Tag Archives: Federal Public Security Secretariat

FGR: García Luna Accumulated Illicit Income of 27.3 Million Pesos

  By MARK LORENZANA Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna had allegedly accumulated illicit income of at least 27.3 million pesos during his time at the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) and the Federal Public Security Secretariat, as documented by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR). The file on García Luna, imprisoned since 2019 in the United States, where he faces drug-trafficking charges, specifies that

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Univision’s Ramos Confronts AMLO on Violence, Covid

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Univision reporter Jorge Ramos — who two years ago was temporarily blackballed from attending Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) daily press conferences for daring to cite the government’s own figures on rising crimes during one of those pressers — once again challenged the president on Monday, July 5, on the failure of his “hugs, not

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Senate Sends National Guard Bill Back into Deputies’ Court

By RICARDO CASTILLO     The first complete draft for a viable law that allows for military participation in civilian policing activities was unanimously approved by the Mexican Senate last week. That step, however, is only the first move for the bill. Originally, the lower house Chamber of Deputies had sent a draft that had been sent to them by President Andrés

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AMLO to Get Victory Status Recognition (Finally)

By RICARDO CASTILLO     It’s been five full weeks since Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won the Mexican presidential election. You’d think that he would be immediately recognized for his victory, at least with the moniker of “president-elect,” but in the national press, the moniker has instead been “virtual president-elect.” But as of Wednesday, Aug. 8, this situation will change. The Federal

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