[socrates1fan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('manu', 'M')aybe for awhile they will all head North. Then as there is less oil and a cold winter, the hordes will move South. Sort of what the Buffalo did before their die-off.

[socrates1fan]

I think that as Mexico collapses many more immigrants are going to head north.
The thing is by that time I don't think Americans will be as tolerant of illegal immigration as they were 5 years ago. As the economy gets worse they will be lucky to get past the border states.

[TheDude]

MEXICO : Pemex Oozes Corruption

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Pemex is a can of worms. If you do something right, they come after you; if you shut up about some irregularity, they reward you; and if you take part in the corruption, you profit," a Pemex worker told IPS.

"I’m not saying everything is like that -- there are also honest people," added the worker, whose name is withheld for his safety.

The employee said that after he replaced several worn-out parts of a gas valve, a group of internal auditors criticised his work, saying they had found "too many foreign parts," and ordered him to put the originals back in place.

He said that when his boss protested, he was accused of a bias in favour of a private supplier and an investigation against him was launched.

[Peleg]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', '[')url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42274]MEXICO : Pemex Oozes Corruption[/url]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Pemex is a can of worms. If you do something right, they come after you; if you shut up about some irregularity, they reward you; and if you take part in the corruption, you profit," a Pemex worker told IPS.

"I’m not saying everything is like that -- there are also honest people," added the worker, whose name is withheld for his safety.

The employee said that after he replaced several worn-out parts of a gas valve, a group of internal auditors criticised his work, saying they had found "too many foreign parts," and ordered him to put the originals back in place.

He said that when his boss protested, he was accused of a bias in favour of a private supplier and an investigation against him was launched.

[ReducedToZero]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'W')ell may be his salary/income is cut a bit too far thanks to Hispanics? May be he is a construction worker or something.

By the way have anyone wondered how much time nationwide is lost due to "For English, press 1; para Espanol, presione 2"
Per day? Per month? Per year? Per lifetime?

[Cynus]

Mexico City police chief, top prosecutor quit

LA Times

MEXICO CITY -- The capital city's police chief and head prosecutor resigned Tuesday amid growing public outrage over a bungled bar raid that resulted in 12 deaths.

The resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega and prosecutor Rodolfo Felix came the same day the city's Human Rights Commission issued a scathing denunciation of the deadly law enforcement crackdown last month on a club packed with teenagers celebrating the end of the school year.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cynus', 'M')exico City police chief, top prosecutor quit

LA Times

MEXICO CITY -- The capital city's police chief and head prosecutor resigned Tuesday amid growing public outrage over a bungled bar raid that resulted in 12 deaths.

The resignation of Police Chief Joel Ortega and prosecutor Rodolfo Felix came the same day the city's Human Rights Commission issued a scathing denunciation of the deadly law enforcement crackdown last month on a club packed with teenagers celebrating the end of the school year.

[TheDude]

Mexico sees decline in migrant remittances

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')EXICO CITY (AP) — Half-year figures are expected to show the first sustained decline on record in remittances sent home by Mexicans working abroad, officials said.

The downturn in U.S. housing construction and stepped-up immigration raids have made it tougher for migrants to find jobs, and less able to send money home. Mexico's Central Bank is scheduled to release figures on the remittance flow on Wednesday.

Jesus Cervantes, director of economic measurement for Mexico's central bank, said remittances are expected to decline 1.5 percent to 2 percent for 2008 as a whole over the previous year.

Cervantes said that would be the first such sustained drop since a reliable tally has been kept.

[medicvet]

The only thing that surprises me about all this is how little mention is made of the immigrants coming not just from Mexico, but from nations in Central America. The numbers of illegal immigrants from nations such as Honduras, Nicuragua, and El Salvador continue in mass numbers...fleeing the grinding poverty and the dangerous druglords who literally 'own' towns..and when one drug lord fights another, it is the townspeople who suffer..and many who leave.

[Pretorian]

By the way had anyone noticed how fast is growing peso vs USD, meantime USD was growing against aud, jpy and cad, and chf? I mean last 2 weeks or so.

[Cynus]

Mexican drug cartels now doing business on US soil
MEXICO CITY - Powerful Mexican cartels have assumed control of drug distribution networks throughout the United States, sparking worry from US law enforcement and analysts that they may export the same violent methods that have ravaged Mexico for years.
US federal officials say the Mexican cartels operate in dozens of US cities, and analysts say they are moving to consolidate their control of the entire supply chain of illegal drugs.
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The Zetas, former Mexican soldiers who have become the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, have been linked to killings along the Texas side of the border and as far north as Dallas, according to court records and press accounts. The Sinaloa Cartel has been linked to the local Houston drug trade. And in Phoenix, suspected Mexican traffickers dressed as the Phoenix Police SWAT team recently attacked a home with high caliber weapons.
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Drug violence associated with the cartels, although on a vastly smaller scale, has begun to emerge in the Atlanta area. Gwinnett County has seen about nine drug-related kidnappings this year, including a man who was bound and chained in a basement in the town of Lilburn.
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Burton said there has been a spike in kidnappings along the Texas border. "We don't know how many have been kidnapped, but guesstimates by local law enforcement puts abductions in border towns at four to eight a week," he said. "They are snatched in the US and taken to Mexico."

