Mexico’s criminal and political worlds are shifting, and 2017…

Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, in one form or another, ran Mexico as a de facto one-party state from the 1930s until 2000, when Vicente Fox interrupted the PRI’s hold on the presidency. But that restoration of power appears to be on shaky ground, and the political shifts that the PRI and Mexico are seeing come as the country’s criminal underworld appears to be undergoing its own upheaval.

Deal made after Mexican man died at border gets initial OK

A federal judge tentatively approved an agreement Thursday for the U.S. government to pay $1 million to the children of a Mexican man who died after being detained by immigration authorities and shot several times with a stun gun. The settlement considered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa Porter is intended to end a nearly 7-year case that prompted widespread complaints that U.S. immigration authorities tolerated agents who use excessive force.

Sewage spill in Tijuana, Mexico flows north of border

Driver arrested after plowing truck into New Orleans Mardi Gras parade leaving 28 injured and 5 critical – including young children OJ Simpson has good chance of being released on parole as early as OCTOBER and will be able cash in on a $2.7 MILLION NFL pension ‘I do not take this lightly’: Meryl Streep blasts Karl Lagerfeld for ‘lying and defaming’ her after claiming she demanded money to wear Chanel Oscar dress Sense of humor failure? Trump is ridiculed with memes after PULLING OUT of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in shocking break with tradition – as his war with the media heats up Ivanka boycott spreads to Canada: Female protesters dressed as Donald march on major department store in bid to get it to drop her fashion line First planned contact between North Korea and the U.S. in Trump administration is CANCELLED after top envoy is denied US visa Trump spends the evening with … (more)

Large sewage spill in Tijuana, Mexico, flows north of border

In this Dec. 23, 2007, file photo, the beaches adjacent to the Tijuana Estuary are posted with signs declaring them unsafe due to pollution that flows through the estuary after feeding in from Tijuana, Mexico in Imperial Beach, Calif. Officials in California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed into the U.S. for more than two weeks.

Moments after he was deported, a Mexican man jumped to his death off…

Guadalupe Olivas Valencia was surrounded by cars and surveillance cameras as he made his last, desperate attempt to cross the border from Tijuana, Mexico into the U.S. on Monday. Passing through the car lanes of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, his odds of making it past immigration authorities were slim.

San Diego, Tijuana mayors extol virtues of cross-border ties

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, left, and Tijuana, Mexico, Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum discuss the benefits of cross-border ties at a news conference at San Diego City Hall, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The mayors of the largest metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border called for stronger binational ties, striking a sharp contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to build a wall and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Francisco Vargas: He Cut Me, I Couldn’t See, I Want a Rematch

In a heart and soul performance before a sold-out crowd at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt pulled the upset of a lifetime and was crowned the new after an 11th round stoppage of former two-time world champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas . The fight featured moments of heavy exchanges, which resulted in the reopening of a former cut above one of Vargas’s eyes during the ninth round.

Border groups scramble for message to counter Trump’s wall, tax talk

View of the U.S.- Mexico border fence in the outskirts of Tijuana, northwestern Mexico on Thursday. A broad-based alliance of border advocates gathered in Tijuana on Thursday to call for a public campaign to highlight the benefits of bilateral trade and the need for U.S.-Mexico collaboration – a striking counterpoint to President Donald Trump’s plans for a border wall and a proposal to fund it through a 20 percent import tax.

A look at border security, fencing as Trump announces wall

President Donald Trump announced his long-awaited plan Wednesday to build a wall on the 1,954-mile U.S. border with Mexico, calling for its “immediate construction” to stop the flow of smuggling and drugs. One-third of the U.S.-Mexico border, or 653 miles, is already studded with fence in a potpourri of styles, from menacing barriers to those that can be easily hopped.

What Trump needs to build his ‘Giant Wall’

What Trump needs to build his ‘Giant Wall’ Trump will need a big lift from Congress to build his border wall. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kqi3C3 President Trump has promised to build his “giant wall,” but it will take a lot of help to make it a reality.

Protesters take control of Mexican border crossing with US

Protesters took control of vehicle lanes at one of the busiest crossings on the U.S. border Sunday to oppose Mexican gasoline price hikes, waving through motorists into Mexico after Mexican authorities abandoned their posts. Motorists headed to Mexico zipped by about 50 demonstrators at the Otay Mesa port of entry connecting San Diego and Tijuana, many of them honking to show support.