WASHINGTON – Arrests of illegal immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico are at the lowest level since the Nixon administration, indicating that fewer people are attempting to cross the border to live or work in the United States.

Big things are happening for Mazda in North America, where car sales are booming in the United States and the Mexico arm of the Japanese car company has a new boss on the heels of reporting its best sales month ever.

The discovery of significant reserves of shale gas has placed Mexico as the fourth country with the greatest potential for exploitation of the fuel, just below the United States, China and Argentina.