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We represent the area’s Top Developers, and after 20 years in Baja nobody knows the history of our area better than our Brokers. We work with the Title Companies, Escrow Company, the Developers themselves and buyers to insure a safe and smooth transaction. There are many added steps involved when buying distressed property in Mexico and the Baja Real Estate Group has been on the forefront as leaders in the distressed property market for the last 3 years,. We have a strong track record of proven results through long lasting relationships with Developers, buyers, sellers and local agents. We constantly comb the coast to bring you the latest Bargains in the area. Contact one of our agents, our developments or your Realtor before you make your first or next investment in Baja. Sincerely Max Katz Broker / Owner Baja Real Estate Group |
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| $1,600,000 | 6077 Mision San Diego (La Sirena) | |
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Stunning private ocean front villa beautifully sited on two lots to take advantage of spectacular ocean views and the “Pebble Beach of Baja”. There are 5 bedrooms suites, 4.5 bathrooms including an elegant guest casita. Luxurious appointments throughout. Charming pathways lead to pool, tennis courts, Bajamar clubhouse, restaurant & pro-shop.
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| $779,000 | Tower 2 Penthouse in Calafia Condos | |
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This Penthouse is located just 40 minutes south of the border, and 10 minutes south of Rosarito. It is in the ocean front gated community of Calafia that has 24 hour security, and is filled with amenities. Inside the penthouse are travertine floors throughout every room. Also, this penthouse is surrounded by floor to ceiling double pane windows for excellent views, natural light, and saving energy.
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| $775,000 | Las Picudas 38 in Las Gaviotas | |
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Oceanfront Las Gaviotas positioned in a “sweet spot” on the south end of Las Gaviotas, just above the volley ball court on the beach and palapa area along the malecon of Las Gaviotas. Newly remodeled kitchen and living areas with traditional Mexican style and taste with Kitchenaide stainless Refrigerator and Gas Range. Fischer/Paykel is the dishwasher brand with the double drawer feature. Beautiful Mexican tile on the floors and bathrooms and kitchen are updated with special tile too.
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| $750,000 | Las Gaviotas 56 | |
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This Oceanfront Custom Home was designed and built by Arq. Roberto Moreno only six years ago in this established community of Las Gaviotas that was developed in the early 1970′s. Las Gaviotas is a popular surf spot and the community offers a 1.6 mile Malacon walking path along the ocean, club house, swimming pool, Jacuzzi, Kid’s play area, suffleboard, owner’s gym and a lighted tennis court (currently being remodeled).
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| $659,000 | Mision Viejo – Ocean Front | |
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This ocean front residence has unobstructed white water ocean views with a sandy beach below. There is approximately 4000 square feet of covered space, a fully equipped Casita, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, 2.5 car garage. The lot is approximately 472 square meters, (5,090 sq ft). The federal zone land permits have been applied for, and add nearly another 50% to the enjoyable space.
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| $489,000 | 20 Los Pelicanos Oeste in Las Gaviotas | |
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This newer, five-bedroom, four-bath, non-smoking property, known as Casa de los Gatos, is awash in luxurious comforts and functionality. This 3000-square-foot property offers an 180-degree view of some of the most stunning sunsets anywhere in the world. Our guests will be struck by the enormous ocean view an abundance of luxury furnishing including a dining table for ten. The main floor holds the fully-equipped kitchen, a spacious living area with a large hand-carved stone and brick fireplace, a master bedroom with a king-size bed and a private bathroom, another full bath just off the living room, and a terrace with outdoor furniture and a gas grill.
