General News

The Mexican Senate is debating a new “internal security” law that has human rights advocates concerned that the measure could lead to the militarization of the country’s public security forces.

The news cycle of the past few months has been littered with the sullied or destroyed reputations of powerful men, people who have used their leverage within a given industry to prey on women - or, in one case, young men or boys - with what they had thought was complete impunity.

Foreigners who plan to travel outside Mexico while their residency visas are en trámite (in process) with the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) must obtain authorization ahead of time.

The country’s lowest earners will get an early Christmas present after the Mexican government announced this week that the country’s minimum wage will increase by 10.4 percent on December 1. 

Foreigners living in Mexico under resident immigration permits run the risk losing their status unless they go strictly by the book every time they exit and reenter the country, Florencia Vega Mendez, head of the Chapala branch of the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM), is warning.

Local mail carriers hope that customers show their appreciation for their labor with a donation on November 12, Dia del Cartero.

The launch in Jalisco of Petro Seven marks another step in the realignment of Mexico’s gas station market, two years after major reforms opened up the energy sector to private participation.

Eight builders, including a Hispanic-owned, Arizona company and an Israeli radar maker, unveiled models for walls to be constructed at the Mexican-American border, according to Voice of America.