By MARK LORENZANA The United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) on Monday, Nov. 21, figured in a disappointing 1-1 draw against Wales in its opening match in Qatar, after dominating the first half of the match and taking an early 1-0 lead. The U.S. team, however, blew its chance to take the win after Welsh forward Gareth Bale scored on a
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By MARK LORENZANA I was only supposed to write about an update on WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner, who is still detained in Russia. I have covered Griner extensively in this column, and I’ve regularly heard and read negative comments about the WNBA star, even from some friends. One of the biggest arguments I’ve read — and heard from friends
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By MARK LORENZANA In a span of seven months, between October 2021 and May 2022, the arrests of Mexican migrants trying to cross into the United States soared 35.2 percent. There had been 560,579 arrests in that period, compared to 414,345 arrests from October 2020 to May 2021, according to U.S. government figures. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) will limit the applications of amparos (habeas corpus injunctions), which it says have been “abused excessively” by lawyers. On Tuesday, June 7, the court approved a jurisprudence that would limit, specifically, amparos known as “seekers,” which have been requested by people who suspect they are under investigation for a crime, but
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite the fact that he is already being detained without bail on corruption charges linked to the international Odebrecht oil scandal, Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico’s state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) was ordered yet again to detention without the possibility of bail on Wednesday, Nov. 10, for his alleged defrauding of
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