Biden Talks Fentanyl with AMLO
López Obrador, who met Biden at the AIFA and accompanied him into the capital on “The Beast” presidential limo, apparently got an earful during the hour-long trek to Mexico City
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In Search of a Stronger, More Unified North America
OPINION By ERIC FARNSWORTH and EARL ANTHONY WAYNE North America was trending in the midterm elections, although you may have missed it. Think about the top campaign issues in races across the country: economic recovery and job creation, inflation, the price of gasoline, immigration, border security, increasing crime and suffering in communities devastated by fentanyl and other drugs. With the
Read moreYou Put the Drugs in the Coconut….
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In what no doubt constituted one of the must unusual drug busts in Mexican history, officers from the federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) on Friday, Dec. 2, discovered more than 300 kilograms of fentanyl inside coconuts that were being transported north in a truck in Pitiquito in the Mexican state of Sonora, just 160 kilometers from the
Read moreBiden, Trudeau to Visit Mexico in January
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Both U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are slated to make their first official visits to Mexico in those capacities in early January to attend the North American Leaders Summit (NALS), which will be hosted by Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) starting on Jan. 9. During his daily press conference on
Read moreDoubling Down against Fentanyl, Arms, Migrant Exploitation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreRebuilding Bilateral Trust to Fight Cross-Border Crime
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexican Cartel Sponsors Chemical Degrees to Promote Fentanyl Production
By KELIN DILLON According to a new report from U.S. intelligence, Mexican cartels have begun sponsoring chemistry degrees for some of their members in an effort to expand fentanyl production, attempting to keep up with the high demand for the drug – which has now supposedly passed both heroin and cocaine in recreational use. The intel likewise revealed that these
Read moreAlleged Crime Boss Falls in Nuevo León
By MARK LORENZANA An alleged criminal leader accused of working for the Los Zetas Cartel in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí was arrested on the night of Thursday, Sept. 22, in García, Nuevo León. Members of the Mexican Army, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) and the National Guard (GN) carried out the arrest of Alfredo Alemán Narváez,
Read moreTexas Governor Designates Mexican Cartels as Terrorist Organizations
By MARK LORENZANA Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday, Sept. 21, issued an executive order designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. He likewise instructed the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to “take immediate action” to “keep Texans safe amid the growing national fentanyl crisis.” At the roundtable discussion and news conference, Abbott likewise sent a letter to U.S.
Read moreThe View from the North: Time to Turn, Turn, Turn…
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down in Mexico, the word is “homicides.” Unfortunately, there are too many of them. This is from Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas Morning News: “As of Thursday, Aug. 18, 128,923 homicides had been registered under (President Andrés Manuel) López Obrador (AMLO), with more than two years left in his term, which ends in December 2024. This
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