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Zoologico (Zoological Garden) : Guadalajara

Zoologico (Zoological Garden) of Guadalajara We are in process of collecting information about this sight....

Coyotes Openly Do Business in Mexico

Coyotes Openly Do Business in Mexico Sidling up to migrants who arrive at the Tijuana airport and cruising the streets in border towns, coyotes in gold chains and dark sunglasses openly find customers for nightly scrambles across the U.S. border. Mexicos president offered to crack down on smuggling at a recent summit with President Bush. But close to 100 smuggling gangs are still operating, government officials say, in plain sight of Mexican law enforcement. While drug smugglers are invisible for the most part, people smugglers are visible, working right in front of authorities, said Tijuana border expert Victor Clark, who has

Mexico City : State of Mexico

Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, Mexico. It geographically spans the north portion of the Distrito Federal ("D.F."), although the metropolitan area extends to the state of México to the north of the Federal District, and to the state of Hidalgo. According to government statistics Mexico City is the largest most populous conurbation in North America, and third in the world, after Tokyo, and Sao Paulo, with approximately 22.1 million people. Though its urban area is the third most populous in the world, what is officially known as Mexico City (under

Mexico should enact immigration reform

Mexico should enact immigration reform MEXI-CO President Vicente Fox has spent much of his international political capital fighting the U.S. House bill passed last December that proposes felon status for illegal immigrants in the United States. Too bad illegal immigrants in his own land - mostly Central American migrants on their way to the United States - are already treated as criminals. Under a 32-year-old Mexican law, people who have crossed into Mexico illegally can be penalized with two to five years in prison, although the punishment is rarely imposed. Three legislators, all members of Foxs National Action Party, are working

Arizona, Mexico working on border issues

PHOENIX, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The governor of Arizona and her counterpart in Sonora, Mexico, plan to coordinate efforts to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration on the border. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has been voicing frustration with federal officials in helping with U.S.-Mexico border issues, the Arizona Republic reported Friday. She and Sonora Gov. Eduardo Bours said they were setting up plans to combat "coyotes" who smuggle people across the border and the smugglers who take drugs across. Napolitano said she was ordering 12 Department of Public Safety officers to an auto-theft task force. Stolen cars are often used in border

Shopping in Mexico

Crafts Artesania in Mexico is an amalgam of ancient and modern design. The stronger influence, however, is undoubtedly the traditional popular art forms of indigenous communities the length and breadth of the country which pour into colonial towns such as Oaxaca, San Cristobal, Patzcuaro,and Uruapan.These are convenient market centres for seeing the superb any visit to Mexico uibiuodi, rarzcuaro,ana uruapan. I hese are convenient market centres for seeing the superb range of products from functional pots to scary masks hanging over delicately embroidered robes and gleaming lacquered chests. Textiles Weaving and textile design go back a long way

Mexico funds staging areas for illegals

WASHINGTON -- The Mexican staging area for illegal aliens that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson demanded this week be bulldozed is among hundreds of similar sites along the border sponsored and maintained by the Mexican government. Many of the sites are marked with blue flags and pennants to signal that water is available. Others, such as the Las Chepas site that Mr. Richardson denounced, are a collection of old, mostly abandoned buildings or ranch houses where illegals gather for water and other supplies -- sometimes bartering with smugglers, or "coyotes," for