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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities are accusing sportswear company Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional Indigenous footwear known as huaraches.The controversy has fueled accusations of cultural appropriation by the footwear brand, with authorities saying this is not the first time traditional Mexican handicrafts have been copied. Citing these concerns, local authorities have asked Adidas to withdraw the shoe model.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that Adidas was already in talks with authorities in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca to provide “compensation for the people...

Mexico’s national oil company launched its first gasoline station outside of the country’s borders on Thursday in Houston, the first of several stations planned for the city. After Mexico opened its borders to foreign investment in the country’s oil fields in 2014, state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos, know as Pemex, has started to test its brand strength by competing in the U.S., with that effort beginning in Houston, said José Manuel Carrera Panizzo, the company’s chief of alliances and new business development. “We want to be put to the toughest test,” Carrera said of the competitive Texas gasoline market. “We’re trying to...

Politics: Most members of Congress like to bring home the bacon to their districts. But Arizona's Raul Grijalva wants everyone to boycott his state to protest its immigration law. Who, exactly, is he serving?

Gomez-Garcia could spend life in prison Decision on charges may ease bid for extradition to Denver By Sarah Langbein and Brian D. Crecente, Rocky Mountain News June 10, 2005 There is still a chance Raul Gomez-Garcia could spend the rest of his life behind bars in the United States. That's possible because Gomez-Garcia was charged Thursday with second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. A first-degree murder charge, which carries a sentence of life without parole or the death penalty, would have made it unlikely Mexico would send Gomez-Garcia here to stand trial for the slaying of a Denver police officer.

It's time to Boycott Mexico and Mexican products, and close the borders until we can Vincente Fox and the Mexican government to respond to the countless murders that take place by illegals in the US, and then they flee to the safety of Mexico. Do not buy Mexican products, travel to Mexico, invest in Mexican companies or have any economic support for this country until they respond.