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Gas Prices are Much Cheaper in Mexico! If you are having second thoughts about driving to Mexico because of high gas prices - know this:  gas in Mexico is currently much cheaper than in the US. Mexico Gas Prices as of May 2008: - Regular Unleaded Gas: $2.61 per gallon (US dollars) compare to over $4/gal in the U.S. - Diesel: $2.10 per gallon ...

U.S. drug users: Main cause for Mexico’s bloodbathBy Patrick Osio, Jr.             It’s time to take the gloves off and lay the responsibility for the bloodbath taking place on a daily basis in Mexico where it belongs – U.S. drug users.  Mexican style Mafiosos are killing each ...

 By Thomas Black March 27 (Bloomberg) -- The only way Bridget Flanagan, a 21-year-old college student from Olympia, Washington, could afford the obesity surgery she needed was to go to Mexico. Her health insurance didn't cover the treatment. Traveling 2,000 miles for gastric banding surgery at Hospital San Jose in Monterrey, Mexico, ...

The Trucker News Services 4/11/2008 REYNOSA, Mexico — Some truckers and other motorists from the United States are paying much less for diesel and gasoline in Mexico than north of the border, according to an article in The Monitor of McAllen, Texas.     Staff writers Kyle Arnold and Jared Taylor co-authored the article. It ...

Farmers Crossing The Border - To MexicoIs The Land Of Plenty Shifting South? Call It Reverse ImmigrationSAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Mexico, April 9, 2008(CBS) The Mexican state of Guanajuato has fertile land and a mild climate. For years, however, poverty there has led many north to find work on farms in the United States. But now there is ...

by Carolyn Whelan (Fortune Magazine) -- For years, Wal-Mart tried to enter the U.S. banking business, but it gave up in 2007, pulling its application after endless outcries from domestic retail banks. Now it's found a more receptive audience south of the border. In November, Wal-Mart de México opened its first consumer bank, Banco ...

http://www.internationalliving.com/mexico/free/09-11-07-mexico-myths.html3 Myths About the World's Top Retirement Haven Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007 Mérida, Mexico It's high time Mexico earned the title "world's top retirement haven," as published in IL's 2007 Global Retirement Index. (After having lived in ...

Mexican teachers protesting pension By Anna CearleyUNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 30, 2007 TIJUANA – A Mexican teachers union plans to block ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border tomorrow to protest changes to federal employee pension plans. The demonstrations could affect U.S. tourists heading south for the Labor Day weekend. ...

Baja Real Estate Closing Costs and Procedures Summarized effective Jan 1, 2007(This article is available for download as an attachment to this post) We are often asked about the costs of closing a real estate transaction in Baja, and unfortunately have to give a somewhat vague answer. We will try to explain why in this summary of the typical ...

but still aren't sure?  Have you found some information regarding purchasing in Mexico but still have questions?  Maybe you'd like to know about the real estate market in Mexico, particularly Baja California - Is it in the same state as it is in the U.S. or Canada? Maybe you've been wondering if it's possible to finance ...