Friday, November 28, 2025

MND_NORTHERN BORDER ZONE

The Rio Grande or Rio Bravo flows through Big Bend National Park in Texas

US blames Texas crop losses on Mexico’s missed water deliveries

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Mexico still owes nearly half the water that it was treaty-bound to deliver between 2020 and 2025. As drought persists in northern Mexico, will it be able to catch up?
Mexico in My Pocket

Mexico in My Pocket: The story of entrepreneur and author Luisa...

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Luisa Navarro is on a mission to share her love of Mexico, and its traditional arts and crafts, through her popular blog, Mexico in My Pocket. She's also written a book about Day of the Dead and its power to heal.
highway in Mexico

US Consulate General in Monterrey issues security alert for Federal Highway...

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Issued on Wednesday, the security alert says that several robberies have occurred in which cars were forced to the side of the road and robbed by armed groups, including during mid-morning hours.
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Mario Quintero Lara leads the band Los Tucanes de Tijuana.

Los Tucanes de Tijuana take norteño music to Fortnite’s virtual stages

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Los Tucanes’ iconic hit “La Chona” was recently incorporated into Fortnite's festival music mode, marking a milestone for Mexican regional music by bringing it to the video game's global player base.

Scientists from Mexico and US create joint water management portal

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The two countries share one border and two major water sources. The hope is that a new binational information portal will enhance the needed cooperation.
Some 1,500 U.S.-bound tractor-trailers were left stranded due to the blockades.

Farmers occupy Ciudad Juárez customs facility, halting border trade in protest of water law

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The actions were part of the megabloqueo, or mega-blockade, in which truckers and farmers shut down highways in more than half of Mexico’s 32 federal entities on Monday.
lettuce wrapped up in plastic

‘A salad unfit for this year’s Thanksgiving table’: CBP incercepts US $10M of meth...

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the narcotics, the vehicle and the lettuce before turning the case over to Homeland Security Investigations.
Estadio Akron in Guadalajara

Guadalajara and Monterrey will host playoff games to determine the remaining World Cup teams 

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A record high of 48 teams will be competing for the FIFA World Cup next summer with six slots yet to be decided. Two will qualify via a six-team tournament in Mexico in March.
sign on beach

Navy removes signs claiming a Mexican beach is US territory

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The signs, with text in English and Spanish, claimed that the zone was a U.S. National Defense Area and that anyone found there would be detained and searched.
Smuggled parakeets

US man caught smuggling Mexican parakeets in his pants faces 20 years in prison

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An American citizen living in Tijuana who was caught trying to smuggle two parakeets across the border into the U.S. last month was indicted in San Diego last week on federal smuggling charges.
Sillouetted people sit at glowing neon slot machines

Following Mexico’s lead, US sanctions cartel-linked casinos across Mexico

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A joint operation between the two countries has shuttered gambling houses in Ensenada, Nogales, Mazatlán and other cities, leaving them cut off from global financial system.

Nvidia denies plans to build US $1B data center in Nuevo León

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The governor’s flub stole the spotlight from Mexico's Cipre Holding, a real investor planning a major data center in Nuevo León.

US senators push legislation that blocks water from going to Mexico

From The Texas Tribune: U.S. senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn want to limit the United States’ engagement with Mexico after the country failed to deliver water to Texas under a 1944 international water treaty.