Navigating Mexico: Beach Cities, Havens for Fugitives
Working legally and being officially on a Mexican payroll involves several checks and balances that are part of the process, so most fugitives will not apply for a formal job
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Caro Quintero Granted Permanent Protection against Extradiction
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After three weeks of diplomatic posturing over the extradition of infamous Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States to face charges for the 1985 murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a Mexican court on Tuesday, Aug. 2, granted Caro Quintero a “definitive suspension against extradition.” In a written decree,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO No Lupe-Reyes Reveling The good news is that on Friday, Dec. 11, Mexico approved the Pfizer-BioNTech labs covid vaccine and will soon begin administering it to health workers and the nation’s most vulnerable. But while this may mean light at the end of the tunnel, for Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe (Lupe) worshipers, it did not come soon
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The People’s Priority The outcome of the private summit between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the country’s 32 governors on Wednesday, Aug. 19, was twofold in focus, covering both taxation and health. held a press conference with the National Governors’ Conference (Conago), hosted by San Luis Potosí Governor José Manuel Carreras, after the four-hour
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Pandemic Politicizing Contrary to what is happening in the United States, where the White House is downsizing the extent of covid-19 and the disparaging the image of the country’s coronavirus czar, Anthony Faucet, here in Mexico, President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Tuesday, July 14, reiterated his support Health Undersecretary and chief epidemiologist Hugo Lopez-Gatell. AMLO’s
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The key topic of talk in Mexi9co’s political circles last week was definitely the arrest of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex Director Emilio Lozoya Austin in Málaga, Spain. Lozoya was temporarily jailed to await extradition to Mexico. The Fiscal General of the Republic has issued four different arrest warrants for Lozoya, charging him with a battery of crimes,
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