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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New Details, Responsible Parties Emerge from Night of Deadly Juárez Blaze
New details have emerged clarifying what occurred the night of the incident, in addition to who is expected to be held responsible by the government – as well as perhaps who should be held culpable – for the deadly blaze
Read moreAMLO Accuses Supreme Court Head of Protecting Criminals
López Obrador alleged that the SCJN’s Piña-chaired Federal Judicial Council operates merely for decoration
Read moreRiobóo Uses Gertz’s Modus Operandi to Prosecute In-laws
Cal y Mayor recently spoke out about the case, claiming that Riobóo’s influence in Mexico and his marriage to a SCJN justice has unfairly swayed the justice system against her
Read moreAMLO Government Seeks to Appropriate Santa Fe Properties
By MARK LORENZANA The federal government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), through Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), is seeking to appropriate several private properties from the major business district of Santa Fe, located in the Cuajimalpa de Morelos and Álvaro Obregón boroughs of Mexico City — but without paying compensation to the owners. The López
Read moreAlejandro Moreno Misdeclares Value of Properties
By MARK LORENZANA Alejandro Moreno, current president of Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), declared a value of 5.3 million pesos for 15 real estate properties that he acquired between 2012 and 2015, but the total value of those properties actually amounted to 103 million pesos. According to Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) and the Campeche Prosecutor’s Office,
Read moreParents of Ayotzinapa Students Lament 4T’s Lack of Progress
By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, March 29, parents and families of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa who disappeared in September 2014 took to a conference to express their disappointment and angry feelings toward the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). In its three years in office thus far, the López Obrador administration has done little to resolve
Read moreSupreme Court Brings Alejandra Cuevas Closer to Freedom
By KELIN DILLON After 522 days of imprisonment in Mexico’s Santa Martha Acatitla prison, Alejandra Cuevas Moran – the niece of Mexican Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero – is one step away from securing her release from lockup, as the country’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) could potentially order her immediate release in a hearing scheduled for Monday, March
Read moreCase against Gertz Expands as Niece Alleges Gender Violence
By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, March 8 – International Women’s Day – the niece of Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero, Ana Paula Castillo Cuevas, presented an “expansion” of her request for her uncle’s impeachment to the Chamber of Deputies, alleging that her relative had committed gender-based violence. Recently leaked audio tapes of Gertz’ telephone conversations
Read moreCuauhtémoc Mayor Cancels Conference Amid Growing Controversy
By KELIN DILLON Following a number of high-profile controversies throughout her term as head of Mexico City’s oldest and most historic district, Cuauhtémoc Mayor Sandra Cuevas has once more invited criticism into her administration as the official burst into, then canceled, a press conference surrounding allegations that Cuevas had been throwing balloons with 500-peso bills glued to them from the
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