June 2018 Nogales Border Drug Busts: 12 Arrests in Nine Days

CBP June Drug Seizures Total $2.84 Million   Summary and Analysis During the month of June 2018 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made 12 arrests for alleged drug smuggling during nine days at the Nogales international border ports of entry. Nine women and...

Nogales Candidates Ride the 2018 Morena Wave

Español Left-Wing Political Party Ushers in New Electoral Era for Mexico In a resounding rejection of the status quo in Mexican politics and society, a political alliance of left-wing and conservative right-wing political parties won the 2018 presidential election in...

Murder Victim Found Beaten, Shot and Wrapped in Blankets

Español 40th Homicide of 2018 in Nogales, Mexico According to published reports, at approximately 7:00 a.m. yesterday morning a resident of the Colonia Jardines de la Montaña neighborhood in Nogales, Mexico reported a body located under an oak tree on Lago Azul...

Sonora Will Only Ban Alcohol Sales on July 1

“Ley Seca” Dry Law will only be applied on July 1   Sonora’s Director General of Alcoholic Beverages Zaira Fernández Morales has announced that the “ley seca” (dry law) that bans alcohol sales on the day of and the day before a federal election will only be...

May 2018 Nogales Border Drug Busts: 12 Arrests in 10 Days

CBP May Drug Seizures Total Nearly $2.1 Million   Summary and Analysis During the month of May 2018 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made 12 arrests for alleged drug smuggling during 10 days at the Nogales international border ports of entry. Six women and six...

Nogales Travel Advisory – July 2018 Mexican Elections

Impact on border traffic not known   Update: On Thursday, June 28, Sonora’s Director General of Alcoholic Beverages Zaira Fernández Morales announced that the dry laws would be further amended to ban the sale of alcohol only on Sunday, July 1. Bars, clubs,...