Ciudad Juárez Counts 3,000 Dead This Year

A horrible milestone, to be sure, but reports are that Ciudad Juárez counted its 3,000th murder victim in 2010; the deadliest year yet.

[Editor’s Note: I wrote last week about the way the Obama Administration had immigration enforcement agencies twist the rules so they could reach their “record” deportations goal. This week we […]

You have to love La Virgen de la Guadalupe — even if you’re not Catholic. She’s a singular, ubiquitous and unifying image for all Latinos that I know, and while everyone feels […]

They’re not, and that’s neither here nor there. What matters is why we ask the question. Salma Hayek admits, in an article published in the Tucson Sentinel, that at a […]

Andean Fusion is a group of musicians — from Peru, Venezuela and even Mexico — that play traditional Andean music with a twist. They have adapted the Andean music style […]

By José Luis Aguirre It’s common to see images of Our Lady of Guadalupe on T-shirts, watches, bracelets, key chains, paintings, murals and even tattoos. Devotion to the patron saint of […]

The El Paso Times reported recently that $18 to $39 billion dollars worth of drug money goes from the U.S. south to Mexico every year, according to a report from […]

I had an interesting Thanksgiving this year, not only did I get to hang out with my tía abuelita, but a cousin from Monterrey, Mexico was in town. He also […]

All kinds of people in the U.S. are illegally smuggling guns into Mexico — it’s illegal for civilians to have firearms in Mexico — essentially arming the cartels that are […]

Really, what’s the point? Mexican distillery Hacienda la Capilla has produceda bottle of Tequila worth $3.5 million. I’ll let that sink-in for a bit. The thing is that it’s not […]