NUEVO LEON - The board of directors of Hofusan Industrial Park presented to the governor of Nuevo Leon a project for the expansion of the complex located in the municipality of Salinas Victoria with which they expect to reach 100 industrial buildings the industrial park groups more than 40 transnational companies and with the expansion project it is expected to reach 100 companies in the short term besides the plan includes the arrival of new hotels and shopping centers in the area The presentation was made during a working tour made by the governor through the northern municipalities of the state where he toured to learn about the expansion plan of Hofusan Industrial Park Garcia was accompanied at all times by the Undersecretary of Investment in Nuevo Leon President of the Hofusan Industrial Park Board of Directors Among the largest companies in this park is Manwah Hisense in the manufacture of household appliances and others specialized in components for the automotive industry “Security and highways have generated an ecosystem in Salinas Victoria for billions of dollars to invest in our state companies have taken advantage of the expansion of Highway I North and all the efforts of Colombia Customs,” said Governor Garcia García Sepúlveda pointed out that the arrival of value chains has placed Nuevo León in first place in the generation of jobs and first place in foreign direct investment We’re in the business of providing relevant information through print and electronic media organizing events to bring industrial value chain actors together and services to create new business relationships Our goal is to improve our clients’ competitiveness This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page held a ceremonial groundbreaking June 13 for its new $300-million manufacturing facility in Mexico Located in the Salinas Victoria municipality outside of Monterrey in the state of Nuevo Leon the 700,000-square-foot facility is expected to be operational in 2026 The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Bobcat representatives elected officials and area business leaders Bobcat’s compact loaders are also produced in the United States where production will continue following the new facility opening “We have seen tremendous growth across our business and this new facility will support our long-range plans for increased production to meet customer demand,” said Scott Park “This groundbreaking represents our commitment to our customers—present and future—who are ready to accomplish more with our equipment.”    The manufacturing facility will seek LEED Silver certification and feature state-of-the-art technology with an emphasis on quality “We look forward to growing our manufacturing footprint in the Salinas Victoria community for its excellent industrial sector skilled workforce and strong business environment,” said Mike Ballweber “Our investment here demonstrates our confidence in this manufacturing environment and thriving local economy.”     The design team includes U.S.-based Shultz + Associates Architects and Mexico-based GP Construcción Shultz + Associates Architects has partnered with Bobcat on the design and architecture of many of its North American locations GP Construcción specializes in industrial parks and facilities across Mexico The new factory is expected to create 600 to 800 jobs in the region Career opportunities can be found at bobcat.com/carreras To learn more about Bobcat, visit bobcat.com The 700,000-square-foot facility, which was announced in 2023 will expand production capacity and manufacturing capabilities by 20% Bobcat’s compact loaders are also produced in the U.S and the Czech Republic where production will remain following the new facility opening The manufacturing facility will seek LEED Silver certification and feature technology with an emphasis on quality Bobcat to open plant in Mexico Bobcat Adds Three Utility Tractors Bobcat Integrates Stationary Fuel Cells at Manufacturing Plants “Our investment here demonstrates our confidence in this manufacturing environment and thriving local economy.”  The design team includes U.S.-based Shultz and Associates Architects and Mexico-based GP Construcción Shultz and Associates Architects has partnered with Bobcat on the design and architecture of many of its North American locations The new factory is expected to create 600 to 800 jobs in the region and open in 2026 Bobcat held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new 280-million EUR manufacturing facility in Mexico outside of Monterrey in the state of Neuvo Leon the 65,000 sqm facility is expected to be operational in 2026 will expand Bobcat’s existing global footprint to create additional production capacity and manufacturing capabilities for select compact track and skid-steer loader models Bobcat’s compact loaders are also produced in the US and the Czech Republic where production will remain following the new facility opening “We have seen tremendous growth across our business and this new facility will support our long-range plans for increased production to meet customer demand,” says Scott Park “This groundbreaking represents our commitment to our customers—present and future—who are ready to accomplish more with our equipment.” “We look forward to growing our manufacturing footprint in the Salinas Victoria