Health authorities in California are banning or discouraging the use of molcajates, the traditional Mexican grinding stone, or mortar and pestle, favored in the preparation of tomato and chile-based salsas, guacamole and moles.

Brenda Martin, the Canadian sentenced to five years in prison for her role in a investment scam operated out of Puerto Vallarta, has told a radio station that she is working on a movie and book deal about her time in jail.

Loyal and well-heeled expatriate Democrats will gather July 22 at a private home in Mexico City to meet the younger half-sister of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Canadian immigration officers at Vancouver International Airport had probably never experienced anything like it: a plane load of 80 Mexican visitors detained in one fell swoop as they tried to enter the country.