Navigating Mexico: It’s Now a Breeze for Tourists to Pass Immigration Services
Once the passport and the image of the person match up, the machine prints a ticket for the tourist to keep until departing Mexico
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Military Officials Tapped for Key Government Roles under AMLO
Numerous Mexican military officers have been appointed to high profile government positions and to head civilian functions across the first five years of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration
Read moreLópez Obrador Names New Customs Head
Foullon Van Lissum replaces Gen. Rafael Marín Mollinedo, who will now serve as Mexico’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization
Read moreCartel Clashes over Customs Escalate Violence in Tijuana
Growing tension between Mexico’s drug trafficking cartels over the control of Baja California’s lucrative customs operations has caused the rate of violence to explode in border cities like Tijuana
Read moreUS Firm Beats Out Chinese Competitor for Mexican Customs Contract
Rapiscan Systems will supply and install up to 54 high-energy X-ray portals for nonintrusive inspection of cargo vehicles, up to 70 to inspect light vehicles, 18 portals for inspection of empty cargo vehicles and four for passenger buses
Read moreNavigating Mexico: The CBX Option
There are no direct flights from San Diego to other Mexican destinations
Read moreMexican Military Now Controls All Customs Points of Entry
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s newly created National Customs Agency (ANAM), from which the civilian head Horacio Duarte resigned on Oct. 12, is now under the complete control of the country’s armed forces, according to the so-call Gaucamaya documents, confidential Mexican government reports which were hacked and released to the media earlier this month. According to the Guacamaya leaks, the ANAM
Read moreAMLO Decrees Megaprojects ‘Matters of National Security’
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what has been deemed by critics as a serious blow to Mexican democracy and political transparency, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) issued a presidential decree late Monday, Nov, 22, declaring all his administration’s mega infrastructure projects as “matters of public interest and national security.” The decree, which was immediately met with opposition
Read moreAMLO Gives Armed Forces Control of New Customs Agency
By KELIN DILLON In his press conference on the morning of Thursday, July 15, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced that the country’s Armed Forces will be taking control of the newly created National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM), with the transition set to happen within the next 180 days. “We are going to strengthen land and maritime
Read moreMexico’s Militarization of Customs Leads to Increased Corruption
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Three months after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) handed over the administration of the Reynosa and Matamoros customs to the military, corruption has worsened with the complicity of the National Guard (GN), key private-sector representatives in Tamaulipas said Friday, June 11. “The military turned out to be a bad or worse than
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