community for its excellent industrial sector skilled workforce and strong business environment,” adds Mike Ballweber “Our investment here demonstrates our confidence in this manufacturing environment and thriving local economy.” The design team includes US-based Shultz + Associates Architects and Mexico-based GP Construcción Anjali Sooknanan is deputy editor of the iVT brand - which includes digital and print editions of a quarterly magazine and Off-Highway Annual She holds an English degree from Goldsmiths University in London and has experience working on B2B publications in various industries from electrical to construction hangs on the wall in José Luis Martínez Cruz’s room in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León The abandoned Minecraft world the 14-year-old built with Lego bricks sits in his closet On the armchair where Martínez Cruz used to toss his clothes a banner with his photo and the word “DESAPARECIDO” hangs above the date he was last seen: Dec The other side of the banner reads “Te extrañamos amor.” It was a sweltering Saturday in July when I met Martínez Cruz’s mother in the kitchen of her home in Salinas Victoria her third son had been missing for seven months The 49-year-old mother spent much of our interview distracted by her cell phone awaiting any clue that would lead to her son’s whereabouts Cruz lives in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Salinas surrounded by bare cement block houses that look unfinished and vacant lots filled with trash and tall weeds Cruz shared with me one of the last photos she took of her son Cruz has been a cog in the celebrated machine of globalization She assembles auto parts in one of the many factories in Salinas Victoria Cruz stands for roughly 12 hours on a production line for the manufacture of car door handles The finished products are shipped to Laredo the busiest trade hub on the U.S.-Mexico border she gets in the company van for the hour commute home at least 31 people have been declared missing this year Local residents say the real number is larger These are young people who left their homes to visit friends in the evening and have not been heard from since witnesses saw people following them in black trucks The same trucks have been seen arriving at houses in the middle of the night with armed men who forcibly remove residents the city is experiencing rapid growth due to a new wave of foreign investment Salinas Victoria sits less than three hours from the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge the only border crossing between Nuevo León and Texas making it ideal for the “near-shoring” of production to supply the world’s largest consumer market Salinas Victoria is now home to industrial parks such as the Hofusan a 2,100-acre manufacturing site built by Chinese investors and global automotive suppliers such as Japan’s Tokai Rika and South Korea’s Hyundai Mobis The Nuevo León government boasts that the state is primed to become a major hub for electric vehicle manufacturing Tesla plans to build a new Gigafactory on the outskirts of Santa Catarina about 35 miles southwest of Salinas Victoria.Chinese company Noah Itech is investing $100 million in the construction of its first plant in Mexico; South Korean automotive manufacturer Kia pledged $408 million The flood of foreign investment in Nuevo León has fueled the steady expansion of the Monterrey metropolitan region toward the state’s northern border with the U.S but not necessarily for the residents of Salinas Victoria and other towns in northern Nuevo León Their homes have turned into a conflict zone with hostile cartels vying for control of logistics and shipping corridors These conflicting developments force the question: What good is an economic boom if the state cannot bring order to it and the result is the deaths and disappearances of children like José Luis Martínez Cruz The highways connecting Nuevo León to the U.S are among the best selling points the government of Nuevo León has to offer carrier organizations and truck drivers decry the risks they face on the road from abuse and extortion by authorities to robberies and kidnappings by organized crime (often with the complicity of local police) Nuevo León delegate of the Mexican Alliance of Carriers Organization said his group has urged authorities to do more as its drivers have become a popular target of crime “But now it is also the vehicles and the kidnapping of drivers.” dubbed the “highway of terror,” over 70 people disappeared during 2021 according to United Forces for Our Disappeared in Nuevo León a group that includes families of the missing Most of the victims were truck drivers carrying goods that there is no trace because the authorities do not investigate,” said Angelica Orozco who joined United Forces for Our Disappeared after a former university classmate vanished in Monterrey during the first years of the war on drugs Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar acknowledged the importance of Nuevo León as a leader in North American supply chain integration Although local business people have expressed concern about the security situation companies have chosen Nuevo León for reasons of confidence But when pressed at a news conference by this reporter “You can’t have integration if these roads are not safe.” What good