Lozoya Heads to Trial after Reparation Deal Falls Through
Lozoya is being accused of allegedly having received bribes of up to $10.5 million from the Brazilian company Odebrecht
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Infamous Mexican Drug Lord Caro Quintero Captured
PULSE NEWS MEXICO One of Mexico’s most infamous drug lords, Rafael Caro Quintero, believed to be responsible for the 1985 torture and murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, was captured by the Mexican Navy (Semar) on Friday, July 15. The arrest took place in San Simón in the Sierra del Triángulo Dorado area of the
Read moreDirty Tricks Politics Afoot in Tamaulipas, Durango Gubernatorial Races
OPINION By RICARDO CASTILLO With four out of six state races for governor cleared, Mexico’s upcoming June 5 election is left to solve two main frays at the booths: Tamaulipas and Durango. Most pundits and polls agree that up ahead of schedule, the conservative National Action Party (PAN) will retain the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes, while the once-almighty centralist
Read moreLozoya’s Deal for Release from Prison Falls Through, Again
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) changed its mind at the last minute — as it has in the past — leaving former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya still in prison on Tuesday, April 12, after having negotiated his release in exchange for returning $10.7 million to the state-run oil giant. Late Monday, April 11, Mexican Federal
Read moreUK Orders Extradition of Former Veracruz Governor’s Ex-Wife
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The United Kingdom has ordered the extradition of Mexican citizen Karime Macías, ex-wife of former Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte, to stand trial in Mexico for the alleged misappropriation of at least 112 million pesos, the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) said Tuesday. Macías, who currently lives in London, is accused of using money from
Read moreMexico’s Open War on Journalists
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS On Thursday, Jan. 27, the daily newspaper Infobae published an article noting that in 90 percent of the legal cases “investigated” by the Mexican government’s so-called Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists (MPPDDHP), no convictions are ever delivered. This figure came from the administration’s own Interior Secretariat (SeGob), which oversees the MPPDDHP office, following
Read moreAG Proposes 39-Year Sentence for Former Pemex Head Lozoya
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A full 17 months after his extradition to Mexico from Spain, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) asked a federal judge to sentence former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya to 39 years in prison for allegedly taking bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. In a letter delivered to Judge Artemio Zúñiga Mendoza of
Read moreSheinbaum’s Daughter’s Scholarship Digs up Nasty Past
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The ongoing (and scandalous) saga of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) versus the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt) in the persecution of 31 prestigious scientists and academics for the alleged misuse of use of federal resources has begun to taint the political aspirations of Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the heir apparent of
Read moreInterjet Owner Allegedly Fled Mexico in January
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican businessman and founder of the budget Interjet airlines Miguel Alemán Magnani, for whom the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) issued an arrest warrant on Thursday, July 8, for alleged tax evasion, apparently left the country in January and has not returned since. According to a statement from the National Migration Institute (INM), the
Read moreCienfuegos, Another Notch in the DEA’s Smoking Gun
By RICARDO CASTILLO The denial for a $750,000 bail by California Federal District Judge Alexander F. Mackinnon to former Mexico Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Los Angeles set the stage for a drawn-out trial. Now what remains for the 72-year-old former soldier is a long and windy road to hell. Cienfuegos has gone from riches
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