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Thus ended last week one of the worst tragedies in the long and tortured history of illegal crossings of the U.S.-Mexican border. The lone survivor, Miguel Tostado Rodriguez, 21, told how he promised to pay $400 to a "coyote" (the term for smugglers who grow wealthy by sneaking Mexicans...
As the number of middle-income Americans looking southward for doctoring grows, so does the demand for sophisticated services. Mexican plastic surgeons are now in big demand. Reason: a face-lift or tummy tuck south of the Rio Grande costs about 40% of what it does in the U.S. "An...
The ABA also rules on Big Days, which are competitions to see as many species as possible in 24 hours. The association once removed a species from the total of a Texas team, thus costing it a tie with California for the national title. The team, while standing on the...
Huandacareo is bracing for an invasion against which there is no ready defense: thousands of its own citizens returning from north of the Rio Grande. The president of the municipal council, Enrique Gonzalez Martinez, estimates that 25% of the town's inhabitants now work in the U.S., most of them...
Alvarez won attention last July when he protested controversial ruling- party victories in Chihuahua elections by staging a 40-day hunger strike and organizing sit-ins on highways and bridges that tied up traffic across the Rio Grande. Alvarez acknowledges that under the current system no P.A.N. candidate can seriously...