By MARK LORENZANA A shootout that lasted more than an hour on Monday, Sept. 12, forced the residents of Orizaba, in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, to run for cover in a day of violence that left an armed civilian dead. According to police reports, the shooting took place at 4 p.m. in the city center, where armed individuals
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Disgruntled Mexican truck drivers used their vehicles Tuesday, April 12, to block southbound movements by U.S. carriers at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in Tamaulipas following a move by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to increase safety inspections at state border ports. Abbott’s decision to increase the inspections came in response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Without bothering to offer a public tender, Mexico’s state-run and highly indebted oil giant Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) granted a contract of 37.341 billion pesos to two of its own subsidiaries for the lease of new oil tanker trucks in November. The contract constitutes the largest directly awarded so far during the current administration of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s longtime shortage of licensed, big-rig truck drivers has been exacerbated by the still-ongoing covid-19 pandemic, leading to a need for replace 50,000 drivers who have fallen off the work radar in the last two years, according to the country’s National Chamber of Freight Transportation (Canacar). Moreover, according to the International Road Transport Union
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