Finding missing U.S. kids in Mexico a difficult task
If the two small children abducted from a home near Queen Creek on Sunday were taken to Mexico, as family members believe, they won’t be easy to find.
Mexico is the No. 1 foreign destination for children taken by a family member from the United States, according to the U.S. State Department. Insufficient cooperation between the two countries, a lack of resources in Mexico, the slow Mexican court system and a cultural fear of officials hamper their recovery.
“Some cases can take days, but some can take years,” said Julia Alanen, director of the Virginia-based Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
More: azcentral.com
Finding missing U.S. kids in Mexico a difficult task
If the two small children abducted from a home near Queen Creek on Sunday were taken to Mexico, as family members believe, they won't be easy to find.
Mexico is the No. 1 foreign destination for children taken by a family member from the United States, according to the U.S. State Department. Insufficient cooperation between the two countries, a lack of resources in Mexico, the slow Mexican court system and a cultural fear of officials hamper their recovery.
"Some cases can take days, but some can take years," said Julia Alanen, director of the
All declared dead in Mexican mine blast
The 65 men trapped by a Mexican coal mine explosion six days ago cannot have survived their ordeal underground and are all dead, mine owners say.
The Grupo Mexico company said that while no bodies have yet been found, tests showed there was almost no oxygen inside the mine's shafts and tunnels and no hope of finding survivors from the explosion last Sunday.
"We are going to move on to the hard task of the physical recovery of our miners ... so the families can start their mourning," said Xavier Garcia, a senior executive at Grupo
College student still missing in Mexico
A college student was still missing Tuesday after a weekend night out with friends in Matamoros, Mexico. Friends of Juan Carlos "Charlie" Ramos, 24, said they were about to cross back to the United States on Saturday, when Ramos left them after a fight about who would pay the border-crossing fee. Ramos attends the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College. Police said he isn't in Matamoros hospitals or jails.
Source: chron.com
'Latinos and obesity' topic of U.S.-Mexico health task force
The Fresno County Binational Health Task Force and the Department of Health Science at Fresno State will join the commemoration of the 5th annual U.S.-Mexico Binational Health Week with a forum on Latinos and obesity Oct. 12 at Fresno State.
The program, “Obesity: The Silent Epidemic in Latino Communities,†will be from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in University Center, Room 200. Parking restrictions will be relaxed in Lot D.
Speakers are Fresno State faculty members Dr. Helda Pinzon-Perez and Dr. Felicia Greer, plus Dr. Jose Gallegos Martinez, a staff physician at the Hospital
Irish girl missing in Gulf of Mexico
A search operation is continuing off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula for an Irish teenager who fell overboard from a cruise ship in the early hours of yesterday morning.
15-year-old Lynsey O'Brien from Dublin, a pupil of the Loreto High School, Beaufort, in Dublin, was on a family holiday in the Caribbean aboard the vessel Costa Magica.
It is understood Ms O'Brien was on the top deck of the ship with her 11-year-old sister, Imelda, when she fell overboard. Her sister then alerted her parents and a search was initiated.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that
Irish girl missing in Gulf of Mexico
A search operation is continuing off Mexico's Yucatan peninsula for an Irish teenager who fell overboard from a cruise ship in the early hours of yesterday morning.
15-year-old Lynsey O'Brien from Dublin, a pupil of the Loreto High School, Beaufort, in Dublin, was on a family holiday in the Caribbean aboard the vessel Costa Magica.
It is understood Ms O'Brien was on the top deck of the ship with her 11-year-old sister, Imelda, when she fell overboard. Her sister then alerted her parents and a search was initiated.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed
Saving some baby sea turtles in Mexico
I'm on an isolated Mexican beach in the dark, waves crashing, yet all I'm thinking about is the first time I sent each of my kids off to school.
There are no brave 5-year-olds getting on yellow school buses anywhere near this remote spot two hours north of Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific Coast, no moms and dads clutching cameras and wiping away tears. The "kids" that have prompted my sweet reverie could fit into a kindergartner's palm: Baby Olive Ridley sea turtles, more than 600 of them tonight, with our help are taking their
Alameda: Monterrey
This is a park for kids and adult. A nice place with a lot of hotels nearby for travellers.
Address :
Avenida Pino Suárez y Washington Poniente
Zona Centro, Monterrey
64000, Mexico
Media group urges Mexico to help find missing writer
The international press freedom group Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday urged Mexican authorities to find a radio and newspaper reporter missing in the northern border state of Coahuila.
Rafael Ortiz, 32, was last seen before dawn Saturday after leaving the offices of the daily Zocalo newspaper in the city of Monclova, about 135 miles from Eagle Pass.
We urge the Coahuila state authorities to do everything possible to find Ortiz quickly and to alert the new prosecutors office that specializes in attacks on the press, the New York-based media watchdog group said in a
Fewer Arizona families going to Mexico during Christmas break
PHOENIX Fewer families seem willing to take their annual Christmas trek to Mexico if they aren't in the U-S legally.
And that means fewer children are missing school when classes resume in January.At most schools, the break starts Friday and ends January 9th.Three years ago, principals could expect to be missing as many as 30 children after winter break. Now, they say it likely will be fewer than a dozen.Sean King of the Border Patrol in Tucson says fewer families seem to try to cross illegally at Christmas because tightened security at the