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| $439,000 | Palacio Del Mar (A1101) | |
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When it comes to the ultimate in Rosarito Beach luxury living, Palacio del Mar is in a league all its own. Rising 19 stories above the Pacific Ocean, Palacio is one of the tallest buildings in South Rosarito Beach. Residences are meticulously crafted with Travertine flooring, luxurious baths and contemporary kitchens. Residents can enjoy private beachside service, private restaurant, 2 separate pools (Infinity edge & Indoor heated), spa and a fitness center. In addition to the fabulous amenities, Palacio del Mar owners can also enjoy the extraordinary five-star hotel services. The continuous 24/7 electricity, water, security and numerous administration provided services will insure a pleasant and relaxing experience.
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| $365,000 | Las Velas 1001 at Club Marena | |
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Las Velas 1001, 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom condominium on the 10th floor, 25′ ocean frontage, great terrace with built in BBQ, sunset side & view, 1526 sq. ft.
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| $350,000 | Calle Salvatierra #328 in La Mision | |
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This beautiful Mexican style casa sits on a huge wonderfully landscaped lot and has very well protected views of the Guadalupe river, the moutains, the town of La Mision and of course the beautiful La Mision beach. The house is located within the gated community of La Mision just a few minutes walk from the best beach in Baja Norte. This house is two bedrooms and one bathroom with a separate casita below that has its own bathroom. The house is in very good condition and has great feel to it. This is the type of house that people picture when they think of a Mexican beach house. The house has a two car garage and the entire lot is walled with beautiful stone that was mined just up the canyon.
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| $329,000 | Palacio Del Mar, Suite A0502 | |
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A Truly Upscale Condominium, with incredible Ocean View. Prime Location; Beach Side Lifestyle, Two Spacious Bedrooms with Balcony Both facing the water; Travertine Floor, Very Spacious Living-dinning, Luxury Kitchen; Luxury Kitchen-granite Top, Pacific Maple Pantry, Kitchen Sink With Drain-lid, Hob With Extractor, Washer/ Dryer included, Two Full-bathrooms. Reserved Parking for Each Unit, 3 elevators, Wide Stairways, Standby Auto Generator-electricity For All Units during Power Failure, Transformer, Standby Water Pumps. Beautiful Front Garden With Grand Entrance Management; Manager And Staff, Round The Clock Security.
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| $289,000 | 1456 Real Del Mar | |
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This 5 year old home with a spacious backyard offers traverine flooring and upper end custom cabinetry throughout all common areas and berber carpeting in the 3 spacious bedrooms. A bonus, TV or office room is central to the second floor bedroom suites. Huge Master suite with balcony, large walk-in closet and jacuzzi tub for two. The main floor has an attached double garage leading to an open floor plan under vaulted ceiling, and the kitchen is a gourmet’s delight with Stainless appliances, granite finish on solid alder cabinets with upper end hardware and pullout drawers.
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| $250,000 | 202 in Calafia Condos Tower III – Developer Takeback | |
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Looking for a serene location? Retirement home? The perfect home away from home? Calafia is your dream destination. Our exotic beach community is ideally located just south of Rosarito Beach, only 30 minutes from the San Diego border. With its enchanting sunsets and endless deep blue vistas, the Calafia seascape will win your heart. Every residence here enjoys a marvelous and awe-inspiring Pacific Ocean view. Calafia Condos, Resort and Villas is the premier resort beach community with condominium amenities that go well beyond the ordinary. Yet, Calafia’s spacious and graceful two and three bedroom condos are available at unbelievable prices.
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| $219,000 | Villa 105 in Calafia Condos | |
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Specious and with magical views. You will love the layout of this beautiful villa, right in the heart of Calafia Condos. With amenities like pool, jacuzzis, tennis and basketball court, a gorgeous and very private sandy beach. This villa is not going to last long. Call now!
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| $199,000 | Mision Todos Los Santos 1080 (Los Arcos) | |
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Spacious home recently expanded and upgraded, large lot with plenty of space for casual indoor/outdoor living. Experience the good life in bajamar golf resort. Step outside your gate and meander along the beautiful walking trails that wind around the lovely green common areas. Super retirement or week-end home close to ensenada for wounderful dinning experiences, health care and sport fishing along many other activities.