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/artic ... il/?page=2

[TheDude]

Mexico border city begins fines for US diesel buying

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ssociated Press
Aug. 9, 2008, 12:36PM

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuna have started a program to discourage Americans from crossing the border to fill up extra drum, tanks or barrels with subsidized Mexican diesel fuel.

The city government says it has fined Americans in four cases and would impound their vehicles until they pay the fines. Ciudad Acuna is located across the border from Del Rio, Texas.

The city also says it has started informing U.S. drivers that filling up the tanks of their own vehicles is fine, but carrying extra containers home with fuel is a violation of customs and export rules and in some cases is a safety violation.

The city said in a written report on Friday that the first fines were handed out this week. It said city officials would set up information stands to advise visitors about the policy.

The fines being levied were equivalent to 70 percent of the value of the diesel confiscated.

[ReverseEngineer]

Forget the Oil. What happens to the Mexican Economy when Americans run out of money to Buy Drugs? If we can't afford FOOD, how the heck do you have enough money to buy DRUGS? I mean, maybe you buy them for a few weeks while you starve to death, but then Demand Destruction takes hold and nobody is left standing buying the drugs anymore. Where do the Mexican Drug Lords get the money to finance their operations?

Reverse Engineer

[evilgenius]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'F')orget the Oil. What happens to the Mexican Economy when Americans run out of money to Buy Drugs? If we can't afford FOOD, how the heck do you have enough money to buy DRUGS? I mean, maybe you buy them for a few weeks while you starve to death, but then Demand Destruction takes hold and nobody is left standing buying the drugs anymore. Where do the Mexican Drug Lords get the money to finance their operations?

Reverse Engineer

[Fiddlerdave]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cynus', 'M')exican drug cartels now doing business on US soil
MEXICO CITY - Powerful Mexican cartels have assumed control of drug distribution networks throughout the United States, sparking worry from US law enforcement and analysts that they may export the same violent methods that have ravaged Mexico for years.
US federal officials say the Mexican cartels operate in dozens of US cities, and analysts say they are moving to consolidate their control of the entire supply chain of illegal drugs.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('evilgenius', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'F')orget the Oil. What happens to the Mexican Economy when Americans run out of money to Buy Drugs? If we can't afford FOOD, how the heck do you have enough money to buy DRUGS? I mean, maybe you buy them for a few weeks while you starve to death, but then Demand Destruction takes hold and nobody is left standing buying the drugs anymore. Where do the Mexican Drug Lords get the money to finance their operations?

Reverse Engineer

[wellbehaved]

I shouldn´t even respond to the garbage posted on this thread, but it is apparent that most of the people that write on this post know nothing about Mexico, the economics, the culture, politics, etc.

What happened to intelligent discussion? Apparently it doesn´t happen here..

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wellbehaved', 'I') shouldn´t even respond to the garbage posted on this thread, but it is apparent that most of the people that write on this post know nothing about Mexico, the economics, the culture, politics, etc.

What happened to intelligent discussion? Apparently it doesn´t happen here..

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ernando Marti was abducted in June. His decomposed body was found in the boot of a car in Mexico City this month, even though his family had reportedly paid a ransom.

The murder of the teenager, who belonged to a wealthy family that co-owns Mexico's largest chain of sports stores, was shocking enough in itself.

But the impact of his death was compounded by the news that a number of police officers, including a police commander, have been arrested in connection with the case.

Television, radio, newspapers and the internet have been filled with people's reactions to Fernando's killing. The emotions expressed recall four years ago when Mexico saw huge marches amid a similar sense of insecurity provoked by rising crime.

A new demonstration is already planned for later this month, with tens of thousands expected to attend.

'Repugnant excuses'

Jose Antonio Ortega, president of the Ya Basta (Enough is Enough) organisation, spoke for many when he said: "Yet again, [we see] police officers implicated in abductions and other atrocious crimes, repugnant excuses and lies from ministry officials and prosecutors, and the fake consternation and empty promises of governors and politicians."

[TheDude]

Peak oil and Mexico: The socioeconomic impacts of Cantarell’s decline

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')educed oil exports from Mexico will have far reaching implications. At the global level, an increasingly inelastic production chain will be drawn that much tighter. For the United States, a stable source of supply will be eroded to the detriment of both reliability and energy security.

As important as these consequences are, however, they pale in significance compared to the impact reduced oil production will have on the people of Mexico – a nation which has literally changed its socioeconomic profile with billions in revenues from oil exports. Record revenues pay for schools, roads, hospitals, and other important societal infrastructure.