-Editorial This week, MANA de Imperial Valley unveiled the recipients of the 2023 Las Primeras awards. The MANA Board of Directors has chosen Dr. Guillermina “Gina” Nuñez-Mchiri, Diahna Garcia-Ruiz, and Hortencia Armendariz for their exceptional advocacy work, trailblazing efforts, and community service. These honorees will be celebrated at MANA’s Annual …
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Vatican Appoints Sánchez Martínez as the New Bishop of the Mexicali Diocese
-Editorial Mons. Enrique Sánchez Martínez has been appointed as the Bishop of the Diocese of Mexicali, transferring from the Diocese of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Sánchez Martínez was born on December 2, 1960, in Cuencamé, within the Diocese of Gómez Palacio. After completing his ecclesiastical studies at Durango Seminary, he obtained …
Read More »Imperial Valley College Honors the Fallen of 9/11
-Editorial Imperial Valley College held its annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, coordinated by the IVC Associated Student Government, at 8:40 a.m. on Monday at the flagpole in front of the main administration building on Aten Road in Imperial. The ceremony began with a flyover by a Reach helicopter at the time that the first plane struck …
Read More »Prolific Human Smuggler Extradited from Mexico to the United States
-Editorial Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities culminated in the extradition of a human smuggler, who allegedly operated in Mexicali on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years as part of an international human smuggling conspiracy. In March, Ofelia Hernandez-Salas, 61, was arrested in Mexico …
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