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Tláhuac and Tepito Cartels Orchestrate Trafficking of Women in Mexico City

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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City-based criminal organizations Tepito Union and the Tláhuac Cartel currently control the trafficking of persons for sexual purposes and prostitution on the streets of the country’s capital, revealed a joint report by Mexico’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) and the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). These groups have allegedly managed to venture into the trafficking of women

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On the Mark: Mexican Soccer Fans Defrauded of over 1 Million Pesos in Facebook Scam

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By MARK LORENZANA With only a month to go until the 2022 FIFA World Cup opens in November, hundreds of Mexican soccer fans are looking for a way to fulfill their dream of watching the Mexican National Soccer Team in a packed stadium in Qatar and, perhaps, enjoy some sightseeing on the side. Some unscrupulous and shady characters, however, haven

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EdoMéx, Baja California among Mexican States with Highest Impunity

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By MARK LORENZANA The State of Mexico (EdoMéx), Baja California, Veracruz, Puebla and Querétaro are the Mexican states that lead the 2022 Impunity Index in Mexico, which was prepared by the Center for Studies on Impunity and Justice (CESIJ), the University of the Americas Puebla and the International Academic Council. The five aforementioned states are followed by Jalisco, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, Chiapas and

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Health Authority Warns Vapers against Ingesting ‘Cockroach Poison’

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By MARK LORENZANA Alejandro Ernesto Svarch Pérez, head of Mexico’s Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris), warned on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18, that vaping devices and electronic cigarettes use cartridges with “vaping oil” that contain linalool — a substance used to kill pests such as flies and cockroaches — and ingesting it through vaping can be

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Mexico Will Accept Up to 24,000 Venezuelans Expelled from the US

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By MARK LORENZANA The Mexican government will accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants expelled from the United States. Under the agreement announced last week by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration, Venezuelans who walk or swim across the southern border of the United States will be deported, and any Venezuelan who enters Mexico or Panama illegally will not be eligible to

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Despite Package against Inflation, Price of Tortilla Increases

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By MARK LORENZANA Despite the tortilla being one of the 24 products of Mexico’s basic basket included in the Package Against Inflation and Famine (PACIC), its price has increased from May to September of this year. On April 4, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced to the public a new price-control initiative — the PACIC – that established cost protection

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US Rules Out Withdrawing from Energy Panel under USMCA Treaty

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By MARK LORENZANA The United States, on Saturday, Oct. 15, categorically denied that it has withdrawn its decision to request an arbitration panel to resolve the dispute over the energy policy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) that has allegedly violated provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). On Friday, Oct. 14, in his daily morning press conference,

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On the Mark: América, Rayados Barge into Liga MX Semis

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By MARK LORENZANA Club América and the Monterrey Rayados both punched their tickets to the Liga MX semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 15, after dispatching their respective opponents — Club Puebla and Cruz Azul — in convincing fashion. América defeated Puebla 5-1 on the evening of Saturday, in a match that came after the Mexico City-based club similarly humiliated their foe,

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Chamber of Deputies Approves PRIMor Reform to Extend Army on Streets

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By MARK LORENZANA The plenary session of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, Oct. 12, approved the reform — jointly initiated by legislators of the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) — to extend the Armed Forces on the streets until 2028 for public-security tasks. There were 339 votes in favor of the

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