La Prensa San Diego

Por Mariana Martinez     El aire en el salón es húmedo y enrarecido, bajo las lozas color durazno se levanta una jaula cuadrada subida por un motor hidráulico que rechina un poco.     EL General Gilberto Landeros, jefe de la Segunda Zona Militar, cree que el elevador se trababa seguido en el trasiego de droga [...]

By Vivian Marlene Dunbar     On Nov. 19, 2011, the Border Angels will hold their 25 anniversary celebration at the San Diego Centro Cultural de la Raza. The event marks a quarter of a century of defending and protecting immigrant rights on the US border and throughout America.     The Border Angels was founded by [...]

By Mariana Martínez     An 11 year old girl giving birth in Puebla made national headlines in Mexico. Doctors suspect she is the victim of sexual abuse.     The girl is from San Francisco Totimehuacán, a rural community outside Puebla. She arrived to the Women’s Hospital in the capital city, Puebla, in full labor and [...]

Commentary: By Scott Nicol    How does waiving the Endangered Species Act in Glacier National Park help secure the border?    Simple. It doesn’t.    But that doesn’t matter to Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, author of the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (HR 1505). Bishop claims that U.S. Customs and Border Protection [...]

 By Mariana Martinez     Karen and her friend Marisela drove 12 hours to come to Tijuana for a concert.     Once here, she seduced bouncers and staffers and managed to get on stage to hug and kiss her favorite performer: El Komander.     “He was driving in Culiacán 3 days ago and waved at me, [...]

Frontera NorteSur     Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, a protest in Tijuana is shaping up to be a test between the right of citizens to assemble peacefully and the desire of authorities to maintain public order.     In the wee hours of the morning of Tuesday, October 18, dozens of state, municipal and [...]

By Rocky Neptun San Diego Indy Media     From Tehran to Scotland, from Hong Kong to the always fiery, militant youth of Rome, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread across the globe. Tired and angry over decades of corporate owned capitalism, where wealthy stockholders and huge multi-national corporations set the agenda for political and [...]

By Valeria Fernández New America Media PHOENIX, Ariz. – The number of apprehensions of undocumented immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped, but reports of abuses against immigrants are on the rise.     Those are the findings of a new report released by the Arizona humanitarian aid organization No More Deaths.     The report, “A [...]

By José Luis Sierra New America Media REYNOSA, Tamaulipas, Mexico—It takes 30 minutes to reach Reynosa, Mexico, from McAllen, Texas. But it only takes 30 seconds to realize that it’s a town under siege.     It’s a regular business day but most of the businesses are closed or empty. “For Sale” signs are everywhere. Most [...]

By Mariana Martinez     Part of the San Ysidro Border structure collapsed midday on Wednesday leaving 24 people injured and causing damages at the busiest land border crossing in the world.     The collapse happened around 10:45 am between lanes 1 through 8 while the rest of the structure had no visible damage.     “It [...]

Por Mariana Martinez    Un techo se colapsó en la garita de San Ysidro dejando a 24 heridos y serios daños,  además de interrumpir el flujo de la garita más cruzada del mundo.    “Este es un evento sumamente inusual ver cerrada la frontera más cruzada del mundo” dijo el jefe de puertos de entrada [...]

By Vivian Marlene Dunbar Sat. August 20, Playas Tijuana: Salsa music began to fill the air as people began to gather on both sides of the Playas Tijuana International Border Fence. The day was the 40th birthday of the little piece of land known as Friendship Park. This park, which lies next to the Pacific Ocean, [...]

Frontera NorteSur     Back in the summer of 2010, Mexican Tourism Secretary Gloria Guevara stood before a crowd in Beverly Halls and proclaimed a new strategy to recapture US visitors. In a speech, Guevara stressed the myriad cultural amenities her country offers tourists.     “Mexico has 29 sites that are patrimonies of humanity, 62 ethnic [...]

By José Luis Sierra New America Media     Their days were long, their nights short, but their labor under the hot sun were also driven by dreams of returning home to Mexico — and the embrace of their loved ones. Back home, these Mexican workers hoped the U.S. dollars the earned would enable them to [...]

Expo Mexico Emprende comes to Los Angeles seeking to capitalize remittances     For the first time in its history, the Mexican government and 16 state governments will present an Expo designed to offer assistance to Mexicans living outside of Mexico with the necessary tools to capitalize their remittances. The Expo will focus on starting and [...]

By Pablo Jaime Sáinz     A non-profit Catholic organization announced this week in San Diego that it will start a pilot program in three Mexican states that will aim to contribute to peace building in Mexico.     Lynnette Asselin, Mexico’s representative for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), said that the Catholic organization is working closely with [...]

Por Mariana Martinez     El Maserati negro pareció seguir a su dueño durante todo el martes y no descansar hasta llevarlo a la mansión en los terrenos del Hipódromo Caliente.     Primero estuvo estacionado entre el polvo, afuera del penal del Hongo donde esperaban sus fieles seguidores a la luz de las fogatas y un [...]