is an economic boom if the state cannot bring order to it and the result is the deaths and disappearances of children like José Luis Martínez Cruz As part of the state’s efforts to improve transportation infrastructure so that Nuevo León can boast “the fastest and safest border crossing in Mexico,” the state government has unveiled what it calls a Master Road Plan a 35-year-old former senator who came to power in 2021 thanks to the support of his wife’s social media following promised well-armed detachments of the National Guard and the Fuerza Civil state police to secure exports to the U.S As Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador further militarizes public security García also announced the opening of a new military base that would house 600 soldiers in the municipality of Cerralvo to “shield” the border with Tamaulipas While Tamaulipas faces endless cycles of violence due to disputes between drug cartels After NAFTA, the number of cargo trucks crossing the U.S.-Mexico border increased, while drug trafficking routes became more accessible. But this rapid growth also brought a surge in drug-related violence in many border cities such as Matamoros or Reynosa in Tamaulipas who investigates informal cross-border trade in northern Nuevo Léon at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology explains that the state’s desire to protect certain sectors implies the presence of new state agents and new security policies on many of these routes that were already under the control of cartels (with the support of some authorities) As trade increases and smuggling routes become more accessible and attractive “All of this is nothing more than a control of routes and plazas,” Sandoval added referencing the regional organizations that control drug trafficking networks At least nine other young men disappeared on the same day as José Luis Martínez Cruz (The prosecutor’s office and the local search commission didn’t respond to my request for interviews.) Cruz learned from one of the victims who returned that Martínez Cruz was still alive and being held in a safe house where a criminal group allegedly took the young men Statements from witnesses indicate that some of them may have undergone forced recruitment A recent study published in the journal Science estimates that organized crime is the fifth-largest employer in Mexico and recruits some 350 new members every week to replace their losses in manpower due to arrests and murders Another woman I met whose family has been victimized says she knows who kidnapped her husband in front of their home in downtown Salinas in the early morning hours of Aug (I’ve changed Andrea’s name to protect her identity along with the names of other victims.) The prosecutor’s office did nothing with the information she provided she moved with her five children to a relative’s home in a nearby town fearing that her husband’s kidnappers would return 11 people were reported missing in Salinas according to the National Registry of Disappeared Persons I know at least three other women like me,” said Andrea moved in 2018 with her two sons to Ciénega de Flores “My cousin said that there was a lot of work,” she told me Twenty-eight-year-old Alejandro disappeared in Ciénega on Dec Witnesses said that a pair of men approached him while he was walking down the street and forced him to get in a car “I have nothing else than to look for my son.” Delia had to quit her job as a wire harness assembler for an industrial refrigeration manufacturer to search for her son and care for Alejandro’s seven-year-old daughter she was warned of the risks by her neighbors as more and more cases of missing people cropped up At least 42 people have disappeared in Ciénega this year now for an American company that manufactures drinking water coolers where she works as a machine operator cutting carbon filters Cruz and Delia feel more and more isolated as authorities fail to attend to their cases they worry that organized crime members will harm them or other family members “They [the authorities] have to do something,” Cruz told me are sometimes complicit in the disappearances a dozen state and military law officers arrived at the premises of the Secretariat of Public Security in Ciénega de Flores and a judge were arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping  They were allegedly involved only in two cases that occurred in November 2022 and March 2023  The families of the missing in Ciénega hope that more information will come to light about the relationship between organized crime and state agents in carrying out disappearances Some of the victims have been freed from the clutches of the cartels only on the condition that they sell drugs for them When Delia heard that her neighbor’s nephew was back home and then released after being beaten and told that his family would be harmed if he refused to do the cartel’s bidding When the neighbor asked him about the fate of Delia’s son he said he didn’t know and advised her to “be careful.” So now Delia imagines that her son is on a long journey that’s what she tells her fatherless granddaughter to get through each day and the need for independent journalism has never been greater A new administration is openly attacking free press — and the stakes couldn’t be higher Independent journalism like