Inside Segalmex’s 15 Billion-Peso Embezzlement Scandal
While founded with the positive intention of supplying low-income Mexican families with affordable food resources, Segalmex soon became embroiled in scandal
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Infamous Mexican Drug Lord Caro Quintero Captured
PULSE NEWS MEXICO One of Mexico’s most infamous drug lords, Rafael Caro Quintero, believed to be responsible for the 1985 torture and murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, was captured by the Mexican Navy (Semar) on Friday, July 15. The arrest took place in San Simón in the Sierra del Triángulo Dorado area of the
Read moreMay Was Deadliest Month in Mexico So Far This Year
By MARK LORENZANA According to the Federal Security Cabinet, Mexico registered at least 2,472 murders in May of this year, an average of 80 deaths per day, although the final toll is yet to be counted. Based on past figures, May will probably have a final count of the highest daily average since August 2020. Guanajuato once again took the
Read moreSinaloa Druglord ‘El Güero’ Palma Ordered Released from Prison
By KELIN DILLON On Saturday, May 1, purported founding member of Mexico’s Sinaloa Drug Cartel Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, better known as “El Güero,” was acquitted of all charges relating to drug trafficking by Jalisco’s Second District Court of Federal Criminal Proceedings, and ordered immediately released. Known for being a close confidant of notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
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