – […]

April 13, 2017

Sonia Sotomayor will swear-in Vice President Joe Biden

Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to swear him in at the presidential inauguration. This honor of administering an oath for office makes Sotomayor the fourth woman to do so, and becomes the first Latina to have the honors. In a statement Biden said, "It is an incredible honor to […]

April 13, 2017

Beer-vana in Tijuana, BCB Tasting Room

When they opened a few months ago the food was your standard brew pub fare but that has changed considerably with the hiring of Chef Alberto Cancino. Like many of Tijuana's rising crop of young chefs Alberto graduated from the Culinary Art School and has worked abroad at Michelin rated restaurants in Barcelona and Madrid. […]

April 13, 2017

Manny Pacquiao may have Parkinson’s disease

After Doctor Rustico Jimenez carefully observed Manny Pacquiao, he noticed that Pacquiao had some tics and stuttering movements when moving his hands, early symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rustico Jimenez is the President of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, and made these comments during a telephone interview on a radio station in the boxer’s […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos present their new unifom

TIJUANA, BC.- A new skin for a new era, that’s what Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente wanted to show on Thursday night, when the team presented its new jersey to be used during the 2013 Clausura and 2013 Apertura tournament; as well as during the Copa Libertadores and Concacaf Champions League. The presentation took place […]

April 13, 2017

EZLN: Mexico’s forgotten war

On January 1, 1994, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, a large group of armed indigenous people took over the town city hall, and were all part of an army better known as the "Zapatista Army of National Liberation." This incident marked a 12 day period of the Zapatista uprising, in which this group […]

April 13, 2017