Border News

Texas unemployment rate rises to 8.3% in September

TEXAS – The Texas unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in September, surpassing the national unemployment rate of 7.9% and returning…

20 October, 2020

Railroad blockades affect trade relationship with the U.S.

20 October, 2020

CHIHUAHUA – The railroad blockades in Chihuahua and Michoacan are acts that affect the credibility and commercial relationship with North…

Border closure extends until November

19 October, 2020

MEXICO – The governments of Mexico and the United States will extend for another month the restrictions on non-essential land…

Medical device industry expects to generate 85,000 jobs

19 October, 2020

BAJA CALIFORNIA – The maquiladora industry of medical devices in the state of Baja California could close the year with…

Heineken to invest US$180 million in Baja California

19 October, 2020

TECATE – Heineken Mexico will invest US$180 million in its areas of operation, said Mario Escobedo Carignan, minister of Sustainable…

Germany, fifth country with the highest investment in Tamaulipas

16 October, 2020

TAMAULIPAS – Private foreign investment from Germany to Tamaulipas is the fifth most important in recent years, representing 4.8% of…

Railroad blockade will bring unemployment: MFA

16 October, 2020

CHIHUAHUA – The Mexican Association of Railways (AMF) said that if the blockade of the railroad tracks in Chihuahua and…

Sonora’s Aerospace Industry has a constant growth

16 October, 2020

HERMOSILLO – The future of the aerospace industry in Sonora is promising, mainly because of the quality of the workforce…

Nuevo Leon will continue working despite COVID-19 outbreak

16 October, 2020

MONTERREY – In case of another COVID-19 outbreak the government decided to return to the previous measures, 67% of the…

Cargo Trucks Face 8-Hour Otay Border Waits

15 October, 2020

More than 3,000 trucks cross daily By Wendy Fry Freight transporters are facing wait times longer than eight hours on…

Navistar to Build Electric Trucks in TX

15 October, 2020

SAN ANTONIO – The Navistar International Corp. electric trucks will be built on the same assembly line than the diesel…

SK hynix Invests in AI

15 October, 2020

CALIFORNIA – Chipmaker SK hynix is investing US$55 million in an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company Gauss Labs that will…

Pandemic helps to plug ‘sales tax leakage’ in rural South Texas

15 October, 2020

RIO GRANDE CITY – At a time when many Southwest border communities are suffering from a drop in sales tax…

Houston will be home to the nation’s largest psychiatric hospital

15 October, 2020

HOUSTON – The UTHealth Behavioral Sciences Center will be making history in Houston. The facility will be the first public…

Juarez production is reduced to 60%

14 October, 2020

JUAREZ – Less production and more operational expenses will be the effects that reducing capacity in plants once again to…

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