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| $199,000 | Country Club Villas 78 (Villa Roca) | |
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This three bedroom house is located in the most. Impressive section of bajamar country club. Wonderful views of clubhouse, lake and ocean. Villa has many updates throughout. Master bedroom with walkout to spacious patio with panoramic views`
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| $850,000 | Villa #2 at Spectacular Palacio Del Mar – Recently Reduced! | |
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Nestled among the estates and beautiful, lush gardens of Palacio del Mar, a high luxury, gated community on over 10 acres with million dollar homes, this sumptuous villa has gorgeous sea views from all the rooms. Completed in June 2009.
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Lobster & Art Festivals Highlight This Weekend in Rosarito Beach
Lobster & Art Festivals Highlight This Weekend in Rosarito Beach
ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA , MEXICO—This Sunday (October 17), from noon to 7 pm the XVIII edition of the Lobster Festival will be held in Puerto Nuevo, the famous lobster village 12 miles south of downtown Rosarito on the Free Road .
A large art festival will take place the same weekend in downtown Rosarito.
The lobster festival will take place on the Puerto Nuevo’s main Rentería Street and will feature the restaurants Puerto Nuevo II, The Lobster House, Villa Ortega’s, Restaurant Playa Delfines, Ortega’s Original and Sandra’s.
The Rosarito and Puerto Nuevo restaurant associations plus its Convention & Visitors Bureau are sponsoring the event which marks the start of fresh lobster season in one of the city’s main tourist destinations.
The lobster fest will cost $ 260 pesos or $20 and includes a lobster dish with rice, beans and flour tortillas, plus three drinks per person. Live music and a raffle also will be featured.
Puerto Nuevo, which was a small fishing village in the 1940s, has grown to one of the world’s most famous destinations for lobster lovers, with more than 30 restaurants and a million of the tasty crustaceans served yearly.
Puerto Nuevo-style lobster is widely served in Mexico and California .
“It is important for restaurateurs in Puerto Nuevo to participate in this event that has become a tradition,” said Rosa Maria Plascencia, who is part of the Festival Organizing Committee and belongs to one of the founding families of Puerto Nuevo.
Also featured at the event will be LA Cetto and Santo Tomas wineries, Corona Beer, Rosarito florists, regional products (cheese, olives, olive oil), Mexican candy, etc. Live music will be provided by Tijuana ’s The Moonlights and other groups.
Meanwhile, more than 60 artists from this city’s thriving art community and beyond will be featured on Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 16 and 17) at the first Rosarito Art Fest.
The huge free exhibition and sale of paintings, sculpture and other works will be held each day from 11 to 6 on Boulevard Benito Juarez, directly in front of the landmark Rosarito Beach Hotel in the downtown tourist district.
Rosarito in recent years has become home to a thriving colony of artists, many of whom work from Popotla Boulevard studios and show their work at galleries there and elsewhere. A Rosarito Art Association works to promote them and regional culture.
The art festival will highlight established as well as emerging artists. Music and food also will be featured at the festival that organizers plan to make an annual event highlighting the region’s rich art and culture.
Additional details on these events plus some great hotel packages and rates are available on the Convention & Visitors Bureau website: www.rosarito.org
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Baja building first in region certified green
Gold rating given for office project
By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
TIJUANA — A 14-story office building in Tijuana’s Rio Zone is being celebrated today as the first certified green structure in northwest Mexico. Its amenities include bridges and skylights, a vast airy central chamber, and an aluminum skin to filter out ultraviolet rays.
Key members of the development team for Via Corporativo, a LEED-certified office building in Tijuana, are photographed in November. David Maung photo
“We wanted a building that would raise the bar completely in the region,” said Ramon Guillot Lapiedra, the project’s architect. “Certification is like icing on the cake.”
