Blinken to Meet with AMLO to Discuss Fentanyl
Blinken, who is slated to also travel to Texas this week to review the mounting migrant crisis, will co-chair the 2023 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue
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AMLO Claims There Are Three Cartels in Mexico, There Are 23
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In his self-aggrandizing address to the nation on Thursday, July 1, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said that the country’s fight against organized crime was “well in hand” and that there were only three cartels currently operating in Mexico. That, it seems, is news to the cartels. In fact, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Read moreSinaloa Police Chief Gunned Down
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Sinaloa Police Chief Joel Ernesto Soto was assassinated early Monday, May 24, along the Culiacán-Los Mochis Highway, according to local authorities. The attack occurred following a series of assaults against state police in various parts of Sinaloa, especially near Culiacán. On May 15, Sinaloa police and the National Guard launched a joint operation against
Read moreLeBaron Family Goes from Mourning to Politicking
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The heinous murders of nine Mormon women and children by still-unknown culprits shook Mexico to its very core…
Read moreNot Bad for AMLO’s First 100 Days
By RICARDO CASTILLO Among the top achievements that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) managed to accomplish and pass through Congress during his first 100 days, as noted in the address he delivered on Monday, March 11, at the National Palace in Mexico City are three laws: The Law of Eminent Domain, which gives the federal government the authority
Read morePeña Nieto Implicated in Bribe-Taking during El Chapo Trial
By THE PULSE NEW MEXICO STAFF Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto allegedly received a $100 million bribe from the notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, according to a witness who testified in Guzmán’s trial on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The allegation against Peña Nieto, who served as the country’s 57th president until Nov. 30, when he was replaced
Read moreIs AMLO’s “New” National Guard Just More of the Same?
By RICARDO CASTILLO For a prelude to a presidency, surely that of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has got too many dissonant chords. First it was his decision to control oil crude production that caused a market shakeup and further peso devaluation. Then came the cancelation of the ongoing construction of the new airport that sent markets skidding and pumped the
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