Truthdig doesn't just report the news — it helps cultivate a better future Your tax-deductible gift powers fearless reporting and uncompromising analysis we can protect democracy and expose the stories that must be told Your feedback is important in helping us keep our community safe Don't miss out on the latest investigations provocative insights and original reporting from a progressive 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events...Graduated through the magnet program in criminal justice...Also swam for the Great Whites swim club for 12 years for coaches Ryan Shae and Danny Euresti Salinas is the daughter of Diana and Luis Salinas of Brownsville intends to major in criminal justice...Has one brother Adriana (15)...Uncle Meme Barrera played for the Pittsburgh Steelers...Started swimming at age 7...Chose Texas A&M for “The family-like environment and because of the women’s swimming staff.” Best Times:50 Free: 23.22100 Free: 51.19100 Fly: 55.10 Close Up:Favorite TV show: True BloodsMost played song in my iPod: Throw it UpWhat I drive: TundraFavorite movie:   Too many all war moviesWhat I’m reading: Harry PotterBookmarked websites: HowdyWorst habit:  Biting the inside of my lipSuperstition: Dropping the salt shakerWorst job: Anything inside a buildingFavorite city to visit: Cancun MexicoFavorite athlete to watch in another sport: Cristiano RonaldoTalent I’d most like to have: Play the pianoDream date: Johnny DeppMost competitive teammate: Paige MillerWhich teammate could succeed at another sport and which sport:    Breeja Larson volleyballPre-competition music: RapFavorite quote: “Rise and rise again until lambs become lions”Something about me that most people don’t know: I still sleep with my little sister at homeFavorite swimming or diving set: Warm-downFavorite tradition at Texas A&M: Midnight YellDescribe coaches in one word:Coach Bultman: AwesomeCoach Jamison: Funny By Thomas Frank | 05/02/2024 06:40 AM EDT The contentious House hearing showed how some conservative states feel underserved by the disaster agency who oversees Federal Emergency Management Agency resilience efforts House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee/YouTube Republican lawmakers leveled attacks at a Biden administration official Wednesday over what they argued were wasteful projects for helping communities prepare for climate change At a contentious House subcommittee hearing they pressed a Federal Emergency Management Agency official to defend billions of dollars in grants that were given to states and municipalities for flood protection and other projects Subcommittee Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) referred to an E&E News analysis showing that five large states, including California and Florida, had received a huge share of funds from FEMA’s largest grant program, while many small states got little money. Perry challenged Salinas in his first question to explain why FEMA gives grant money for projects that involve planting trees. Request a FREE trial to receive unlimited access to The leader in energy and environment news. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. NUEVO LEON – Unilever announced that it will invest US$400 million over the next three years to build a new manufacturing plant in the state of Nuevo Leon, which will create 1,200 direct and indirect jobs. From these facilities, which are expected to begin operations in 2024, the company will manufacture beauty and personal care products for regional export. “We welcome this new Unilever plant that will use state-of-the-art technology for environmental care and will position our state in the global beauty industry,” said Nuevo León Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda. The new factory is being designed to achieve lighthouse status, which is an international recognition for plants that use state-of-the-art technologies to increase productivity and efficiency while significantly limiting their impact on the environment. According to information from the Government of Nuevo Leon, this is the third largest foreign investment made in that entity since 2021 to date, which at the close of 2022 totaled 114 projects. “We are excited about this new partnership with the state of Nuevo Leon to develop our new world-class factory in Salinas Victoria, home to local and international manufacturing operations,” commented Reginaldo Ecclissato, Unilever’s global supply chain leader.  “This new factory represents an important investment for the growth and development of Mexico, Nuevo Leon and Unilever for years to come,” added Ecclissato. Mexico is among Unilever’s top 10 most important countries in the world and is a key center for exporting the company’s beauty and personal care products to more than 25 countries. We’re in the business of providing relevant information through print and electronic media, organizing events to bring industrial value chain actors together and services to create new business relationships. Our goal is to improve our clients’ competitiveness. SALINAS VICTORIA, NL – Bosch, the leading manufacturer of household appliances in Europe, began construction of its first plant in Mexico, located in the municipality of Salinas Victoria, Nuevo Leon, where it will invest US$260 million and generate up to 1,500 jobs. The plant is expected to be