Innocent Bloodshed Prevented with Drug Kingpin Release
By RICARDO CASTILLO … On Oct. 30, AMLO summoned the two secretaries responsible for national security to tell the public what really happened in Culiacán…
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The Night of Iguala, Unforgotten
By RICARDO CASTILLO The investigation into the disappearance and execution of 43 rural Mexican normal school students on the night of Sept. 26, 2014, is getting more tangled up as the days go by, nearly five years after the fact. Over the past week, judges have been releasing the confessed culprits, not because they are innocent, but because their cases were
Read moreThe Black Hand behind Mexico’s Federal Police Protests
By RICARDO CASTILLO The birthing pangs of Mexico’s new National Guard (GN) are being heard loud and clear across the country. But they do not come from within the newly created police deployed on the streets as of Sunday, June 30. The are from the nation’s Federal Police agents, who fear the changes that the GN represent. With the National
Read moreMexico’s National Guard Goes into Effect
By RICARDO CASTILLO The past six months have been hectic for Mexico and its Congress as they worked to approve several constitutional amendments that will help ease the nation’s transition into what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) calls the Fourth Transformation, now popularly mentioned as 4T. Apparently – and this is an educated guess only – AMLO has plans
Read moreDid Fox Outfox AMLO?
By RICARDO CASTILLO The personal security of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been a subject of intense debate since he was sworn in on Dec. 1. His first act as president was to do away with the protection from the Mexican Army that presidents had enjoyed since 1934, when a special guard made up of at least
Read moreMexican National Guard on Hold for a Few More Days
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite serious concerns expressed by both national and international civil and human rights organizations, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial new security force, the National Guard (GN), is expected to be implemented within a week, but will remain on hold for a few more days. “We have decided to wait until the
Read moreSenate Sends National Guard Bill Back into Deputies’ Court
By RICARDO CASTILLO The first complete draft for a viable law that allows for military participation in civilian policing activities was unanimously approved by the Mexican Senate last week. That step, however, is only the first move for the bill. Originally, the lower house Chamber of Deputies had sent a draft that had been sent to them by President Andrés
Read moreUncertainty, the New Norm
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Read moreNarcos: Transnational Cartels and Border Security
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreIs AMLO’s “New” National Guard Just More of the Same?
By RICARDO CASTILLO For a prelude to a presidency, surely that of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has got too many dissonant chords. First it was his decision to control oil crude production that caused a market shakeup and further peso devaluation. Then came the cancelation of the ongoing construction of the new airport that sent markets skidding and pumped the
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