The certification comes from the U.S. Green Building Certification Institute through the rating system known as LEED, short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The building, called Via Corporativo, achieved a gold rating, the second-highest of four possible designations. It is one of only three buildings in Mexico with that distinction, and the only one outside the Mexico City area.
The designation was given in April, but the owners held off on any public announcement. The rating has come amid growing efforts in Mexico to build LEED-certified structures. Mexico City has 18 certification projects in the pipeline, and the northern industrial city of Monterrey has five. In the Baja California capital of Mexicali, developers of the Solarium office building are going through the steps to achieve a silver rating later this year. read more »
Mexican Real Estate: Escape From U.S. Housing Woes
By Harmon Leon
Mexican Real Estate: Escape From U.S. Housing Woes
You can thank the swine flu for one thing: It dramatically brought down the housing prices in Mexico. Throw in the recession and a dose of drug-war crime waves, and the sales volume of Americans buying homes in Mexico has dropped a dramatic 70 percent for Coldwell Banker and 40 percent for some residential resort developments in Baja in the past 12 months.
These are crazy figures.
So why not take advantage of the crunch in the Mexican housing market and consider buying that retirement dream home in Mexico?
Some U.S. buyers imagine that buying property in Mexico means constantly facing off with drug lords, in the same way that opening letters a few years back would result in contracting anthrax. Fat chance: In reality, the likelihood of a narco-war happening in your front yard is about the same as experiencing a shootout between the Bloods and the Crips in California. High-crime areas generally are closer to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Indeed, today’s reality is quite different from long-held American perceptions. Since 2002, the number of border patrol agents has been doubled to 20,000. These days, even turf wars in border cities have little impact on American residents. Meanwhile, drug-related arrests have gone up dramatically in Phoenix, where smugglers hole up in safe houses.
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Mexico’s big hope: get 5 million U.S. retirees
BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER
aoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com
Mexico's big hope: get 5 million U.S. retirees
MEXICO CITY — Mexico is silently working on proposals aimed at drawing millions of U.S. retirees to this country, which could eventually lead to the most ambitious U.S.-Mexican project since the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
President Felipe Calderón is likely to propose the first steps toward expanding U.S. retirement benefits and medical tourism to Mexico when he goes to Washington on an official visit May 19, according to well-placed officials here. If not then, he will raise the issue later this year, they say.
“It’s one of the pillars of our plans to trigger economic and social well-being in both countries,” Mexico’s ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan told me. “We will be seeking to increasingly discuss this issue in coming months and years.”
Calderón brought it up during a U.S.-Canada-Mexico summit in Guadalajara in August last year, but President Barack Obama asked him to shelve the idea until he was able to pass healthcare reform, another official told me.
Now that Congress has passed healthcare reform, Calderón is preparing to charge ahead.
A GROWING MARKET
There are already an estimated 1 million Americans living in Mexico. And according to Mexican government estimates based on U.S. Census figures, that number is likely to soar to 5 million by 2025 as the U.S. population grows older and more Americans look for sunny, cheaper places to retire.
The U.S. Census projects that the number of U.S. retirees will soar from 40 million now to nearly 90 million by 2050. Already, 5 million American retirees live abroad, of whom 2.2 million are in the Western Hemisphere — mostly in Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Brazil. Another 1.5 million live in Europe and 850,000 in Asia.
The key to luring more U.S. medical tourists and retirees to Mexico and other Latin American countries will be getting hospitals in the region to be certified by the U.S. Joint International Commission, which establishes that they meet U.S. hospitals’ standards. There are already eight Mexican hospitals certified by the JIC and several others awaiting certification.
According to Mexican government estimates, healthcare costs in Mexico are about 70 percent lower than in the United States. And from my own experience, those estimates are right: As I reported at the time, when I was hospitalized in Mexico two years ago for an emergency operation, my hospital bill was indeed about 70 percent lower than what it would have been in Miami.
