Mexicans ho-hum on Cinco

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Posted on: May 7th, 2007
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“South of the border, here in Nogales, the newspapers don’t even mention Cinco de Mayo. The news here is Paris Hilton, the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight and some nasty business about a triple murder.

Mexico’s Mule Day gets more press than Cinco de Mayo.

“We celebrate it, but not like they do in the United States,” said Czarina de Montano, whose trendy boutique, El Serape, turns 65 this year. “But I see Cinco de Mayo making a comeback.”

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