Category Archives: Crime

Fewer Americans Dining in Tijuana, So Restaurants Going Bankrupt

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Allan Wall

Tijuana is a Mexican border city on the far west end of Mexico, across the border from San Diego, California. In fact, Tijuana and San Diego and other cities actually form a transborder metroplex of five and a half million … Continue reading →

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Smugglers Hide Meth in Celery, Fake Watermelons, And Other Products

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Allan Wall

Smugglers are creative, constantly finding new ways to sneak methamphetamine across the border. Sometimes smugglers get caught but how much is getting through? A couple of recent cases at the Otay Mesa crossing (near San Diego) included celery and fake … Continue reading →

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Mexican Corporations Extorted by Drug Cartels

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Allan Wall

The Associated Press has reported on a disturbing development in Mexico – drug cartels extorting corporations. Drug cartels do not limit themselves to drug trafficking. They are involved in various businesses, and this development reflects a growing cartelization of the … Continue reading →

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Global Guardian Firm Tells Americans to Be Careful in Mexico

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Allan Wall

Newsweek reports that the Global Guardian security firm is warning Americans to be careful in Mexico. I’m currently in Mexico and saw the article yesterday. If you’d told me yesterday not to go to Mexico it would have been too … Continue reading →

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Mexicans Cross Into Guatemala to Escape Cartel Violence; Guatemalan Army Reinforces Border

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Allan Wall

Mexico and Guatemala share a 541-mile border. Most of the crossings of this border are from the Guatemalan side into Mexico. Now there is a movement the other way which hasattracted the attention of the Guatemalan government. The Sinaloa cartel … Continue reading →

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Mexican Cartels Producing Precursor Chemicals for Methamphetamine

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Allan Wall

According to the Mexican Navy, the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) cartel are now producing precursor chemicals in order to produce methamphetamine. It’s been estimated that there are 100 ways to concoct methamphetamine. Formerly in Mexico, they used ephedrine … Continue reading →

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Mexico’s Election Violence

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Allan Wall

Mexico held an election on June 2nd. It was a massive election, with 20,000 official posts up for grabs, from the presidency and Congress down to local offices. There were 70,000 candidates competing for those 20,000 posts. In some parts … Continue reading →

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The Second Presidential Debate

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Allan Wall

On April 28th, the second Mexican presidential debate of 2024 was held.  Click here to see the transcript of the debate.  I’m reminded of a Spanish-language proverb:    El prometer no empobrece — El dar es lo que aniquila – “To … Continue reading →

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Can Mexico’s Vaquita Porpoise Survive?

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Allan Wall

The vaquita, scientific name Phocoena sinus, is a type of porpoise which is endemic to Mexico. The vaquita livesin the northern partof the Sea of Cortes(pictured on the right), also called the Gulf of California or Vermilion Sea, a body of … Continue reading →

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