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The View from the North: Ill Tidings South of the Border

OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down Mexico way, a recent Reforma newspaper story is causing a lot of commotion and major concern. The original story was published in Spanish, but Pulse News Mexico published an analysis in English. It’s bad news, to say the least. As Pulse News Mexico’s Mark Lorenzana wrote: “The U.S. government has evidence that allegedly links members

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One Police Officer Killed Daily in Mexico

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In yet another example of how badly President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “hugs not bullets” approach to fighting crime in Mexico has failed, a study released by the nonprofit Causa en Común thinktank earlier this month showed that, on average, one police officer has been murdered each day so far during the

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Navigating Mexico: The High Cost of Doing Business in Mexico

By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Most people would agree that the most essential function of a government is to provide safety and security to its citizens. In Mexico, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who says the government is doing well when it comes to offering safety. Recent polls conducted by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography

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