Britt, Tuberville lead American confrontation against Mexico’s harassment of Alabama-based Vulcan Materials
U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Tommy Tuberville, Bill Hagerty and Tim Kaine sent a letter to Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena urging action against the Mexican government's ongoing harassment of Vulcan Materials. The letter marks two years since the Mexican government invaded and closed Vulcan's deep-water port of Punta Venado in Quintana Roo. Since the […]
Fighting Mexico’s illegal seizure of Alabama’s Vulcan Materials
Two years ago, the Mexican government began illegally invading and taking over a Mexican deep-water port operated by Alabama-based Vulcan Materials. Mexican President Lopez Obrador used military force to seize private land near the popular resort town of Playa del Carmen in May 2022. Since the seizure, the Mexican government has been trying to force […]
Mexico’s lawsuit vs. Arizona gun dealers faces challenge during hearing in Tucson
After a two-hour hearing Thursday, a federal judge in Tucson will consider whether to move forward with a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against five Arizona gun dealers. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez asked several questions during the hearing and ruled on two narrow legal issues, but the court did not rule on the […]
New Mexico’s top election official met with federal prosecutors for 2020 special counsel probe
Washington – The head of New Mexico’s state election authority has held talks with federal prosecutors as part of the special counsel’s investigation into the 2020 election, a spokesman for the agency said Friday. A meeting with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver took place in the past few months, spokeswoman Alex Curtus […]
Mexico’s emotional ban on GM corn – Greeley Tribune
The majority of corn grown in the United States has been genetically modified or bioengineered to be resistant to insect damage, herbicides, and plant viruses. A favorite old farmer friend of mine tells the story of how, before GMO corn seed became popular, neighborhood pot growers would sneak into corn fields and plant pots among […]
Mexico’s Defense Ministry Announces Arrest Of 16 Soldiers Allegedly Involved In The Execution Of Five Men
Mexico’s defense ministry said on Saturday that authorities had arrested 16 military personnel suspected of executing five men after a truck crash last month. Mexican media released a video last week, dated May 18, showing a dozen soldiers surrounding a truck that hit a wall, dragging five people out of the vehicle and shooting them. […]
The good, the bad and the endangered: New Mexico’s thistles are more than just weeds
Meadows near Silver Lake in the Sacramento Mountains offer views of small habitats with several species of flora and fauna. Spring is too early to see many species of plants, such as the few thistles that don’t flower until late summer, but other plant and animal species are already present, such as the New Mexico […]
