>>Seems to be based on cherrypicked statistics - it considers just the maquilladoras, and the general productivity rates. Assuming both statistics are right, then the Mexicans are working more and better for less money than before. And the article also doesn't account for the status of Mexican farmers, who are losing big time, confronted with imports of cheap subsidized dairy products from the north. Gives them all the incentive to stay at home and prosper, doesn't it?
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>How are they working for less money than before?

I've seen it done, by government-induced inflation. Actually a quite simple way to lower the standard of everybody. I'm not saying that's the case in Mexico, though. What inflation there may be could just come from natural causes.