AFP: "A presidential donation row in the United States has exposed the shady past of a Mexican fugitive who fled US drug charges in 1994 but has since built a gaming empire south of the border. US President Barack Obama's re-election committee announced Tuesday it would return the donations, revealed by The New York Times, of some $200,000 by two brothers of Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, or "Pepe."
Across the border in Monterrey, an industrial hub in northern Mexico, Rojas Cardona is nicknamed the "Casino Czar" for his network of gambling houses and walks free, despite various allegations against him." read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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