Mexico City Metro Suffers 16 Mishaps Since Jan. 7
On average, every 31 hours, an incident occurred the past three weeks that caused the Metro service to be suspended
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National Guard Head Was Warned of Imminent Chihuahua Jail Break
Harris warned that there was a “latent risk of confrontations and/or attacks inside and outside state prisons, due to the presence of antagonistic criminal groups and the increase in violent incidents”
Read moreSheinbaum Deploys National Guard in Metro, Days after Crash
According to a report from Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), which was updated this month, there are a total of 128,233 GN agents throughout the country
Read moreMotorists Assaulted, Robbed on Highway to Acapulco
By MARK LORENZANA The Autopista del Sol, which connects Mexico City with Acapulco, the city and major seaport in the southwestern Mexican coastal state of Guerrero, has become a danger for motorists traveling along the busy highway due to constant assaults and robbery. On Saturday, Nov. 5, travelers were robbed by armed men on the Autopista del Sol, on the stretch between Acapulco
Read moreMexican Human Rights Commission Attacks National Electoral Institute
By MARK LORENZANA Amid the electoral reform spearheaded by deputies from the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) of Mexican President Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), which seeks to eliminate Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), the Mexican Human Rights Commission (CDNH) has labeled the INE as a “body that sabotages the will of the people,” and has claimed that “for years it
Read moreJudge Stops Transfer of Mexican National Guard to Army
By MARK LORENZANA A federal judge indefinitely stopped the transfer of the National Guard (GN) to Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), which was established in the reform decree published on Sept. 9 of this year, approved by the Mexican Senate. Sedena must now return, at least temporarily, operational and administrative control of the GN to the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). The Ninth District Judge
Read more72 Percent of Mexico under Cartels, according to Guacamaya Leaks
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Based on the Guacamaya Leaks — a collection of over 4 million confidential Mexican government documents that were released in early October by a group of national hackers exposing how the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been monitoring journalists using Israeli Pegasus spyware and how the military under his regime sold arms to
Read moreRebuilding Bilateral Trust to Fight Cross-Border Crime
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreHead of CJNG who Unleashed Panic in Zapopan Arrested
By MARK LORENZANA Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, Mexican Undersecretary of Public Security, announced on Wednesday, Oct. 13, that César Augusto “N,” alias El Gafe — the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) involved in the shooting at a shopping center in Zapopan, Jalisco, on the afternoon of Oct. 2 — was arrested. In a press conference, Mejía Berdeja explained that El
Read moreMexican National Guard Linked to Robbery, Extortion
By MARK LORENZANA Acts of extortion, robbery, abuse of authority and even links to organized crime have allegedly been identified within the ranks of the Mexican National Guard (GN). According to a report from the Internal Affairs Unit (UAI) of the GN, which was obtained by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma, from the beginning of 2019 until April 2022, 8,656 anonymous
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