Prison Breaks Have Increased under López Obrador
In the fray, seven other inmates were killed by the group that organized the escape
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Navigating Mexico: My Stolen Phone, Will I Ever See It Again?
The taxi driver had to use his phone to even find the address
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The identities of the 30 inmates who escaped have not yet been released
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Morena’s War on Corruption
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A Very Long Tail
Read moreNavigating Mexico: The Longest 48 Hours in Your Life
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE I’ve heard it asked time and time again: What if I am arrested in Mexico? Myths and urban legends abound in Mexico surrounding the ease with which foreigners are arrested, for all kinds of offenses, from drugs to public intoxication. Nothing is further from the truth. Foreigners are rarely arrested in Mexico. There is definitely
Read moreAlito: ‘Threaten Me All You Want, but PRI Won’t Vote for Electoral Reform’
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) national leader Alejandro “Alito” Moreno on Friday, Dec. 2, said that despite “threats and political persecution,” his party will vote against President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electoral reform, which would essentially eliminate the country’s most-important electoral institution and consolidate power for AMLO’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party. Moreno
Read moreNetflix Prison Case Goes to Mexican Supreme Court
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Three Mexican men who were sentenced to 50 years in prison in a trial allegedly full of irregularities, documented by Netflix in its production “Reasonable Doubt,” are about to be set free as a result of the streaming platform. After the documentary was aired in Mexico, the Mexican Supreme Court (SCJN) has ordered the release of Héctor
Read moreMexican National Guard Chief in Zacatecas Killed
PULSE NEWS MEXICO General José Silvestre Urzúa, chief coordinator of the National Guard (GN) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, was shot to death on Thursday, Nov. 24, during a confrontation with alleged criminal gangs in the municipality of Pinos, near the Zacatecas border with the state of San Luis Potosí. Silvestre Urzúa and his men were attacked by
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Mexico’s Endless Crime Wave
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