All posts tagged "Cancun"

Senator Ted Cruz told Politico on Saturday about his plan to enhance airport security for VIPs, and it didn't go over well on social media.

Cruz, who infamously departed from Texas to Cancun during a massive winter disaster, spoke to the outlet about his bill amendment "that would offer lawmakers a dedicated security escort at airports, along with expedited screening outside of public view."

"That could make it much less likely that the politicians’ comings and goings would become fodder for embarrassing news reports and late-night comedy mockery," Politico reported....

Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday rejected a January 6 defendant's motion for permission to travel to Cancun, court records show.

Chutkan, who is also overseeing the federal election subversion case in which former president Donald Trump faces charges, ruled in a brief court docket memo that Antony Vo couldn't go to Cancun. In November, Raw Story reported that Vo was found guilty and decided to visit Mar-a-Lago before facing potential jail time.

In a memo flagged by Politico's senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney, Chutkan has now rejected Vo's bid for travel....

Sen. Ted Cruz in an apparent attempt at humor posted a photo alluding to his 2021 trip to Cancun while many in his state were without power during a historic series of storms, and it didn’t land well.

The Republican senator from Texas tweeted a photo of himself standing in front of the Cancun Bar and Grill in Midland.

“I’m in Midland, TX today, and guess what I found!” Cruz wrote....

On Christmas Day 2022, Ohio architect Jose Gutierrez, 31, vanished in Mexico with his fiancée, her sister and her cousin.

Gutierrez flew from Cincinnati to Zacatecas, a city known for its beautiful historic downtown, ancient silver mine and nearby wineries. The four dined at a nice restaurant. As they were getting into the family vehicle, witnesses reported hearing screams as a group of men grabbed them.

Their killers were likely the last people to see the four alive. Last month, Mexican prosecutors notified the Gutierrez family to tell them Gutierrez's DNA matched the body found next to a bullet-riddled van and with his betrothed and her two relatives. His employer, Champlin Architecture, has established a scholarship in honor of Gutierrez who was working on a hospital and a university when he was murdered. ...