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Emad Ghaly
Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:57 EDT
Visa Request
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am delighted to write you. my name is Emad Ghaly. I am holding Egyptian passport. I am making PhD in UCLA. I am permitted to stay for one more year in USA. I 'd like to get a tourist visa to Mexico. Let me know the fees and requirements or procedures for it.

Regards
Emad
jimmy
Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:34 EDT
stop crying gringos..
Stop crying... mexico is a beautiful country.. if you dont wanna go.. just dont... visit irak.. they probably need money after what the usa did in that country..
Sarah Hague
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:01 EDT
Closing Mercado San Bernabe Ilegal Live-stock Market
......I was horrified and completely disgusted by
videos and information about this place! Horses
with legs broken and literally hanging off being
beaten and forced to move in the most sadistic
way...They are treated like dead pieces of meat
before they even reach the further torture and pain
of the slaughter! Please close this sub-human place today....and start treating horses and all animals
with the respect and dignity they so deserve!!
elaine
Sun, 9 Jun 2013 20:48 EDT
entry as tourist
I would just like to ask if do I need any permit to enter mexico? Im not a citizen yet but I have a legal documents in residing here in u.s.a
antonio arredondo
Wed, 5 Jun 2013 23:07 EDT
I am a resident of usa i got merried to my wife here how can you help me get a visa for her
America for Humane Treatment
Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:51 EDT
Mexican Third World Barbarians
SAN BERNABE IS THE LARGEST ILLEGAL UNREGULATED LIVESTOCK MARKET IN MEXICO. It makes a mockery of humanity and is one of the most shameful examples of animal brutality and ill health in Mexico. The San Bernabe market has existed for over 60 years. Origin of horses at the San Bernabe market – Estado de Mexico, Chihuahua, Michoacan and the United States.

It is located at the 22.5 km northeast of the city of Toluca, on the Toluca-Atlacomulco road which belongs to the Municipality of Almoloya de Juárez, and in turn the Mayorazgo community of Leon, Estado de Mexico.

The institutions and authorities, federal and local governments, have full powers of inspection and surveillance, and therefore have the capacity to solve the problem, but remain passive and sluggish. The market is a place for animal trafficking, extreme dirt and dismal sanitary conditions, and tremendous cruelty to the animals being sold. The San Bernabe footage and photos have appeared on many news reports and national TV, so the authorities cannot feign ignorance.

Seen for sale on site are donkeys, horses, mules, dogs and wildlife, whose origins are uncertain and many are visibly sick, arrive and depart transported in sadistic and deplorable conditions with exposed fractures, bleeding open wounds and ulcers. Others are hung with ropes, when they no longer have the strength to stand upright. These suffering “animal waste” are kept alive just because a kilo of live meat costs twice that of a dead one. If an animal finally ends its agony and dies it is cut open right there and its vescera is extracted and thrown on the ground in the middle of the market.

There is no animal health control. Animals are sold directly for two purposes either privately as live animals (for work or food) or to a slaughterhouse (called the “rastro”). Obviously, the sale of live animals is done in less cruel way than that of animals that are sold to the rastro, since the horses going to the slaughterhouse are considered waste and therefore are treated in a very brutal manner, they are kicked, poked with electric barbs that are prohibited for horses. Bats and pipes are used to hit animals, they are tied with ropes. Animals suffer fractures or they fall dead, others arrive with broken limbs because the owners want to get some extra money by selling them and the animals are forced to walk down to the transport truck in these conditions. In the best case, the animals are transported sick, infected with tumors or open wounds, and later sold to the highest bidder. At worst, their corpses are left on the ground without being buried, with animal viscera strewn about in violation of standard NOM-024-ZOO-1995.

Water troughs often don’t contain water, the pens are underutilized – some are overcrowded, others are empty. There is a shed that was scheduled to install a sacrifice room for broken or injured animals that cannot continue the trip. It is important to mention that it is a living sacrifice room and not a slaughterhouse, and has created problems of assessment with the authorities i.e. the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) because they do not accept the installation of a slaughterhouse, in the absence of the necessary infrastructure to do so.

Another problem is the presence of federal local police who sometimes, instead of asking for documentation and health guidance, ask for a financial share to allow access to trucks. Recently, it has become known that there is a dispute between groups to control the market of San Bernabe. Meanwhile, there is total anarchy in violation of animal protection laws, the state and official rules for the transportation of animals, and livestock markets.

Over the years, people of recognized knowledge, experts and advocacy groups for animal rights have talked with local, state and federal agencies, seeking to bring order to the problems of the San Bernabe market. However, the sanitary conditions and the treatment of the animals have not improved. Often laws and rules are not enforced, either because the authorities are unaware of their existence, or they simply ignore them. The Health Ministry has taken up the matter even though there are no laws in place of hygiene and public health. There are dead animals and scattered viscera in the trucks, along with live horses, since they are gutted and the carcasses are transported together with the live animals to the slaughterhouse. No water is available. There is no animal inspection by the SAGARPA, or monitoring of transport by the Federal Highway Police or the Ministry of Communications and Transport.

