“El Rey” Vicente Fernandez announces upcoming world tour will be his last.

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2012/02/09  No Responses »
Feb 092012
 
"El Rey" Vicente Fernandez announces upcoming world tour will be his last.

Vicente Fernández Gómez, 71, beloved singer known throughout the world as “El rey de la canción ranchera” or “The King of Ranchera Music” announced in Mexico City his upcoming world tour will be his last. Speaking from Mexico City, the cultural icon with more than 50 albums to his credit announced that “con o sin dinero” the tour would mark his farewell to the world music as a thanks to his legion of fans. In his announcement, Fernandez said, “An artist needs to retire with dignity. I think this year I will say goodbye to all of you, to all of my fans in Spain, Central and South America for all the love you have given me for so many MORE

For Mexico, Years Since 9/11 Are a Lost Decade

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/09/03  No Responses »
Sep 032011
 
For Mexico, Years Since 9/11 Are a Lost Decade

MERIDA, Mexico – Five days before terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, Mexican President Vicente Fox addressed a joint session of U.S. Congress. George W. Bush’s first state dinner was in honor of Fox, a sign of the Bush administration’s determination to focus on greater economic, political and social integration with Mexico and Canada— strengthening the “NAFTA” nations—in part to respond to the emerging consolidation of the European Union. During the presidential campaign, Bush advanced an “isolationist” policy, favoring the idea that his administration should focus on “our neighbors.” Speaking in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2000, Bush the candidate stated, “Immigration is not a problem to be solved, it is the sign of a successful nation. MORE

Attack on Monterrey Casino Royale is DOMESTIC TERRORISM and a “game changer”

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/08/27  No Responses »
Aug 272011
 
Attack on Monterrey Casino Royale is DOMESTIC TERRORISM and a "game changer"

The violence that has racked one of Mexico’s largest and richest cities escalated Thursday afternoon when gunmen entered a casino in the San Jaronimo section of San Pedro Nuevo Leon terrorizing the customers and using incendiary grenades and gasoline to turn the building into a blazing inferno, resulting in the deaths of 61 people and numerous more injured, some critically. San Jaronimo is an enclave within the municipality of San Pedro, south of the Santa Catarina River which separates municipal Monterrey and is home to some of Monterrey’s wealthier citizens. This attack is a game changer in President Calderon’s 5 year war against various drug trafficking organizations (DTO’s) sometimes called “cartels” by American media. This cowardly attack against citizens and MORE

Spillover Violence From Mexico’s Drug Cartels: How Real Is It?

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/05/27  No Responses »
May 272011
 
Spillover Violence From Mexico’s Drug Cartels: How Real Is It?

BY HERNAN ROZEMBERG & RUXANDRA GUIDI KPBS With every report of drug-related violence in Northern Mexico, comes the fear that the shootouts, the assassinations, and kidnappings will spillover into the United States. But when does a crime along the border become an example of spillover violence? And when is it just a crime? It’s all a matter of local interpretation and, sometimes, political manipulation. Even some media hysteria. “Let me tell you about the kidnapping epidemic that is happening in our own backyard. Phoenix, Arizona, is America’s kidnapping capital. It is the second worst city after Mexico City, in the world!” declared Fox News host Glenn Beck two years ago. He was referring to a rash of kidnappings that were widely used MORE

12 Zetas, 1 Marine killed in Falcon lake Gunbattle, but still no David Hartley nor his Jet Ski

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/05/09  8 Responses »
May 092011
 
12 Zetas, 1 Marine killed in Falcon lake Gunbattle, but still no David Hartley nor his Jet Ski

Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and a member of Mexico’s Navy were killed in a shootout on an island in a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Monday. The Mexican Navy said the shootout occurred Sunday on Falcon Lake, located between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, after troops patrolling the area spotted a camping area on an island. The suspected drug traffickers used the island for storing marijuana to be transported by boat to the United States, the Navy said in a statement. After the shootout, the Navy said it seized guns, ammunition and bullet-proof vests from the island. Falcon Lake drew the attention of law enforcement authorities on both side of the MORE

Question of the Day – ¿Por qué?

