• As border tightens some US-Mexico neighbors reach across the ...

  "The wall projects hostility," she said, paint pot in hand and surrounded by youngsters from both the United States and Mexico. "The idea is to transform it with art, friendship, colors and life into something that unites us," said Borquez, who is director of the local ...

• Mexican flavor coming soon to Swampscott

  Swampscott residents have surely noticed by now that the former Blockbuster in Vinnin Square is about to get a new tenant: Qdoba Mexican Grill. A self-proclaimed ';fast/casual'; Mexican-style eatery, the new restaurant had anticipated to open on June 3, said marketing manager Toni Tiernan in a recent interview, but that opening has been pushed back. Plans for a grand opening include ...

• Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security

  Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...

• Three sentenced for trafficking prostitutes from Mexico

  SACRAMENTO - Three men were sentenced Friday on criminal charges for trafficking women from Mexico to be used as prostitutes in five Northern California cities, including ...

• NY trial may clean Mexico’s oil mess

  Benny Avni A trial in Manhattan federal court may help push Mexico to free its decaying oil industry from the state-owned monopoly known as Pemex, for Petroleos Mexicanos. And that’s good news for both sides of the border, indeed for the whole world.In the $500 million lawsuit, Pemex alleges that two firms, Germany’s Siemens AG and South Korea’s SK, bribed Pemex officials to ...

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