For several years the market has been controlled by a municipal councilor. The market is located on both sides of the road and while it also sells cars and clothes, most activity is in the trade in live animals. We know that this market has generated a lot of profit that is not quantified, including fees for land use, collection of bills for sale of animals in addition to other fees paid by those who provide service for the sellers of food, fruits, vegetables, shoes, clothing, etc.

The San Bernabe market is in violation of two federal and four state sanitary laws concerning animal health, ecological balance and environmental protection, which state the importance of dignified and respectful treatment of animals.

At San Bernabe, in many cases the cattle are slaughtered without any restriction. They are beaten with sticks, pipes, rods, or touches on the genitals causing them high levels of stress in breach of standard NOM-033-ZOO-1995. In addition, the market does not have appropriate landing ramps, so that the legs of the animals break constantly. Some animals are mixed in the pens, where cattle have injuries, trauma, fractures, wounds or worms. The most obvious abuse is called “scrap yards” where the animals are in poor condition and are sold to be taken directly to slaughterhouses.

A brief description of a horse slaughterhouse in Mexico:
“… The horse shakes its head frantically when the door killing box is closed and trapped within it. A worker buried in his back, around his neck, a small, sharp knife, seven, eight, nine times. She, with her eyes wide, frantically lowers and raises her head while the worker stabs her again and again. On the tenth stroke of the knife, she falls to the ground, bloodied and paralyzed, but still alive. She lays there for two minutes before being hoisted by her leg and lifted into the air, hung upside down to be bled slaughtered in the midst of terrible pain, fully conscious and terrified … “

What happens in San Bernabe is not a new topic, since the flea market has been operating for 60 years every Monday in the same place, and it is estimated that the site has sold over 10, 000 different animals of various species.

Since September 2007 Animal Protection Association of Mexico (APASDEM), has worked hard on a campaign to protect the animals sold at the San Bernabe Market.


En Almoloya de Juárez, Estado de México, se encuentra el Mercado llamado San Bernabé, donde se comercia principalmente, con caballos mulas y burros, en condiciones de crueldad y falta de higiene extremas, violando consistente y permanentemente, las leyes de protección animal y de sanidad. Las autoridades, teniendo plena facultad y pruebas para clausurar el sitio (a través de imágenes mostradas en múltiples medios), han hecho caso omiso a este reclamo.

Los animales en venta, en su mayoría, están visiblemente enfermos; son transportados en condiciones deplorables, y arrastrados sádicamente, sin importar que tengan fracturas expuestas, estén sangrando o tengan llagas. Cuando ya no pueden sostenerse en pie, son colgados con mecates para simular que aún tienen fuerza. Carecen de atención médica, agua y alimento y si mueren antes de llegar al rastro, son abiertos en el mismo sitio en que se encuentran, tirando sus vísceras al piso.

Les llaman "animales de desecho", y se les mantiene con vida hasta el último momento, en una lenta y gran agonía, porque el kilo de carne viva cuesta casi el doble que el de la muerta.

To:
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO
MARIA DE LA FUENTE
MEXICAN EMBASSY U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM IN MEXICO CITY
FELIPE' CALDERON
SENADORA MARIA DE LOS ANGELES
JUAN RAFAEL ELVIRA QUESADA
JULIA GARZA
GOVERNOR ENRIQUE PENA NIETO
SAGARPA
A quien correponda,

Por este medio, quiero expresar mi total rechazo a la manera cruel e indigna en que tratan a los animales en “El Mercado de San Bernabé, Almoloya de Juárez, Estado de México, es una vergüenza para México y es urgente resolver esta terrible situación, los ciudadanos de cada país en el mundo están reportando que no van a viajar a México hasta que las autoridades se pongan a...
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wanda
Sun, 2 Jun 2013 17:01 EDT
ins and outs
i would like to know if there is any ways i can get a record of all my ins and out of mexico trips as i need thes dates for my citizenship application
Daniel Mulligan
Sat, 1 Jun 2013 17:36 EDT
Yoga in Tulum -- Will I be Safe?
For the past five years, I have visited Tulum for a yoga gathering. For the past few years, the size of the classes has steadily dwindled because of increasing drug cartel crime. Now, with the arrest of (and requested bribe for) a US Mormon lady (Maldonado), planned attendance at this year's Tulum gathering has dropped to almost zero. I am worried that the gathering is going to be cancelled. Is there anything you may say as Counsel to Los Angeles that can help me reassure potential attendees that Mexico is safe & they should attend? Is there anything you can do to help assure we will not be harassed by your fellow Mexican "authorities'? Thank you.
gary w
Thu, 30 May 2013 21:01 EDT
Yanira Maldonado
You have a corrupt and vile government and then you wonder why the taxpayers of the US reject Mexican immigrants. Yanira Maldonado did nothing wrong yet you continue to persecute her. This will cost you you millions of dollars of tourism money. You people are idiots.
robert miller
Thu, 30 May 2013 14:35 EDT
SHAME SHAME SHAME ON MEXICO'S CORRUPTION
THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF MS. MALDANADO SHOWS JUST HOW DISGUSTING THE SITUATION IS IN MEXICO!!! I HAVE CANCELLED MY FAMILIES VACATION TO CABO SAN LUCAS THIS YEAR AND HAVE ENCOURAGED ALL FRIENDS AND CLUB MEMBERS NOT TO VISIT MEXICO.

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