Mexico Weekly and Mexico Today

U.S. aviation regulators are set to downgrade Mexico's safety ranking, effectively restricting its airlines from expanding service between the two countries, according to several industry officials, reported The Wall Street Journal Friday.

Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, a top leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, has been killed in a military operation that may prove to be a boon for President Felipe Calderón's struggling war against drug cartels.

The Army claimed a victory against the country's most powerful drug cartel after troops cornered and killed the man reputed to have founded the multibillion dollar methamphetamine trade, reported The Guardian Friday.

Northern Mexico is increasingly silent, reliable information compromised

The disappearance of four more Mexican journalists this week deepens a disturbing silence in northern Mexico, leaving a prosperous region void of reliable media coverage or freedom of expression, media advocates say, reported The Dallas Morning News Friday .

Government has opportunity to learn valuable lessons

Both the United States and Mexico have approached the war on Mexican drug cartels with Colombia in mind, wrote Gustavo Flores-Macías in an Op-Ed piece for The New York Times.

As if Arizona was not already unfriendly enough territory for immigrants, now they have to face angry, armed neo-Nazis. Incredibly, a small group of heavily armed racists patrolled for migrants and drug cartels last week on the Southern border, reported the Southern Poverty Law Center Friday on its website.

Current, former police officers charged with collaborating with drug traffickers

Baja California's largest law-enforcement shake-up in recent years was carried out Thursday, when soldiers detained 62 current and former state and municipal police officers suspected of collaborating with drug traffickers, The San Diego Union Tribune reported Thursday.

Somewhere Near Tapachula is the heartfelt true story of Misión Mexico, a children's refuge started by Australian couple Alan and Pam Skuse. Based in Tapachula, Chiapas, this inspiring documentary focuses on Misión Mexico Boardriders Club, the unique surf community of orphaned, abused and homeless children.

If you're hoping to pack the tastes, sounds and sights of an international city into just a three day weekend, look no further than Mexico City.

Capital's filthy atmosphere has improved considerably

Hemmed in by mountains and volcanoes, Mexico City is the perfect smog-trap. At its altitude of 2,250 meters (7,381 feet) the air is already thin; on days when the toxic “cream”, as the familiar brown cloud of pollution is locally known, descends on the city, it is hard to breathe, reported The Economist Thursday.