ready in the summer of 2024. In an area of 430,000 square meters, it will produce 600,000 large-size refrigerators per year. “Home appliance manufacturing will be an important pillar of the company's growth strategy in the Americas,” said Rene Schlegel, president of Bosch Mexico. The governor of Nuevo Leon, Samuel Alejandro Garcia Sepulveda highlighted the responsibility of the German company with the care of the environment. He affirmed that it is not only a matter of bringing companies, but of choosing those that come to the state with a new paradigm, to comply with the 2030 Agenda, with business actions for sustainable development. For his part, Iván Rivas Rodríguez, state minister of Economy, highlighted the state's attributes for large global firms, including its proximity to the United States, which makes Nuevo Leon the ideal gateway to the large T-MEC market. He emphasized that the state is going through a great economic moment, since in the nine months of this administration, 82 investment projects have been confirmed, of which 44 are new investments and 38 are company expansions. JAPAN - The Japanese company Kawasaki, known mainly for the production of motorcycles and engines for industry, will invest around US$200 million in the installation of a plant in northern Mexico, in an operation that will generate approximately 1,100 jobs. The investment was announced by the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García, in a video published on the social network X together with company executives and the mayor of the municipality of Salinas Victoria, where the plant will be installed. García did not provide details of what the plant will produce, but explained that "it will be the largest of its scale" and that its production will be destined for both the local and export markets. On his tour of Japan and China, which began this week, García Sepúlveda highlighted that the announcement comes the same week in which the Mexican government unveiled a series of tax incentives to attract foreign investment, at a time when the Latin American country is trying to benefit from the phenomenon of company relocation or nearshoring. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker hosted a groundbreaking event on June 13 for its new $300 million factory in Mexico The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Bobcat representatives, elected officials and area business leaders. The new factory is expected to create 600 to 800 jobs in the region.BobcatBobcat held a groundbreaking ceremony in Mexico on June 13 for its new factory in Mexico.  The $300-million facility will be used to build compact track and skid-steer loaders. The company also builds compact loaders in the U.S. and in the Czech Republic, and the company said that work will continue.  “We have seen tremendous growth across our business, and this new facility will support our long-range plans for increased production to meet customer demand,” said Scott Park, Doosan Bobcat CEO and vice chairman. “This groundbreaking represents our commitment to our customers—present and future—who are ready to accomplish more with our equipment.”  Chinese auto parts manufacturer Yinlun has opened a new plant in Salinas Victoria which provides thermal management solutions including coolers expects to generate over 1,000 jobs and is considering opening another plant in the northern state It recently opened a plant in the nearby municipality of Ciénega de Flores Its customer portfolio includes Caterpillar Governor of Nuevo León Samuel García said that “a powerful economic boom is coming [to Nuevo León] and the government is not going to be left behind.”  State Economy Minister Iván Rivas added that companies like Yinlun continue to arrive in Nuevo León because “they find the right conditions to thrive — particularly He also said automotive sector investments represent 26% of the total that has arrived in Nuevo León since García took office in 2021 Growth in the state has been fueled by the boom in nearshoring —  where companies relocate to strategic foreign markets to take advantage of a more favorable investment climate. As part of the trend, companies like Tesla and Unilever have recently announced significant investments in the state Mexican brokerage firm Grupo Bursátil Mexicano recently noted that Nuevo León was the biggest nearshoring winner in all of Mexico last year. In February, García predicted that foreign direct investment in his state could double those of 2022 With reports from El Economista ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Unilever is set to double its investment in a new Mexican factory The UK-based manufacturer of Dove has set aside US$800 million to build the plant in Salinas The new plant will be built in Nexxus and Nexxus 2 within the Salinas Industrial Park THE DETAILS According to a report published by Mexico Now Unilever will produce a range of personal care products at the facility conditioners and creams for its Dove and Sedal brands “Mexico is among the 10 most relevant countries in the world and is key for the export of beauty and personal care products to more than 25 countries.” Contact UsSubscribePrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyTerms & Conditions Copyright © 2025 Global Cosmetics Media Limited Prosecutors have filed attempted murder charges against a man accused of shooting at Salinas police during a chase that ended on Old Stage Road earlier this month.  