U.S. budget cuts result in a 5 hour wait to cross from Tijuana

Because of the budget cuts in the U.S. that will also affect the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. It could now take up to 5 hours to cross from Tijuana to the United States, and at other international ports of entry. With Less and less resources that will now cause the waiting time at […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Carlos Slim, still the richest man in the world

According to Forbes magazine, Carlos Slim continues to be the richest man in the world. In this list as one can notice, despite the difficult economic situation in the United States and abroad, Americans still remained among the wealthiest in the world. Here are the top 10 that make up the list: • Carlos Slim […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Mexico defeats the U.S. in Concacaf Under-20 Championships

MEXICO. – Mexico won the Under-20 Championship by defeating the U.S. 3-1 in overtime, and El Salvador took third place by beating Cuba 1-0 in the finals yesterday in the city of Puebla. The match between Mexico and the U.S. went into overtime after the regular game time ran out with a tie score from […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Xolos move up 79 spots in world rankings

TIJUANA, BC. – After obtaining the Clausura 2012 tournament championship title, and for their recent performance in the Copa Libertadores de America 2013, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente (XOLOS) has now improved 79 spots to the number 121 best team in the world in the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFHHS) rankings list. […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Corruption : The Elba Esther Gordillo Shake-down!

Cronyism is partiality to long-standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications. Hence, cronyism is contrary in practice and principle to meritocracy. Cronyism exists when the appointer and the beneficiary are in social contact; often, the appointer is inadequate to hold his or her own job or position of […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Atlas 1-0 Xolos, early goal defeats the champions

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO. – With an early goal by Omar Bravo from Atlas, Club Tijuana lost last night with a final score of 1-0 at Jalisco stadium, in a game that was played as part of Week 9 of the Clausura 2013 tournament of the Liga MX. This victory now puts Atlas in second place on […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Facebook tests new design in New Zealand

As one can notice, the "About", "Photos", "Likes" and "Applications" boxes, among other options, were taking out of the main page, leaving only the name and indicating the number of items in each category. One other big change that you can notice is that the "About" box was shifted down from its original location to […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Deer and Tigers found in “NarcoLab”

MEXICO. – During an operation that the police in the western Mexican state of Jalisco conducted, they discovered a laboratory that was used to manufacture synthetic drugs and also found "two Bengal tigers and some deer," said an official source. The state public safety commissioner, Francisco Alejandro Solorio, in a news conference said that the […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants inmates to pay for their food

PHOENIX. – The Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he will now charge a dollar a day to inmates to cover part of their food costs, while they are held in one of the detention centers in the region. The controversial sheriff said in a statement to ABC15 news channel that this decision is […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Xolos vs. Atlas, Tijuana looking to spoil the party

TIJUANA, BC. – Lately Club Tijuana has been on a good roll after winning now 3 consecutive matches, and hoping to get to Jalisco with this good rhythm to play against Atlas, who is also the other red and black team in the Mexican soccer league. This match will be played at 9p.m. local time […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Bomb threat at the Tijuana International Airport

This morning, several passengers in a plane in Tijuana had reported the diversion of their flight due to a bomb threat at the international airport located at this border city. After passengers were allowed to use their cells phones, a few people on board the plane had commented on the matter though their Twitter accounts […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:21 AM PDT

Hugo Chavez on the verge of death

Today the Spanish newspaper ABC offered new details about the serious health condition of Hugo Chavez. At the same time, vice president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, admitted that Chavez was now going through some tough times. Maduro comment on the health of Chavez during a public event and said: "Do you know why President Chávez […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM PDT

Report a pothole in Tijuana and win an iPad

After the celebration that a group of Tijuana residents put together for the one year "birthday" mark of a pothole in town, the city council of Tijuana has now put together a contest for anyone from this city to report a pothole and enter to win an Ipad. These potholes, which have appeared like "lemmings" […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM PDT

Naked women celebrate the Pope’s resignation

On the last official day of Benedict XVI as the Pope of the Catholic Church, 8 women from a feminist group decided to celebrate his resignation in a very peculiar way by showing their breasts, jumping around, screaming and singing. These women entered the famous Cathedral and started mingling with tourists and churchgoers at first, […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM PDT

Xolos and Libertad: the only invincible teams in Copa Libertadores

TIJUANA, BC. -So far in the Copa Libertadores de America 2013 tournament, the only two teams that have not been scored on are the Xolos from Tijuana, Mexico and Club Libertad from Paraguay. After two games that both these two teams have now played, the degree of difficulty to penetrate both teams defense and capitalized […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM PDT

Cashing in on the next Pope

For several days now, many people have been placing bets on who would be elected as the next Pope. Today is the last day to make your bets, which have been coming in non-not stop at gambling houses in Europe since the past two weeks. At the Paddy Power gambling house in London, bets are […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM PDT

Mexican President speaks about Elba Esther Gordillo’s arrest

In a statement via national television, the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, spoke about the arrest and investigation that is being carried out against the leader of the National Union of Education Workers, Elba Esther Gordillo. "Since the beginning of my administration I made a commitment to comply with and enforce the law. That […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM PDT

U.S. born soccer players Corona and Castillo make history in Copa Libertadores

TIJUANA, BC. – Professional soccer team Xoloitzcuintels (Xolos) from Tijauna defeated the Bolivian team, Jose Oruro, yesterday at Caliente stadium 4-0, where both Joe Corona and Edgar Castillo made history by being one of the very few U.S born soccer players to score in the biggest Latin American tournament "Copa Libertadores de America." The first […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:19 AM PDT

Festival Nrmal, The Premiere Music Fest In Mexico

I spent my college days in Mexico. Weird, because I went to grade school and high school in the USA but I decided to go to college in Monterrey, Mexico. It was wonderful. It is a city that still had the small town feel but was actually the industry capital of Latin America and probably […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:19 AM PDT

Xolos vs. Corinthians: tickets go on sale today

Tickets for the game between Xolos vs. Corinthians will go on sale today starting at 5p.m., and will be sold through the box office at Caliente stadium and also through Ticketmaster. Ticket prices are: Zone 1: $64.00 USD ($800pesos) Zone 2: $64.00 USD ($800pesos) Numbered seats in North end of field: $48 USD ($600pesos) Top […]

April 13, 2017 at 8:19 AM PDT