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FGR: García Luna Accumulated Illicit Income of 27.3 Million Pesos

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  By MARK LORENZANA Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna had allegedly accumulated illicit income of at least 27.3 million pesos during his time at the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) and the Federal Public Security Secretariat, as documented by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR). The file on García Luna, imprisoned since 2019 in the United States, where he faces drug-trafficking charges, specifies that

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Homicide Rates in Mexican Border Cities Much Higher than in US Counterparts

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By MARK LORENZANA A few days after U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar warned that growing insecurity across a number of Mexican states could have a negative impact on foreign investment in the country, Mexican daily newspaper Reforma released a report on Sunday, Aug. 28, detailing the contrasting homicide rates between cities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, based

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Economic Expert: AMLO ‘Pawning’ Mexico’s Future with Education Policy

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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is “pawning” Mexico’s future with his “preference for improvisation,” according to economist, author and journalist Jorge Suarez Velez in his weekly column for Mexican daily newspaper Reforma on Thursday, Aug. 25. This “improvisation,” according to Suarez Velez, is manifested in López Obrador’s penchant for promoting his friends “without experience or

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Cuban Doctors in Mexico May Be Victims of Human Trafficking

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By MARK LORENZANA The arrival of Cuban doctors in Mexico will continue as long as there is a demand for specialists, said Zoé Robledo, director of Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS), as more Cuban physicians were deployed in the country on Tuesday, Aug. 19 — this time in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Campeche. Around 50 Cuban doctors arrived

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Mexican Supreme Court Wants to Eliminate Automatic Preventive Detention

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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) is set to eliminate automatic preventive detention (jail without bail) in the country, arguing that it violates the human rights provided for in international treaties, in addition to the fact that it has been the reason for condemnation of Mexico by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). The move by the SCJN

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Uncontrolled Inflation in Mexico Increases Food Prices

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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) announced on Tuesday, Aug. 23, that during the first 15 days of this month, the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) increased 0.42 percent, bringing the country’s annual rate of inflation to 8.62 percent. According to the Inegi, the INPC recorded its highest level since the second half of December

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Plaisir Créperie’s Crepes are Fluffy, Crunchy and So Much More

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By MARK LORENZANA “The secret to a good crepe is that it should be both fluffy and crunchy.” One Wednesday afternoon, I was seated at a table across Chris Dollel, the owner of Plaisir Créperie, a newly opened crepe shop in Mexico City’s trendy Colonia Condesa, and tucking into my freshly made Tomás — a savory crepe generously filled with

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COVAX to Send Mexico 10 Million Covid Vaccines after Threat of Lawsuit

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By MARK LORENZANA The Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) will send 10 million Pfizer doses for children to Mexico, after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) threatened to file a lawsuit against the United Nations-backed alliance, which owes the country $75 million worth of vaccines. According to Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell, speaking at López Obrador’s daily press

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Mass Media, Air Transport Help Grow Foreign Investment in Mexico

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By MARK LORENZANA Foreign direct Investment (FDI) in Mexico had a strong annual growth of 49.2 percent in the first half of this year, helping the country accumulate $27.5 billion, according to preliminary figures from Mexico’s Economy Secretariat. According to a statement by the Secretariat of the Economy, the figure reflects “extraordinary movements, related to the merger of Televisa with

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