By KELIN DILLON A private aircraft was caught illegally transporting 5,775 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus at the Campeche International Airport on the evening of Wednesday, March 17, which were then seized by Mexico’s General Administration of Customs (AGA) and officials from the country’s military. Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) found the doses hidden in the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Erstwhile Aztec and Spaniards Meet in Court A major political war between the modern conquest version of the Aztec versus the Spaniards is now being wagered in Mexico between conservative and liberal forces. The conflict was sparked by the controversial ruling made by Second District Court for the Administration, Economic Competency and Broadcast Services for Mexico City
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By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Lozoya Case Postponed The start date for the trial of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya Austin was postponed on request of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office due to pandemic-related complications. The deadline was supposed to be last Sunday, March 7. Judge José Artemio Zúñiga Mendoza, however, granted investigators more time to conclude the presentation of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A California woman who was kidnapped in Mexico by the Sinaloa Cartel more than a year ago was rescued by police and military forces on Monday, March 9, according to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR). The woman, whose name was not revealed by authorities, was said to have been found in “good health.” There
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Committees Approve Energy Bill Late Monday, March 1, the Mexican Senate’s Energy, Environment and Legislative Studies Committees approved President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electric energy bill, which went to the Senate floor on Tuesday, March 2, for a fast-track vote. AMLO had asked Congress to approve the bill without even the slightest of changes, despite
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Electricity Reform Bill Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Sunday, Feb. 21, pleaded with Congress to pass his electricity reform bill. “I hope next week the (electricity) reform I presented to Congress will be approved to help strengthen the (state-owned) Federal Electricity Commission (CFE),” he said. AMLO spoke about the electricity bill in two acts
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican steel tycoon Alonso Ancira was extradited from Spain to Mexico on Wednesday, Feb 3, to face trial in Mexico on charges of defrauding the government. After several hours in the Attorney General’s Office facilities, Ancira was reportedly taken to the Northside Penitentiary, where he will continue to hear the accusations against him. The former CEO of
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By KELIN DILLON Mario Marín Torres, former governor of the central Mexican state of Puebla, was arrested in Acapulco, Guerrero, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) after two years on the run from authorities. An arrest warrant was put out in 2019 by Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero, alongside a red Interpol notice, for Marín and
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Vaccines Registration Underway, Sort of… As of Tuesday, Feb. 2, the Mexican government has opened up its Natonal Vaccination Program of covid-19 vaccines to everyone over the age of 60, allowing those eligible to register on a webpage run by the Interior Secretariat (SeGob). In theory, everyone in Mexico over age 60 — including legal foreign residents
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