Mexico Insight

As highlighted in part one, a fight for control of lucrative drug-trade routes between South America and the USA is propelling a wave of drug-gang violence in certain places in Mexico.
The three cities most affected now are: Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Culiacan.  There have been brief flare-ups in other cities across Mexico, but these three […]

Mexico has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently, and we have received a few emails from people asking about the safety situation in Mexico.   This two-part blog gives a précis of the causes of the violence and examines how safe Mexico is for visitors.
The escalating criminal violence in Mexico reported in […]

Passengers flying between London and Mexico using British Airways can expect to pay more for their flights, following today’s announcement by the airline that it is to add another fuel-surcharge to its ticket prices — the second surcharge this month.
An additional £60 (US$120) is being added to ticket prices on flights over nine hours (London to Mexico flying time […]

AMPI, the Asociacion Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios, is the national trade body which represents real estate professionals in Mexico.  The body is organized into regional groups, or chapters, each one autonomous, although the Code of Practice adopted by the chapters is taken directly from the national code.
Several of the AMPI chapters based in and around […]

Discounted rates are being offered at many hotels and resorts across Mexico.  The ‘credit crunch’, coupled with high fuel prices, is beginning to have an impact on consumer’s purchasing behavior, and Mexico’s tourism industry would be kidding itself if it believed that it will sail through the current challenges unscathed.
There have been a number of high-profile stories […]

Starting in June 2008, Mexico’s tax authorities will launch a scheme that enables visitors to reclaim the sales tax, known in Mexico as the Impuesto de Valor Agregado (IVA), currently a rate of 15%, where visitors arrive by air or, in 2009, by cruise ship.  The scheme is similar to those operated in Europe, where sales tax may be recouped […]

The term ‘Baby Boomer’ is a moniker popularized in North America to describe people born between 1946 and 1964, although the group has been further sub-divided by generational researchers into two sub-groups: those born between 1946 and 1953 and those between 1954 and 1964 respectively.
As the Baby Boomers grew up, they became net beneficiaries of […]

Major repairs on roads to/from Benito Juarez airport in Mexico’s capital are causing significant traffic delays in the area during daytime hours.
There are two sets of works affecting access to the airport: the first is the interchange which connects the circuito interior to the viaducto; this has been reduced to one lane.  The second is situated right alongside the […]