allegedly fired out of the back of his truck at a Salinas police officer pursuing him and then again after stopping in a field Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine Pacioni reported Friday in a news release.  11 in Salinas when officer Evan Adams tried to pull over a truck for vehicle code violations who was directly behind him in a police cruiser Victoria allegedly fired one shot out the driver's window and Victoria eventually stopped in a muddy field at 28715 Old Stage Road and police surrounded his truck Police ordered Victoria to get out of the vehicle with his hands up "Victoria called dispatch demanding to speak with a specific sergeant or else he would start shooting," Pacioni said in the press release Victoria pointed his handgun out the driver's side window and fired a shot towards the police officers striking Victoria with five rounds."  Police found a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun next to the driver's side of the truck Victoria's arraignment has yet to be scheduled because of his injuries He faces three counts of attempted murder of a police officer as well as charges of felony evasion and being a felon in possession of a firearm Monterey County Superior Court records show.  he pleaded no contest to felony evading a police officer and misdemeanor obstructing or resisting an officer.  he also pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery as part of a plea deal He had been facing charges of felony battery on a peace officer with injury and misdemeanor battery on a peace officer.  Superior court records did not list a defense attorney for Victoria in the Dec UPDATE: Salinas police shoot man who opened fire on them during car chase, officers say Joe Szydlowski is a multimedia journalist for the Salinas Californian who covers local government, crime and cannabis. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JoeSzyd_Salinas. He can be reached at 235-2360. Help support The Californian's work: https://bit.ly/2Qo298J Police have identified two women who allegedly stole more than $17,000 in bras from the Salinas Victoria's Secret earlier this year Mercedes Cannonier and Sonja Reid stole the undergarments from the store Jan Salinas police said in a social media post.  A third woman was identified by police on Tuesday as a suspect but she has been cleared of any wrongdoing "We know this experience must have been very upsetting for her and want to emphasize again that she is under no suspicion of any wrongdoing," police said in a social media post They are also suspected of stealing bras from stores in Monterey and the Bay Area All three have warrants out for their arrest Anyone with information about the suspects is asked to call (831) 758-7137 or e-mail byrong@ci.salinas.ca.us Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling (831) 775-4222 or 1 (800) 782-7463 (78-CRIME) Police say anyone who sees them should not approach them but instead contact authorities.  CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified one of the suspected thieves because of incorrect information from a source Police say witnesses misidentified the woman whose name and photo have been removed from this article 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region. 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects Analysis, reports, news and interviews about your industry in English, Spanish and Portuguese. NUEVO LEON - Yinlun, a Chinese company that manufactures chillers, battery heaters, refrigeration modules, heating and radiators, invested US$80 million to set up in Salinas Victoria, Nuevo Leon, generating more than 1,000 jobs. This plant is in addition to the one recently opened in Ciénega de Flores, and the company is expected to consider opening another plant in Nuevo León. Yinlun has manufacturing plants in China, the United States and Poland. It also has awards for excellence from Caterpillar, Cummings, Ford and Daimler. Its portfolio includes customers such as: Caterpillar, Volvo, GM, Stellantis, Ford, Stellantis, and Paccar. "A powerful economic boom is coming and the government is not going to be left behind," said Governor Samuel Garcia, during the inauguration. Page unavailable.This page either does not exist or is currently unavailable From here you can either hit the "back" button on your browser to return to the previous page, or visit the ABCNews.com Home Page. You can also search for something on our site below. At the midpoint of their pregnancy, Karen and Angel Garibaldo received the news: It’s a girl — with serious problems. “At the 20-week mark was when we found out, ‘hey, good news it’s a girl. Bad news: There’s something wrong with her. That was Oct. 1,” said Angel. An ultrasound detected a problem with the baby’s brain. Later it would be diagnosed as spina bifida, a spinal defect. That began their “experimental journey,” as Angel describes it, with a groundbreaking surgical procedure making strides in reducing and preventing the irreparable damage made by spina bifida to babies in the womb. The Garibaldo’s daughter, Amareliz Victoria, is the 14th baby in the nation to undergo this experimental procedure. On Tuesday, the Prunedale couple shared their