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/04/08  No Responses »
Apr 082011
 
Question of the Day - ¿Por qué?
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Cross Posted From THE MEX FILES Much as I liked to make fun of Don Chente’s often blunt (and sometimes gaffe-prone) public pronouncements, the question he raises is one heard more and more in Mexico.  I admit, I get rather snippy (especially when reading and writing late at night, for posting the next morning) when I read remarks like a comment on F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller’s statement to the U.S. Congress that “there is an ‘unprecedented’ level of violence in Mexico linked to the country’s drug wars” to the effect that Mexico could solve the problem by “just legalizing drugs”.  Sorry… that’s been done, but the violence still continues, and I’m afraid my response is that it’sU.S. drug users (including those MORE

“Love Triangle”, not drugs, not cartels, responsible for murder of Americans at San Ysidro border crossing

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/04/07  No Responses »
Apr 072011
 
"Love Triangle", not drugs, not cartels, responsible for murder of Americans at San Ysidro border crossing

The news of two American citizens gunned down in their employers pickup while waiting to cross the border at San Ysidro California, one of the busiest ports of entry in the country, has once again given the secure border zealots fresh ammunition in their ridiculous demands to “seal the border:. At 0240 this past Monday, 25-year-old Sergio Salcido Luna, a mixed martial arts fighter and his friend 28-year-old Kevin Joel Romero, American citizens living in Tijuana were in line to cross into the US on their way to begin another week of work at West Coast Beverage Maintenance, a business on Morena Boulevard in Bay Park. Their employer says both men were good guys and hardworking individuals with a zest MORE

Mexico quick to respond to Japan Disaster

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/03/14  1 Response »
Mar 142011
 
Mexico quick to respond to Japan Disaster

Whatever you may think about Mexico, their disaster preparedness teams are some of the best in the world and first to step up to the plate, as out friends at MEXFILES explains:   Ten rescue dog teams, three structural engineering specialists and twenty rescue workers — pulled together from the Jalisco Civil Protection Unit, the Mexico City Fire Department, UNAM, Cruz Roja and CENPRED (the Center for Disaster Preparedness) are on their way to Sendai… one team having left Friday afternoon, the rest to follow on Saturday. Makes me think of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when Mexico sent troops and mobile kitchens to New Orleans to provide relief to the Katrina victims. The US would not allow their ships MORE

Feds charge 34 Arizonans for trafficking weapons to Sinaloa cartel

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2011/01/25  3 Responses »
Jan 252011
 
Feds charge 34 Arizonans for trafficking weapons to Sinaloa cartel

From Arizona Republic via Borderland Beat Robert Anglen The Arizona Republic Federal authorities announced charges today against 34 Arizonans accused of buying about 700 guns in gun stores in the state on behalf of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. The arrests and seizures are proof that Arizona has become an iron highway for guns headed south of the border, according to federal authorities, who say they don’t know how many weapons are being smuggled into Mexico every day. Dozens of AK-47s, and .50 caliber rifles were among the semi-automatic weapons legally purchased in single-day transactions at Arizona gun stores by straw buyers paid by the cartel, said U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke. “This is a huge problem in this state. It is MORE

US guns definitively tied to Mexican cartel violence

 Posted by Porter Corn on 2010/12/18  13 Responses »
Dec 182010
 
US guns definitively tied to Mexican cartel violence

Nativist Mexican basher Tom Tancredo recently made this asinine comment in an article about the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, concerning weapons used by Mexican cartel members. The allegation that the Sinaloa drug cartel obtained those AK-47s from gun shops in the United States is nonsensical. That’s a fairy tale cooked up by the Obama administration and endorsed by the Mexican government because they do not want to admit that the cartels get most of their serious weaponry from the international black market and the Mexican military itself. And as we pointed out, Tancredo and his followers are imbeciles. The truth comes out in this article published at BORDERLAND BEAT. As Mexico Drug Violence Runs Rampant, U.S. Guns MORE

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