Pouring back

With the recession, hostile US anti-immigration laws; especially in the border states of Texas and Arizona, and an unpredictable and potentially lethal security situation in Mexico, crossing illegally into the United States seems to becoming less and less attractive. My brother’s Costa Rican father-in-law has made the crossing twice in his life, however when I [...]

Repent

God’s a strong force everywhere in Mexico and I found it especially strong amongst the deportees coming over the bridge. Many had re-found God after spending periods in jail, or used it as a point of strength during the difficulty and hardship of life as an ‘illegal alien’. I can see people gain hope, direction [...]

El Dentista

In the towns and cities near the border there are a huge amount of dentistry clinics, far too many for the size of the population in those towns. Going to the dentists in Mexico is apparently at least 500% cheaper than the US, and so many Americans will cross the border for their treatment. Dr. [...]

Hey Ho

The hotel I was staying in has its reception on the first floor, and next to the reception is a balcony overlooking the street below. I was sitting on the balcony waiting for some change after paying for a few more nights. There was an old Texan guy sitting there too, so I started a [...]

I get a pass

I find scenes like these so strange and so interesting. You could be put in prison for swimming across to the far bank of the Rio Bravo without the correct papers, yet it looks like nothing. It looks like any other river. I wonder, if the river changed course and snaked its way around northern [...]

Fear

‘In Ciudad Juarez you can work. Here you can’t even take your camera out of the bag, it’s very very dangerous at the moment you have to be so careful.’ The border town of Ciudad Juarez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is often quoted as being the “most dangerous city in the world”. Whether that’s [...]

Pedro

Pedro, Centro, Monterrey.

San Pedro

Monterrey, the capital of the northeastern border state of Nuevo Leon, is Mexico’s 3rd city and one of the country’s most important business centres. Within its metropolitan area is the separate municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia. I haven’t seen the figures myself but apparently San Pedro boasts one of the highest, if not the [...]