Daily newspaper from Matamoros, Mexico that includes local and national news from the United States and Mexico along with advertising.

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing business and personal matters such as cotton advances, the sickness of Billy Greves, the profits of Cameron County, his love for his job, a line of credit from the Bank of New York, and a news clipping that Mr. Lee would like him to have.

This report provides an introduction of Mexico during Peña Nieto administration. The report discusses key issues of congressional interest in the bilateral relationship.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of some Texas residents who are facing high cost of living by grocery shopping across the border in Mexico.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of American residents along the Texas-Mexico border have decided to switch rather than fight the current price of beef in the United State.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Taking a moment to relax are Lisa Royer and Ed Heinen at a Mexican-theme party given by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Veazey and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilium."

Copy of transcript for a letter from Alexander Ybary to Stephen F. Austin, in which Ybary acknowledges receipt of Austin's petition and confirms his intention to forward it to the Mexican government on Austin's behalf.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Orazio de Attellis Santangelo to Stephen F. Austin, on August 15, 1836, espousing the importance of maintaining a newspaper in favor of Texas' cause, and discussing the imminent closure of his paper the Correo Atlántico unless something be done to increase the number of subscribers in Texas.

The first page of this document is copy of a transcript of a letter to the citizens of Texans, questioning the arrest of Zavalla and calling it a "pretense by which to introduce [Mexican] troops" to Texas. The second page of this document is copy of a transcript for an official order from General Cos to the Commander Ugartachea, in which Cos orders Ugartachea to use whatever Calvary deployment necessary to arrest of Don Lorenzo de Zavala. Cos also orders Ugartachea to force all the inhabitants to Goliad, where customs officers will examine their accounts.

Increasing violence perpetrated by drug trafficking organizations and other criminal groups is threatening citizen security and governance in Mexico. Escalating violence has increased U.S. concerns about stability in Mexico, a key political and economic ally, and about the possibility of violence spilling over into the United States. In recent years, U.S.-Mexican security cooperation has increased significantly, largely as a result of the development and implementation of the Mérida Initiative, a counterdrug and anticrime assistance package for Mexico and Central America that was first proposed in October 2007. This report looks at the funding and Congressional oversight for this Initiative.