Happy to be Home

El Elefante Rosado (the Pink Elephant)

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June 25th 2009
It is already the end of our third week here in Nuevo Laredo and I must say that the last few days have flown by. Just a week ago, we were still unsure which inmates would prove the most interesting and which events the most exciting; but now, after following an inmate release, a couple preparing to be married, and a mentally unstable American trying to return home, I truly feel that we have found ... read more

North America » Mexico » Tamaulipas » Nuevo Laredo

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more