So what will Calderón specifically propose to Obama? Most likely, the Mexican president will suggest starting with a low-profile agreement that would allow the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration to pay for Medicare benefits to U.S. retirees in Mexico. Under current rules, Medicare only covers healthcare services in the United States.
IT JUST MAKES SENSE
My opinion: Mexico and much of Latin America are bound to become growing U.S. retirement and medical tourism destinations, much like Spain has become a permanent living place for Germans, Britons and Northern Europeans.
You won’t read much about it now because neither Calderón nor Obama will emphasize it publicly while the drug-related violence in northern Mexico is making big headlines, and while the political wounds from the recent U.S. healthcare debate are still open in Washington, D.C.
But I’m increasingly convinced that, as the violence in Mexico subsides and the healthcare debate becomes a distant memory in Washington, medical benefits’ deals will become a top U.S.-Latin American priority. Just as free-trade agreements were the big thing of the 1990s, healthcare agreements will be the big deal of the coming decade.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Calderón and Obama take the first baby steps toward a U.S.-Mexico healthcare agreement by finding a way to pay for Medicare benefits for U.S. expatriates in Mexico, or getting U.S. states to allow similar payments. Then, most likely after the 2012 presidential election in both countries, the two would start negotiating a more ambitious deal.
Demography, geography and economics are pointing in that direction. With the U.S. population getting older, a record U.S. budget deficit, rising U.S. healthcare costs, and Mexico and other Latin American countries badly needing more tourism and investments, this should be a win-win for everybody.
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For some East Bay retirees, Mexico an affordable alternative
By Kathleen Kirkwood
Brad Billingsley and his wife Linda
Brad Billingsley could have been waiting for his tee time at an Arizona golf course.
Instead, the former Lafayette resident and his wife Linda were in a lagoon off Cabo San Lucas, snapping photos of gray whales bobbing next to their small charter boat.
“Every day, it’s an adventure here,” Brad Billingsley said. “It’s added 20 years to my life.”
Brad, 62, and Linda Billingsley, 61, are among the “silver surge” of baby boomers seeking alternative retirement nests in Mexico, according to a recent report by the International Community Foundation.
It’s not certain how many U.S. retirees are living in Mexico — a 2004 study puts it between 500,000 and 600,000 — but the foundation and other researchers say the number is bound to increase as more boomers settle into their golden years and find Mexico an affordable alternative. Almost half the retirees living in coastal areas are getting by comfortably on less than $1,000 per month, said the report, which cites the growth of real estate projects targeted at retirees as proof that expatriates are flocking south of the border.
The Billingsleys had seriously considered a retirement community with a golf course in central Arizona. But they lacked the enthusiasm for fairway living that seemed to consume retirees there. “Their entire lives were involved with golf,” Brad Billingsley said.
In 2007, the couple became expatriates and settled into a $300,000, two-bedroom beachfront condominium in Rosarito Beach, in Baja California.
They’ve made the most out of their retirement dollars, Brad Billingsley said. The cost of living — from groceries to health care — is low in their beachfront town and there’s plenty to do, such as driving down the coast to Cabo, walking on the beach and shopping at the local mercado. read more »
U.S. retirees find home in coastal Mexico
First of five studies reveals price and proximity to U.S. are big draws
By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
Jamie Reynolds, a 63-year-old retiree who lives in the El Pescador area, watched the sun set. Reynolds, like four out of five of the retiree-study respondents, owns his home in Mexico.
ROSARITO BEACH — Favorite activity: strolls on the beach. Biggest gripe: litter. Primary reasons for retiring in Mexico: the lower cost of living and proximity to the United States.
A newly released study on U.S. retirement trends in Mexico’s coastal communities takes an updated snapshot of Rosarito Beach, Rocky Point, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun and other areas where many Americans go to retire. The study’s authors say their survey marks an important first step in meeting the needs of a group that is likely to grow in size as U.S. baby boomers reach retirement age.
