Immigration Reform debate is now just around the corner

Beginning next Tuesday, the U.S. Senate will start the formal debate on the immigration reform for the legalization and eventual citizenship for the undocumented population in the U.S., with the aim of submitting it to be voted on before July 4. This is the largest U.S. immigration reform since 1986 when, under the presidency of […]

April 13, 2017

Cyber activists “Anonymous” against the Mexican government

Cyber activists "Anonymous" made a call out to all computer hackers to bring down the websites of the Mexican government agencies. The reason why? To expose the sad reality of Mexico. Through a video that began circulating yesterday, the activist group demonstrated the type of violence that is currently happening in the country with photos, […]

April 13, 2017

Flash cruise to a 4-2 win to Extend their Unbeaten Streak

SAN DIEGO, CA – San Diego Flash defeat the Las Vegas Stallions 4-2 and extend their unbeaten streak to seven games as they chase down first place in the NPLS Western South division. With only four games left in the regular season and their current hot streak the San Diego Flash believe top spot is […]

April 13, 2017

Muslims get their way in Miss World contest

Due to the fact that many consider the Bikini Contest in the Miss World competition, which will be held in Indonesia this September, as being "offensive to the Muslim people". The organizers took the decision to cut this portion of the contest out after strong pressure from extremist groups, who also considered the swimsuit contest […]

April 13, 2017

Helicopter crash kills former government official

Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, former candidate for governor for the Mexican state of Guanajuato, was killed in a helicopter crash today, while traveling with three other people who all belonged to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The incident occurred around noon time near "La Loma" golf course, which is located in the capital of San […]

April 13, 2017

San Diego Flash looking to Extend Six Game Unbeaten Streak

SAN DIEGO, CA – This Saturday June 8 the San Diego Flash will be hosting the Las Vegas Stallions in Del Norte High School. The Flash are currently on a six game unbeaten streak and will look to go for lucky number seven. To celebrate the good run the Flash are on, the club has […]

April 13, 2017

Father and son arrested for extorting migrants

Municipal Police officers in Tijuana arrested yesterday two individuals who were involved in human trafficking, and who detained a "client" to extort money from his family members and demanded a ransom of $3,500 dollars. The individuals arrested were identified as Casimiro Valdovinos Hernandez and Ivan Valdovinos Pelayo, 50 and 24 years old respectively. Last night […]

April 13, 2017

Jorge Astiazaran rejects the use of violence from any political party

The candidate for mayor of Tijuana from the "Commitment for Baja California" alliance, Jorge Astriazaran, rejects the use of violence from any political party, especially against Jorge Monraz or any member of his brigade, and said that the recent attacks will investigated. "The most important thing is to respect people and this kind of aggression […]

April 13, 2017

PRI party members attack PAN party Mayoral Candidate

TIJUANA. – Right before the Mayoral debate that the Electoral Institute and Citizen Participation of Baja California organized last night, PRI supporters armed with sticks from their red flags, water and foam attacked the PAN party candidate, Alejandro Monraz and his campaign team as they arrived for the debate. This incident happened just outside the […]

April 13, 2017

Tijuana’s Mayoral debate: Astiazaran, Monraz and Gonzalez

• Health Ricardo Gonzalez spoke about this topic and gave obesity as an example of a health issue, which he presented two solutions to fight against this problem: sports and nutritious school breakfasts. Alejandro Monraz focused his proposal to create a health commission to work towards reducing the risk of serious diseases. He spoke of […]

April 13, 2017

Xolos Continue Working the DRAFT Through their Affiliate

CANCUN – Club Tijuana and Pachuca gave people lots to talk about late last night in Cancun. With the final transfer of the day close to midnight local time it was announced that Duvier Riascos was sold to Pachuca. Some people were ready to jump off a bridge with the news of the Colombian's departure […]

April 13, 2017

Former U.S. Marine missing in Mexico

Mexican authorities are now investigating the disappearance of U.S. Marine Armando Torres III and two of his relatives in the border city of Matamoros, apparently linked to a dispute over land, said a source to Efe from the Tamaulipas state prosecutor office. Torres crossed from Texas into Tamaulipas, Mexico on May 14th to visit his […]

April 13, 2017

165 immigrants kidnapped by Mexican Cartel

On June 4th Mexican authorities rescued 165 people in the northern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, in which 151 of them were immigrants from Central America. It is presumed that the victims had been deprived of their freedom for several weeks, and are now receiving medical care. This is a common practice by some criminal cartels, […]

April 13, 2017

Mexican Ex-President wants to grow marijuana

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox (2000-2006) said yesterday that if marijuana is legalized, he would be a producer, and argued that such a move would benefit the country and affect the drug cartels. "Once it's legitimate and legal, of course. I am a farmer, I can do it the day it is legitimate and legal […]

April 13, 2017

Big Changes in Xolos Squad after Liga MX Draft

CANCUN – The Liga MX Draft took place on Wednesday in a hotel lobby in Cancun. This was the final day for Mexican first division teams close out transfers between themselves. Important to note that teams can still buy and sell players with teams outside of Mexico. The draft was scheduled to end at 8:00PM […]

April 13, 2017

Baja California Governor’s debate 2013

Tijuana, B.C. – Tonight, the candidates for the governor of Baja California, Francisco "Kiko" Vega de la Madrid (PAN), Fernando Castro Trenti (PRI), and Felipe Ruanova Zarate (Citizens Movement) all came together to debate for the second time and talked about their proposals and solutions to three issues: Social Development, Unemployment and Vulnerable groups. In […]

April 13, 2017

Riascos Sold to Pachuca

CANCUN – It was late, but the Liga MX official Twitter account officially announced the sell of Colombian forward Duvier Riascos from Club Tijuana to Pachuca. Riascos had arrived with the Xolos during the Clausura 2012 season. He played a total of 60 games and scored 19 goals for the border side. He was a […]

April 13, 2017

The Justice League’s new battle: Kids Cancer

To make the chemotherapy process a little more tolerable, the hospital AC Camargo of Sao Paolo, Brazil, in collaboration with DC Comics and Warner Bros., have developed an unprecedented project. This project is about redesigning the covers (that are used to house the intravenous medication that is applied as part of the chemotherapy process) with […]

April 13, 2017

Mexican President turns his back on his own political party candidate

Televisa network television host, Carlos Loret de Mola, published this morning a text as evidence of the lack of support from the federal government and the national leadership of the PRI party to Fernando Castro Trenti, who is currently contending in the governor's race in Baja California. "And if this wasn't enough, from all the […]

April 13, 2017

Don Miguel Ruiz Jr: “The 5 levels of attachment”

Many of those who live near the U.S.-Mexico border know that despite that this is the only thing that divides these two countries; it is still two different worlds. And in a way it's like they live two different lives, one in Tijuana and one in San Diego. This is the case of the personal […]

April 13, 2017