Frontier Airlines could soon be touching down in more destinations in Mexico and Central America. The Denver-based, ultra-low-fare airline announced Tuesday it has signed a code-sharing deal with Mexican sister carrier Volaris Airlines. The arrangement, whereby the two carries will co-book and share flights in certain areas, will require regulatory approval in Mexico and the United States. If the deal clears those hurdles, Frontier fliers could be riding Volaris jets into destinations such as Mexico City; San Jose, Costa Rica; and San Salvador, El Salvador. Volaris, which services 24 places in the U.S., including Denver, features 40 destinations in Mexico. Frontier, which offers flights to the Mexican cities of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta and Cancun, overlaps with Volaris in 21 cities, providing multiple opportunities to build connecting itineraries to other places Frontier previously didn’t touch. Purchase one set of tickets, check your bags in Denver and land in … [Read more...] about Frontier deal with sister airline Volaris could mean more cheap flights to Mexico, Central America
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Detroit man deported to Mexico after 30 years in US
Updated 7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 16, 2018 DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man who had lived in the U.S. for nearly 30 years has been deported to Mexico. Jorge Garcia came to the U.S. with his family when he was 10 years old. He has no criminal record, pays taxes and has long sought legal status, according to his family. The 39-year-old landscaper was deported on Monday and can't return to the U.S. for a decade. Garcia had faced an order of removal from immigration courts since 2009, but had been granted stays of removal under former President Barack Obama's administration. Garcia learned in November that he'd been scheduled to be deported as part of an immigration crackdown by President Donald Trump's administration. A request from Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell pushed back the deportation date to allow Garcia to spend the holidays with his wife and two children, who are all U.S. citizens. "We did not want to put up a Christmas tree because it was way too sad to … [Read more...] about Detroit man deported to Mexico after 30 years in US
The Latest: New Mexico House speaker sets priorities
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on the start of a new legislative session in New Mexico (all times local): 10:20 a.m. The top Democrat in the New Mexico House of Representatives is highlighting commitments to public education funding, health care services and environmental protection. House Speaker Brian Egolf released a video on YouTube on Tuesday that acknowledges recent tough economic times in New Mexico and says Democrats are committed to putting more money toward early childhood education and making sure residents have clean air and clean water. The video segment preceded the governor's midday State of the State address that marks the beginning of the 2018 legislative session. Republican and Democratic lawmakers are largely in agreement on the need to increase public school funding as the state emerges from a budget crisis linked to volatility in the oil and natural gas sector. GOP Gov. Susana Martinez is proposing a roughly $70 million increase to public … [Read more...] about The Latest: New Mexico House speaker sets priorities
After 30 years in U.S., Michigan dad deported to Mexico
His arms wrapped around his wife and two teenage children, Jorge Garcia's eyes welled up Monday morning as he looked into their eyes one last time near the entrance to the airport security gate at Detroit Metro Airport. His wife, Cindy Garcia, cried out while his daughter, Soleil, 15, sobbed into Garcia's shoulder as they hugged. Two U.S. immigration agents kept a close watch nearby. After 30 years of living in the U.S, Garcia, a 39-year-old Lincoln Park landscaper, was deported on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday from metro Detroit to Mexico, a move supporters say was another example of immigrants being unfairly targeted under the Trump administration.Jorge Garcia was brought to the U.S. by an undocumented family member when he was 10 years old. Today he has a wife and two children,, all of whom are U.S. citizens. He's been trying for years to find a path to live legally in the U.S., with he and his wife spending $125,000 in legal costs and fees since … [Read more...] about After 30 years in U.S., Michigan dad deported to Mexico
Scientists find possible cause for mystery epidemic that wiped out Mexico 500 years ago
From 1545 to 1548, a mysterious disease killed about 80 percent of the population of Mexico. It was one of the worst epidemics in human history, felling an estimated 5 million to 15 million people, and was known by natives as cocoliztli — a word meaning pestilence. About three decades later, cocoliztli struck again, wiping out half of the remaining native population between 1576 and 1578. “The place we know as New Spain was left almost empty,” wrote a Franciscan friar who witnessed the horrors. “In the cities and large towns, big ditches were dug, and from morning to sunset the priests did nothing else but carry the dead bodies and throw them into the ditches …” For more than a hundred years, scientists have sought clues to what may have caused this disease of epic proportions. Some have suspected illnesses such as measles, smallpox or a type of hemorrhagic fever — potentially brought over to Mexico by the Spanish. Now, using ancient DNA, a … [Read more...] about Scientists find possible cause for mystery epidemic that wiped out Mexico 500 years ago