seven-month medical sojourn that has worn a path between Salinas, Stanford  and Houston, Texas. Angel works as an irrigation manager servicing crop water systems across the Salinas Valley and beyond. Karen teaches Spanish at North Monterey County High School. Their son, Orlando, bounced around the room as mom and dad spoke with a reporter. Victoria was in another room, napping, and later would awaken and join in. She was born on Dec. 18, 2015, weighing in at three pounds, 10 ounces. Last fall, the Garibaldos were excited about adding a daughter to their young family. Then, a routine trip to the doctor for a check-up changed their lives. Little Victoria was diagnosed with the most severe form of spina bifida, Myelomeningocele, or open neural tube defect. NTD occurs in 3.4 out of every 10,000 live births in the U.S. It the most common, permanently disabling birth defect for which there is no known cure, according to Dr. Alireza Shamshirsaz, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at the Texas Children’s Fetal Center in Houston. NDT is a defect in which the spine is improperly formed and the spinal cord is fused with the skin. Myelomeningocele is associated with hydrocephalus — a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain and a leading cause of morbidity in patients. “You do imagine the worst,” recalled Karen. “Once the doctor told us your child has spina bifida you think: she won’t walk, learning disabilities, impairment of motor skills, bladder, bowels. … I just imagined a baby that was never going to get up from the bed.” “At that point, we had known about spina bifida for about two weeks,” Angel said. “We had researched on our own to learn as much as we could about the surgery as well.”The couple feverishly began researching the defect on the Internet. They were referred to Stanford Medical Center where they met with specialists. They were given the worst-case scenario: you can terminate the pregnancy. They also were told of a standard procedure being used in spina bifida cases but it is risky to both baby and mother. That procedure is called “open surgery” and could have been done in San Francisco. In a blog, Karen describes it this way: open surgery “consisted of opening the mom … (like a big C-section), taking out the uterus, opening the uterus to get to the baby, performing surgery on the baby to close her back, stitching up the uterus, sticking it back inside the mom, closing up the mom. Although beneficial to the baby, this surgery comes with a lot of risks, including death.” Then Karen and Angel were advised of an experimental surgery being performed at the Texas Children’s Fetal Center. However, the window for the procedure was between 19 and 25 weeks of pregnancy. They had a week to decide. It would be the longest week of their lives. They had kept the news from their parents and family until they were better informed themselves. They called a family meeting to share what they knew at that point. “At the end of the day it was our decision,” said Karen. “But we also shared it with them because we wanted their input … and guidance.” As self-described people of “faith and science” Karen and Angel balanced their Christian sensibilities with their research and faith in medicine. “We’re both Catholic so we pray,” said Angel. And while some believers might say it is God’s will that a child is born with spina bifida, Angel and Karen put their faith in the best of both worlds. Some people told them going against God’s plan was playing with fire and they’d be held responsible for putting Victoria at risk in the surgery. Angel countered: “God also gave those doctors, those hands, the ability to operate on babies before they’re born. Maybe it’s God’s plan to give us a child with spina bifida, but also to be part of a plan that’s going to help other children in the future.” “We knew that there was no cure for spina bifida. We were going to do whatever we could to give her every opportunity. If this was going to give her a better chance then why not give it a shot,” said Angel. To helpWednesday: Surgery, birth, Victoria’s future The Garibaldos have opened a “gofundme” account with this message: Many people have asked how they can help. “It was a difficult question to answer; we didn't know what to expect. In addition to positive thoughts and prayers, a monetary contribution will help us pay for the surgery, post-surgery care/medical expenses, travel and lodging.” Online, visit: https://www.gofundme.com/vidaforvictoria the grave was a reminder of a difficult reality: the search for missing people often begins by looking underground Mexico is home to over 122 million people and spans more than 750,000 square miles of land There is no road map that makes clear where to start the search for mass graves or the bodies of the disappeared (desaparecidos) that they hold and statisticians is using machine learning to predict which counties in Mexico are most likely to have hidden graves it will be a powerful application of an emerging technology that provide answers to one of the most difficult aspects of the desaparecidos problem: knowing where to look a San Francisco-based organization that applies scientific analysis to human rights violations (first two links in Spanish) Police crime tape cordons off an area where human remains have been found in