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Cuauhtémoc Blanco: Morena’s Smart Move or Political Liability?

By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — For years, Mexican politics have been nurtured by high-profile personalities from different areas of Mexican society such as celebrities, businessmen, writers and prominent athletes. This situation, far from being caused by the scarcity of members of the political parties, is rather a strategic move by these institutions to attract voters on a large scale, taking

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FIU Investigates Peña Nieto for 26-Million-Peso Wire Transfers

By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is investigating former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for allegedly receiving wire transfers amounting to 26 million pesos. On the morning of Thursday, July 7, during the daily press conference of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Pablo Gómez Álvarez, head of the FIU, said that the money transfers were allegedly made by a direct

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Supreme Court Sets Date for Gertz’s Brother’s Case

By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Feb. 28, Mexico’s Supreme Court (SCJN) finally decided upon a date to discuss the case of Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero’s deceased brother, Federico Gertz, whose death has caused has caused repeated controversy among Gertz and his extended family, with the case now set for SCJN intervention on March 14. The

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In-Laws Reveal Gertz’s Illegal Enrichment via Documents to FIU

By KELIN DILLON  Just days after Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) publicly revealed the excessive spending habits of controversial Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero, details about the documents Gertz’s own in-laws delivered to the FIU outlining his irregular financial practices surrounding some $7.9 million have come to light. The FIU

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FIU Reveals Exorbitant Spending by Gertz, Nieto

By KELIN DILLON  Following an investigation by Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), financial records tracking the spending of controversial Attorney General (FGR) Alejandro Gertz Manero and recently disgraced former FIU head Santiago Nieto showed the two officials’ extravagant spending habits, doling out millions and millions of pesos for exotic cars, luxury properties

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Morena’s Not-So-Different Propensity for Corruption

OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Who says that corruption and nepotistic malfeasance are not well and alive and flourishing in Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party? Certainly not anyone with an inkling of honest impartiality and nonpartisan fairness. Just this Wednesday, Nov. 24, the daily newspaper Reforma pointed out that the government of Mexico

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