U.S. CONSULATE PROCLAIMS BAJA SAFE FOR USA VISITORS

Ronald Kramer, head of the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, stated that “Baja is safe for visitors” and he hopes tourism quickly rebounds, as reported on the front page of El Mexicano newspaper published on Monday June 15th…

TJ and BAJA drug war fatalities down 79% for first quarter of 2009

Mexico’s Secretary of the National Security Council, Alexander Rubido reported that the homicide rate in Baja (inclusive of Tijuana) related to the drug war dropped 79% during the first quarter of 2009, compared to the last quarter of 2008(as reported by the El Mexicano 4/14/09)….

June 1, US Passport Requirement Clarified…(when RETURNING to USA, from Baja MX)

Starting June 1, 2009, US citizens will need a passport to enter the U.S. from any foreign country. This will be required for air, sea or land. Children 18 or younger need only a birth certificate for land and sea entry from these areas. BUT what if you have already planned a trip (and lack a passport) or for some reason cannot obtain the same?

CDC & US Dept of State rescind “HOGWASH FLU” travel advisory for MEXICO

Mark Twain  once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” No words were better spoken, when presented with the media HOGWASH flu “panic-demic”, BUT alas the US government —finally– put on its boots…

MEXICO decriminalizes possession of small quantities of illicit drugs

HOLY SMOKE!!! one might be tempted to yelp, when one reads that the MEXICO legislatively  decriminalized the possession of small amounts (aka personal usage) of marijuana, cocaine,  heroin, and meth…

HOGWASH FLU UPDATE: Mexico is safe, Baja always was, US media mascot: Chicken Little

On May 7th, The World Health Organization, WHO announced that we are “free to move about the country”, as the concern of the Hogwash Flu and its related A (H1N1) virus dissipated, both in Mexico and around the world.

US inmate solicits 4 murder victims to “PARTY” in Tijuana’s deadliest neighborhood AND THEY GO!

For pure argument sake, if you had a “friend”, serving time in the penitentiary for drug trafficking, and that friend sent  you a letter, encouraging you to go to a Friday night party in East Los Angeles,–an area well known for drug dealing gang-bangers, drive by shootings and murder– would you go???  and if so why???