A large cache of marijuana has been confiscated by authorities after a clash with drug traffickers in North Mexico. According to CNN News, approximately 105 tons of marijuana have been seized by local authorities in Tijuana, a border city in Mexico. The incident is the largest drug bust to occur in Tijuana’s history, CNN New [...]
According to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the United States can do more to help in Mexico’s crackdown operations on drug cartels in the country. Mexican drug cartels have expanded operations beyond drug trafficking and are now involved in terrorism and acts of insurgency. During a speech Friday at the nonpartisan Commonwealth Club in [...]
The season of storm has not yet ended, as another tropical storm is expected to lash Mexico and some parts of United States in the initial days of the week. Hurricane Earl had just ended with a little threat it posed on the Mexico and United States tropical areas. Now, tropical storm Hermine is underway, [...]
The Mexico Massacre, which left 72 dead, also left few survivors. One of the survivors who managed to escape the shooting related what exactly happened on that fateful day. The survivor, named Luis Freddy Lala, an Ecuadorian says that he left Ecuador to go to United States. The trip began with a first leg of [...]
Mexico has witnessed gruesome killings over the past week, or two. Firstly, it was the massacre of 72 people, and now a bomb went off in a Cancun bar in Mexico, which resulted in 8 deaths. The deaths include 6 women, 6 died on the spot, the rest died while being treated. Castillo de Mar [...]
Numerous numbers of dead bodies have been found in Mexico, the numbers are said to be 72. These bodies were discovered by Mexican navy in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas on a farm, by agency said. Among the discovered bodies 58 are said to be of men and the remaining are of women. The bodies [...]
A 22 year old from Mexico had given her country a new found happiness after she beat all the 82 competitors fair and square. Jimena Navarrete, a model by profession who participated at the Miss Universe pageant was thrilled as she was given her crown at a glittering ceremony in Las Vegas. Jimena Navarrete is [...]
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Craft has instructions for making your own retro shoes from an old tire and a pair of jeans. While I don’t think these will hold up to the heavy duty running I do (at least two miles a year), they might be a fun weekend project for those so inclined. The question, however is whether you can find unburnt tires in your corner of the apocalyptic hellscape that you would need to live in in order to decide to make your own shoes. A few years ago a friend of mine brought me to a little town in Mexico to see the Tarahumara race. The Tarahumara are an indigenous people who live in a massive canyon and run incredible distances in sandals, called huaraches, made from old car tires. When I tried to wear a pair of these homemade huaraches, the straps chaffed the top of my feet and pulled at my leg hairs as I walked. It was terrible. But I still wanted to wear shoes made from old car tires and other upcycled materials. So I decided to make a homemade running shoe, similar to the type of shoes Bill Bowerman made for Steve Prefontaine — the original Nikes.
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