Tag Archives: General Luis Cresencio Sandoval

Mexican Authorities Fail to Arrest CJNG Leaders

By MARK LORENZANA The violence that erupted in the western Mexican states of Guanajuato and Jalisco on the night of Tuesday, Aug. 9, was reportedly the result of retaliatory actions by members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), in response to the alleged arrest of Ricardo Ruiz, alias “Double R,” and Gerardo González, alias “El Apá,” leaders of the

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Parents of Missing Ayotzinapa Students Demand Investigation

By KELIN DILLON Seven years after 43 male students from Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were kidnapped and disappeared on Sept. 26, 2014, the students’ parents have demanded the federal government and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) deepen investigation into the army’s purported role in the tragic event. Allegations and evidence of the 27 Infantry Battalion of Iguala’s involvement

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