Segalmex Boss Allegedly Requested 120 Million Peso ‘Tithes’
René Gavira Segreste’s demands also purportedly included property in the United States and tickets to NFL games
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García Luna Trial Ends with Accusations against AMLO’s Former Staff
Though the testimony presented by Zambada was not backed up by physical or documented evidence, the prosecution’s final question to Zambada posed if the cartel-member-turned-U.S.-witness had any doubts about paying bribes to García Luna, to which he replied: “Of course not, I’m sure”
Read moreZambada Testimony Reveals Extent of García Luna’s Cartel Collaboration
García Luna’s legal defense team was unable to finish cross examining Zambada before the end of the court day, pushing the continuation of the former Sinaloa cartel member’s testimony
Read moreMexican National Guard Linked to Robbery, Extortion
By MARK LORENZANA Acts of extortion, robbery, abuse of authority and even links to organized crime have allegedly been identified within the ranks of the Mexican National Guard (GN). According to a report from the Internal Affairs Unit (UAI) of the GN, which was obtained by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma, from the beginning of 2019 until April 2022, 8,656 anonymous
Read morePemex Officials under Investigation for Bribery, Embezzlement
By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Sept. 28, it came to light that three officials from Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) were reported to the Secretariat of Public Administration (SFP) and Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for valuable contracts, favoring certain suppliers over others, and putting the overall quality of Mexican gasoline
Read moreMaccise Montes Urales Building Is Hotbed of Dirty Dealings
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It isn’t hard to find dirt on Mexico’s Maccise family, a devious mafia of media power and political imposition based out of Toluca, in the State of Mexico (EdoMéx), that has used its money and political clout to influence elections, silence reporters and bulldoze legislation for its own agenda for more than three decades. The family’s
Read moreFGR Demands 1.7 Million Pesos to Open Odebrecht Files
By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) has requested a massive sum of 1.7 million pesos to release documents relating to the infamous Odebrecht corruption case to the media, a file that has been kept by the FGR since 2017. The National Transparency Institute (INAI) ordered the file’s release as per Mexico’s transparency law in a digital format; the
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The Revenant Mexico City Police Chief Omar García Harfuch reappeared in public this week at a press conference with Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum after surviving a June 26 attempt against his life in which his two bodyguards took approximately 40 bullets each. García Harfuch himself was shot several times in the elbow and knee and has been through
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