the state of Veracruz 2017.Image: EPA/Luis MonrroyAdvertisementEach organization contributes a unique piece of analysis or data which together form a fuller picture of where to search The group at the Ibero-American University has been scraping local and national Mexican newspaper and radio data for mentions of hidden graves for years as part of a larger project They’ve created a comprehensive database of the details behind every report of a hidden grave It’s the country’s first database of the sort and it’s a crucial bank of knowledge that details in which municipalities hidden graves have been discovered in the past Data Cívica contributes data on social demographics about every municipio, or county, in the country. By combining Mexico’s public open data system with geographic data they’ve been able to create a detailed profile of sociodemographic data for every one of Mexico’s 2457 counties These two pieces are crucial to the machine learning model that HRDAG uses to predict which counties are likely to have hidden graves in them The model is called a Random Forest classifier and its usefulness hinges on the idea that there is something categorically different between counties that have historically been found to have hidden graves The model sorts through the characteristics and weights their relevance which counties are most likely to have graves found in them in the future one of the rural counties that HRDAG’s model flags as similar to other counties where hidden graves have been found.Image: Reuters/Claudia DautAdvertisementPatrick Ball HRDAG’s Director of Research and the statistician behind the code explained that the Random Forest classifier was able to predict with 100% accuracy which counties that would go on to have mass graves found in them in 2014 by using the model against data from 2013 The model also predicted the counties that did not have mass hidden graves found in them but that show a high likelihood of the possibility This prediction aspect of the model is the part that holds the most potential for future research It’s different from explanation.” Which is to say that the while the model can predict which counties are most likely to have similar graves in them in the future and it isn’t particularly concerned with which variables make that difference But the teams at Data Cívica and the University of Ibero are “The problem with this type of violence is that it’s a very contextual violence,” Mónica Meltis the Coordinator of Projects at Data Cívica explained in a phone interview What she means is that it’s impossible to separate the counties that have hidden graves from the socioeconomic forces that define them Counties with hidden graves are likely to have a lower average income than other counties They have higher numbers of indigenous residents than counties without hidden graves as evidenced by lower county-wide scores on Spanish language tests in primary schools Many of the counties have been found to have strong connections to drugs (in the form of opium or methamphetamine labs) and high homicide rates Three out of every ten disappearances in Mexico occur in the coastal states of Guerrero and Tamaulipas.All of these characteristics make sense in the matter-of-fact way that the best discoveries always do after the fact the coordinator of University of Ibero’s Human Rights Program all warn against drawing any hard conclusions the data that they’ve run the model on isn’t complete Though the team has been able to use data from 2013 to predict accurate results for 2014 they haven’t yet been able to do the same for 2017 Núñez’s team has to update their database with media mentions from 2016 a task that is forthcoming and time-consuming The project is also limited in the respect that it doesn’t answer any of the thorny questions around who is committing the crimes The team can neither determine who is responsible for killing the victims nor guess as to the identities of the people within the mass graves Their work provides only a compass of sorts the barest map for those who must then do the difficult work of excavating those buried Proximity to a border – the US or Guatemalan – is a characteristic that counties containing mass graves share.Image: Reuters/Jose Luis GonzalezAnd of course there’s the final fact that Ball in particular is careful to point out: “What we’re predicting is the probability of observation of a grave We can only predict the counties that are likely to have graves that are like the ones we’ve observed in the past.” His point is one that’s characteristic of all machine learning models Models are deeply dependent on the data available it’s highly possible that there are mass graves that have been so well hidden that no one has found them The work the group is doing cannot point to every hidden grave in the country it can only help locate graves that are similar to those that have been found before the project represents a powerful beginning it’s part of a multi-year effort that will result in the May 2017 release of a comprehensive report about hidden graves in Mexico “I don’t think that this is a project that we want to be sitting in our desks writing about We want to go outside and find the people.” Núñez says it even more simply: “This project is the means to obtain something else…to guarantee the human right to truth.”