The Mex Files (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
The (Mexico City) News reports today that A man believed to be the leader of a Santa Muerte cult was executed in his SUV early Thursday morning in Ecatepec, a sprawling suburb to the north of Mexico City. Public security officials in the State of Mexico identified the victim as Padrino Endoque, or Father Endoque, who was [...]
The Mex Files (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Cleaning woman Gabriela Castro Cervantes had her name in all the national newspapers this morning, being the first paying passenger on the new Tren Suburbano, which runs from Buenavista (near the corner of Insurgentes and Puente d’Alvarado) to Lecheria, on the far north side. Living in Ecatepec (State of Mexico) and working near Pino [...]
News From the Border (Free subscription) | 02/02/2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:12 AM By: Philip V. Brennan In Ecatepec, a sprawling suburb of Mexico City, Mayor Jose Luis Gutierrez has done something almost unheard of: He has declared his city a "sanctuary" for the illegal immigrants traveling from Central America to the United States. Every day scores of Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans and others begin the long, final stage of their
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
From the L.A. Times: Jose Luis Gutierrez, the mayor of a suburb of Mexico City, has declared Ecatepec a "sanctuary" for the undocumented immigrants from Central America who pass through here each day. He has ordered his police officers and...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
The mayor of Ecatepec says those on their way north illegally are safe and welcome in his city. Jose Luis Gutierrez is the mayor [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
The mayor of Ecatepec says those on their way north illegally are safe and welcome in his city. Jose Luis Gutierrez is the mayor of the biggest city in Mexico you've never heard of, a sprawling suburb of Mexico City built by people on the move.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
I ate a burrito at Chipotle on University Avenue. The burrito was large, fresh, and well wrapped. The rice had cilantro in it. Peppers were sautéed and crisp. Guac burst with sunned in green creaminess. There was corn. I practically had a sombrero on. I imagined a life south of the border on a family farm, hanging sheets on a clothesline in the wind to dry. Adobe structures were all around and we...
the blog quebecois (Free subscription) | 09/14/2007
Or for that matter, in the daytime. Talk about your twisty little mazes, all alike. Photograph by Scott Peterman (slightly larger version here) of the Ecatepec district (I've never been there, but judging by a quick skim of this Wikipedia...
The Well-Timed Period (Free subscription) | 03/24/2007
I didn't know there were plans to legalize abortion in Mexico : MEXICO CITY - The Vatican's top anti-abortion campaigner kicked off the Roman Catholic Church's aggressive campaign against plans to legalize abortion in Mexico Friday. ... Lawmakers from the main opposition Democratic Revolution Party, who proposed the bills to legalize abortion in the first three months of pregnancy, have asked the church...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/06/2007
Travelers from emerging economies like India, China and Latin America are required to have visas to come to the U.S., and many complain that the process deters them from traveling here.
