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What’s on the Horizon for US-Mexican Relations?

OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and

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Morena Deputy Arrested for Illegal Arms Sales

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Federal Deputy Sandra Nelly Cadena Santos, from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 22, for the possession and alleged sale of unlawful weapons. Cadena Santos, who represents the state of Puebla, and her husband, a former federal police officer, were arrested in their

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Wayne: Why the Merida Initiative Should Not Be Scrapped

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Although it has been around for more than a decade, the Merida Initiative is one of the most poorly understand bilateral agreements ever established between Mexico and the United States. Signed into existence back in June 2008 by then-U.S. President George W. Bush and his then-Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderón, the multifaceted security cooperation accord was intended to

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