The magazine that analyzes the power of Mexican municipalities in the economy, governance and Mexico's relationship with the world.

The challenge is double and simultaneous: reducing cross-border crime while sustaining North America’s largest trade corridor. In 2024, trade between Mexico and the United States reached $839.6 billion, while Laredo—its prime node—processed tens of thousands of truck crossings per day, accounting for $331 billion in annual trade at that single port. Any policy that slows legal crossings translates directly into costs for jobs, prices, and trust. Discussing border security inf

The year 2025 began at full throttle for the Jalisco–Texas corridor. In 2024, Texas–Mexico trade closed at $281.2 billion, with Mexico as Texas’ top export destination ($123.7 billion, 27% of the total) and also its largest source of imports ($157.5 billion). That volume translates into increasingly dense supply chains that are breaking records: in March 2025, cross-border freight between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada reached a historic high, 8.4% above March 2024. For Jalisco

The nearshoring conversation has matured: 2025 is the year to move from discourse to institutional architecture. The most powerful tool—if designed correctly—are binational Special Economic Zones (SEZs): mirror polygons on both sides of the border coordinating tax incentives, smart customs, clean energy, and workforce training. This is not theory. In 2024, Mexico closed with $36.9 billion in FDI—77% via reinvestment—with a clear bias toward export manufacturing, the natural f

The competitiveness of the U.S.–Mexico corridor is decided every morning at the ports of entry. In 2024, the evidence was clear: more freight, more value, and more pressure on infrastructure. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported that Laredo surpassed 3 million northbound trucks from Mexico, a 3.1% increase versus 2023 and nearly half the volume of the entire southern border—proof of a system that works, but needs to move faster and with less friction. At the same

Guadalajara and Monterrey closed 2024 as the most dynamic logistics poles in Mexico, a leap that in 2025 is already reshaping routes, investment, and decision-making on both sides of the border. In Jalisco, Guadalajara International Airport (GDL) ended 2024 with 166,201 tons of cargo—third nationwide—and posted a 1.3% rebound in the first half of 2024 despite sector volatility; at the same time, its cargo infrastructure and free-trade zone began to weigh more heavily in the a

Border security is no longer defined solely by walls or equipment; it is determined in classrooms, simulators, and forensic labs. 2025 began under unprecedented pressure from fentanyl and its precursors, shifting migration flows, and increasingly tech-driven criminal networks. In this context, the professionalization of border officials customs agents, members of the National Guard, state and local police is the true dividing line between a resilient border and a high-risk co

For decades, analyses of the Mexico–U.S. border have focused on trade, migration, and infrastructure. However, since 2023—and even more clearly in 2024—a silent yet decisive force has begun reshaping the region: welfare policies. In binational cities like Tijuana–San Diego, Ciudad Juárez–El Paso, and Nogales–Nogales, access to social services, healthcare, education, and direct income transfers is increasingly influencing not only quality of life but also migration patterns, i

For a long time considered geopolitical margins, cities along the Mexico–United States border are no longer just buffer zones — they are becoming real laboratories for binational innovation. In 2025, the evidence is clearer than ever: from Tijuana to Brownsville, and including Nogales and El Paso, these urban centers are taking the lead in testing public policies, urban technologies, and new models of international collaboration. This is no coincidence; it is the natural resu