Aldo Mena

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Aldo Mena is a native El Pasoan who is interested in promoting various forms of solidarity and cooperation between elements of the Mexican American community and Mexican civil society. You can contact him directly at aldo@fronterizo,news.
A picture of Adelita Grijalva.

Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva’s Swearing-in Delayed Again

Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva has vowed to supply the final signature needed on the discharge petition that would force the House to take a vote on legislation compelling the Justice Department to release all unclassified documents relating to the cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
A picture of a soldier's face with camo paint.

DEA PROPOSED SERIES OF STRIKES IN MEXICO

The Washington Post has reported that officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration “advocated for a series of military strikes in Mexico” during the opening days of Trump’s second term.
Photograph of Mexican armed forces during operations in north eastern Mexico.

Reuters Special Report Details Collaboration Between the CIA and Elements of the Mexican Military

The Reuters special report constitutes the first news coverage to present detailed evidence and corroboration relating specifically to CIA-vetted units operating within the Mexican military.
El Paso’s Mexican American community, both now and in the future, deserves to know the larger context of the attack including the catalytic role that anti-Mexican rhetoric employed by Trump and Abbott and other Republicans played in inciting the attack.

Trump’s Anti-Mexican Rhetoric Inspired the El Paso Walmart Shooting

El Paso’s Mexican American community, both now and in the future, deserves to know the larger context of the attack including the catalytic role that anti-Mexican rhetoric employed by Trump and Abbott and other Republicans played in inciting the attack.
Cover photo: President Donald Trump. Huntington Beach, CA - March 25 2017: Make America Great Again March. Supporters and protesters of republican president Donald Trump, cheer and jeer at a MAGA March in Huntington Beach. President Trump Supporters. — Photo by mikeledray

¡Vayan Con Dios, Amigos!

All I can really think to say to those unfortunate Latinos and Latinas for Trump who now find themselves in Trump’s crosshairs is, “Be careful what you wish for.”
In San Antonio, Democrats closed rank and defeated the Republican mayoral candidate. In El Paso, local Democrats endorsed him.

San Antonio Rejects Abbott-aligned Mayoral Candidate

In San Antonio, Democrats closed rank and defeated the Republican mayoral candidate. In El Paso, local Democrats endorsed him.
It Tolls For Thee

It Tolls For Thee

It isn’t difficult, especially in some of the darker corners of the internet, to find calls to deport Mexican Americans regardless of their political affiliation.

There Will Be Blood

It would be a mistake to dismiss all of the menacing rhetoric being directed at Mexico by Trump and members of his administration as mere political theater. 
Smells Like a Double Standard to Me

Smells Like a Double Standard to Me

According to the rigidly simple binary logic typically deployed against Mexican Americans, any interest in or active support of Mexico by a Mexican American is automatically characterized as an act of disloyalty, ingratitude, and hostility towards the United States.
Mexico did intensify its interdiction efforts, but it did so about a year ago in January of 2024 following a high-level meeting in Mexico City between U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas and former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Hail To The Thief

Mexico did intensify its interdiction efforts, but it did so about a year ago in January of 2024 following a high-level meeting in Mexico City between U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas and former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.