Firm violated the former ban
It used to be a crime to export some Western states potatoes to Mexico. Officials south of the border said they feared pests would come across in the shipments.
A Seal Beach broker, who tried earlier to get around the ban, got caught and had to pay a $10,000 fine in San Diego federal court last week.
Ned’s House of Produce changed the documents accompanying $23,000 worth of Mexican-bound Colorado potatoes to say they came from North Carolina.
“It hasn’t happened since,” said Howard Frank, a lawyer for Ned’s, after the court hearing. “They’ve been completely law-abiding ever since.”
The criminal investigation in the case began after a Mexican agriculture official notified U.S. counterparts in July 2000 that inspectors had found a shipment of potatoes infested with golden nematodes in a separate shipment that, according to paperwork, came from North Dakota.
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A Clarion Call: Do what's Best for America, NOT Mexico!
By engaging a PR firm to represent Mexico against American interests in the debate on illegal immigration, Vicente Fox & his gang of banditos have escalated the attack on America to an unprecedented level. It now includes nefarious meddling in US internal affairs, just short of a formal declaration of war.
Enough is enough! Those who genuinely care about America must demand that this latest Mexican incursion be soundly defeated. Unfortunately, the current occupant of the White House seems unconcerned with American interests; a despicable & cowardly position shared by far too
Mexico steps up border fight
Mexican President Vicente Fox promises to mount an international campaign to coerce the United States not to add to the fence along our common border.
"Shameful" is the word he used. Parroting his leader, Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said last week that "Mexico ... will not allow a stupid thing like this wall. What has to be done is to raise a storm of criticism ..."
Toward that end, Fox has hired the Dallas public relations firm Allyn & Company to peddle its interest in keeping the illegal immigration spigot wide open.
"If people in the
Mexico steps up border fight
Mexican President Vicente Fox promises to mount an international campaign to coerce the United States not to add to the fence along our common border.
"Shameful" is the word he used. Parroting his leader, Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said last week that "Mexico ... will not allow a stupid thing like this wall. What has to be done is to raise a storm of criticism ..."
Toward that end, Fox has hired the Dallas public relations firm Allyn & Company to peddle its interest in keeping the illegal immigration spigot wide open.
"If people in the
REP is sold to firm in Mexico
A Mexican steel manufacturer has purchased Republic Engineered Products Inc., including the Lorain works, for an undisclosed amount, according to the Fairlawn-based REP. The sale came after a month of ''intense'' talks and the deal was closed yesterday, REP spokesman John Willoughby said.
The buyer is Industrias CH, S.A., de C.V. (ICH), a rapidly growing steel producer and processor based in Mexico City, Willoughby said.
Willoughby and officials of United Steelworkers Local 1104, which represents workers at REP's rolling bar mill in Lorain, said yesterday they didn't know enough about the purchase agreement to say
Mexico will eliminate soft-drink tax
Mexico will eliminate a 20 percent soft-drink tax following a World Trade Organization ruling that it violated global trade rules, officials said Wednesday.
On Monday, a WTO panel rejected an appeal by Mexico and supported U.S. claims that Mexico was in breach of international law in imposing a 20 percent tax on drinks that are sweetened with anything other than cane sugar grown in Mexico.
The government plans to ask Congress to lift the tax, which was imposed in 2002 by legislators to protect the Mexican sugar industry.
"We are working to resolve the tax
Mr. Mexico's goodwill crusade
IT WASN'T surprising that the Mexican government would hire an American public-relations firm to improve its image in the United States.
Nor was it surprising that Mexican President Vicente Fox tapped my friend, Dallas-based political consultant Rob Allyn, to be Mexico's goodwill ambassador. Allyn worked on Fox's 2000 presidential campaign, after which a Dallas magazine dubbed the consultant "Mr. Mexico."
What was surprising was that a business deal resulted in so many people becoming so unhinged.
Suddenly, the Republican strategist is being inundated with angry and insulting e-mails, calls and nasty comments posted on Web logs. Immigration
UPDATE 1-Bank of America sells Mexico asset management firm
Bank of America Corp. (BAC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it will sell its asset management business in Mexico to Grupo Financiero Santander Serfin, the Mexican subsidiary of Madrid-based Grupo Santander (SAN.MC: Quote, Profile, Research)(STD.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
Terms of the deal, expected to close no later than the end of first-quarter 2006, were not disclosed. The Mexico business has about $1.8 billion under management.
Bank of America said it decided to sell the business because it did not have sufficient synergies with the company's corporate and investment banking and cash management businesses
Globalia names partner in Mexico airline bid
Spanish tour group Globalia has joined with privately-owned Mexican firm Grupo Angeles to bid in the privatisation of two of Mexico's major airlines, Globalia Chairman Juan Jose Hidalgo said on Saturday.
Mexican holding company Cintra (CINTRAA.MX: Quote, Profile, Research) has said both Aeromexico and Mexicana, which account for around 80 percent of Mexican aviation, will be controlled by Mexican investors, and any foreign investor must join a Mexican-led consortium.
A Globalia spokeswoman said earlier in the week the unlisted owner of Air Europa had joined with a Mexican partner, but would not name the firm. She
Thacher Proffitt Announces Mexico City Office Relocation
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, a 150-
year-old law firm, today announced the relocation of its Mexico City office to
Paseo Tamarindos, Colonia Bosques de las Lomas. The relocation is one of many
highlights in the firm's substantial growth. "The Torre Arcos is one of the
most prestigious addresses in Mexico City," said Boris A. Otto, Office
Managing Partner. "We chose this location because after six years we outgrew
our previous accommodations. The new space will provide sufficient room to
meet our goals for continued expansion."
Paul D. Tvetenstrand, Chairman and Managing Partner, noted, "This
expansion
Orange County man arrested in Mexico
Mexican police detained a 36-year-old Orange County man yesterday who had an outstanding arrest warrant in the United States, Mexican authorities said.
Victor Garcia, 36, had been living in Mexico for about a month when he was found near the Mexican port of entry across from San Ysidro, Mexican authorities said.
U.S. authorities requested assistance from their Mexican counterparts several weeks ago in tracking him down after he apparently violated parole, Mexican authorities said.
State Preventive Police identified Garcia from photo handouts and through a background check. Mexican authorities said he was identified as a
