By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Irving Barrios, the chief prosecutor in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, said Tuesday, June 22, that the bloody massacre that left at least 19 people dead in the border town of Reynosa over the weekend was the result of political infighting between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel. Speaking in an interview on
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Olympic silver- and bronze-medal diver Paola Espinosa has accused National Sports Commission (Conade) head Ana Guevara of intentionally blackballing her from participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Earlier this week, Conade issued a list of Mexican participants in the games, replacing Espinosa, known for her synchronized three-meter springboard, with Carolina Mendoza and Dolores
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There is no doubt that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has favored the country’s military since taking office, constantly increasing its size, powers, budget and impunity. One of the obvious reasons for AMLO’s affinity for Mexico’s armed forces is the simple fact that a well-pampered military is very unlikely to stage a coup against a
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Based on an article published over the weekend in El Universal newspaper, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) intends to incorporate his 160,000-member-strong National Guard (GN) into the country’s National Defense Secretariat (Sedena). According to the El Universal report, in a recent meeting with “a small group of Mexican businessmen,” AMLO let it slip that he
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Three months after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) handed over the administration of the Reynosa and Matamoros customs to the military, corruption has worsened with the complicity of the National Guard (GN), key private-sector representatives in Tamaulipas said Friday, June 11. “The military turned out to be a bad or worse than
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In his daily morning press conference on Wednesday, June 9 — one day after his much-anticipated meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris — Mexican President Andrés Manel López Obrador (AMLO) bragged about how he and Harris had “forgone protocol” and had a friendly meeting. In this case, AMLO was half right: While Harris complied with the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Despite extensive campaigns across Mexico’s capital aimed at gaining and maintaining control over its 32 precincts in the midterm elections on Sunday, June 6, preliminary vote counts indicate that the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) lost territory as a result of the polling. Morena, founded by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as a platform to promote
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Former Mexican Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Consultant Mauricio Merino Huerta said Saturday, June 5, that while there may be some minor changes in Mexico’s political landscape following Sunday’s midterm elections, there will be no major changes. “There are not going to be any big surprises coming out of the vote count,” Merino Huerta told Pulse News Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is not unaccustomed to bad press. Ever since he took office in December 2018 for what he has promised will be a normal six-year term (as specified in the Mexican Constitution, but which many of his detractors fear he will extend, as he has already extended the constitutional term of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Despite countless physical and verbal assaults, numerous alleged kidnappings and the murders of at least 90 politicians over the pre-election campaigns, Mexico held its largest national polling Sunday, June 6, with relatively little violence and minimal political snags. Polls across the country opened at 8 a.m. sharp, with an estimated 40 million eligible voters
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