“We felt it was important to understand the dynamics of what is going on,” said Richard Kiy, president and CEO of the International Community Foundation, which conducted the 88-question survey. While research has been done in San Miguel Allende and Ajijic, both well-established expatriate communities in central Mexico, coastal communities “are some of the areas that have been least studied among U.S. retirees,” Kiy said.
The International Community Foundation, based in National City, supports nonprofits and projects in Baja California and other parts of Mexico. Close to half of its donors live in Mexico full time or part time, and that was the initial impetus for conducting the study, Kiy said. read more »
One man’s war zone is another’s paradise
Originally Posted on the L.A. Times.
By Richard Marosi
December 14, 2009
From the insulated safety of Baja’s luxurious seaside gated communities, American expatriates say reports of kidnappings and violent drug cartels seem a world away.
Beach in Rosarito
Reporting from Rosarito Beach, Mexico – Bob and Carol Dawson love living in Baja California, but the region’s violent reputation has put them on the defensive. They have been called delusional and reckless — all because they choose to live in an oceanfront gated community about 30 or 40 miles and a world away from the U.S. border.
Americans living in this part of Mexico are often grilled, half-jokingly, about their sanity. They get asked whether they’ve seen decapitated heads rolling down the street. Friends wonder whether they wear bulletproof vests or drive around in armored cars.
When the Dawsons moved here in 1999 to retire, they were enticed by the area’s charm and peacefulness. They bought an expansive home with ocean views for $175,000. “Live like a millionaire without a million bucks” is the local real estate mantra.
In recent years, the tranquility has been eclipsed by the mayhem of battles between the Mexican government and organized crime. Military trucks brimming with heavily armed soldiers have rumbled through the manicured grounds of luxury developments; gunmen pepper local police stations with automatic-weapon fire; and Baja California’s most notorious crime boss once eluded authorities by running through a beach popular among American retirees. read more »
Finally Some Good News on Travel in Mexico
Drug cartels. Murders. The news is often bad out of Mexico. Peter Ferry journeys beyond the headlines.
Finally Some Good News on Travel in Mexico
Poor old Mexico. Talk about kicking a guy when he’s down! Just when the price of oil plummets, American jobs dry up, and the fear of drug violence cuts tourism in half, along comes swine flu to cut it in half again.
OK, it’s time for a little good news. In May, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control lifted its recommendation against travel to Mexico; the swine flu isn’t so bad after all, and it probably didn’t come here from Mexico in the first place.
And now a little more good news. Drug violence is not a threat to ordinary tourists like you and me. This is according to the Mexican government, the U.S. State Department and me. Let me give you a little background.
I had driven to, in and around Mexico with impunity and pleasure, but that was years ago. Now I was planning two road trips, one from the border to central Mexico, another from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to Oaxaca and back, and my friends were alarmed.
“What about the drug war?” read more »
Rosarito’s 199th Independence Day Celebration Largest In City History
Rosarito Beach Mayor Hugo Torres and Brig. Gen. Alfonso Duarte at the city's Sept. 16 Mexican Independence Day celebration
ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO—The celebration on Sept. 16 of the Mexico’s 199th Independence Day — which included a parade and other festivities — was the largest in city history.
Sept. 16 is the anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The bicentennial celebration will be next year.
Among those viewing the parade were Brig. Gen. Alfonso Duarte, commander of the 2nd Military Zone; Hugo Torres, mayor of Rosarito; Santos Humberto Gomez Leyva, commander Naval region II; and Jorge Montero, Rosarito’s secretary of public safety.
A large number of military units participated in the parade, a sign of support for Rosarito’s role in Mexico’s crackdown on organized crime as well as the city’s significant public safety improvements.
“This was the largest participation ever of military units, recognizing our efforts in security and crime prevention,” Torres said.
Mayor Torres said next year’s Independence Day celebration, to mark Mexico’s bicentennial year, likely will be even larger: “We already have many activities planned to honor those who made independence possible and helped build the nation.”
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