By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s ongoing aeronautics drama – which includes its still-in-effect airspace ranking downgrade by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), repeated chaos at the capital’s airports following said airspace’s redesign and unexpected leaks of the Mexican government’s plans to launch a military-run airline, just to name a few – took a new turn on the morning of Monday,
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By MARK LORENZANA According to documents leaked by hacktivist group Guacamaya, the federal government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the Armed Forces have at their disposal a “discretionary bag” worth 113 billion pesos from a trust fund of Mexico’s National Customs Agency (ANAM). Despite the promise of López Obrador to extinguish trust funds or “fideicomisos” under his
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By KELIN DILLON In yet another revelation brought forth by documents leaked to the public by hacktivist group Guacamaya, the reconstruction of Mexico City’s Line 12 metro – part of which collapsed in a tragic accident that left 26 dead in its wake in May 2021 – is purportedly using steel obtained from the controversially cancelled Mexico City New International
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By KELIN DILLON According to new data released by the Mexican Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit’s Public Account, the real estate holdings of the Mexican Secretariat of Defense (Sedena) have grown by more than 47.3 billion pesos in value throughout the first four years of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term, placing the total value of Sedena’s
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has not used the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) — one of his controversial pet megaprojects — more than six months after its inauguration. In a review by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma of AIFA operations and presidential tours, on at least a dozen occasions, López Obrador has preferred to travel through
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) will take full control of immigration and customs tasks at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) “in an effort to combat organized crime,” the director of the AICM, Carlos Velázquez Tiscareño, announced on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 4. In a press conference, Velázquez Tiscareño said that the Immigration Office at
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By MARK LORENZANA The presidential jet TP-01 José María Morelos y Pavón, which Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has tried to sell or raffle off for four years now, is still unsold. Adding to the problem is that the plane’s maintenance has also been halted, according to a report on Sunday, Oct. 2, by Mexican daily newspaper El
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By MARK LORENZANA The controversial Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) — one of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) pet megaprojects — scaled down its projection of transporting 2.4 million passengers this year to 700,000, which is 71 percent less than its original goal. When the AIFA was inaugurated in March of this year, it projected transporting 2.4 million passengers
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican Formula 1 (F1) driver Sergio “Checo” Pérez picked up his seventh podium finish this year as he finished second behind teammate and fellow Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen in another one-two finish for Red Bull on Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Belgian Grand Prix. It was a particularly impressive win for Verstappen, who had the
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By KELIN DILLON Just five months after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) inaugurated the freshly constructed Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) as open for operations, the brand new air hub is already suffering from the same flight delays and operational issues currently plaguing its still-functioning predecessor, the Mexico City International Airport (AICM). The AIFA has been touted by
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