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INE Rules Against Candidacy of Félix Salgado

By KELIN DILLON The Inspection Commission of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) has called for the cancellation of the candidacy of controversial Guerrero gubernatorial candidate Félix Salgado Macedonio, following his failure to report campaign spending. The independent organization argued that Salgado failed to provide a pre-campaign expense report as mandated by the General Law of Electoral Institutions and Procedures (LGIPE),

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If You Can’t Beat Them, Jail Them

By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s Attorney General (FGR) on Tuesday, Feb. 23, accused current Tamaulipas Governor Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca of committing a number of crimes, including collaborating with organized gangs and tax fraud, creating outrage among the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) opposition, and raising questions about just how far President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) Morena will

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Morena Is Still a Party-in-the-Making

By RICARDO CASTILLO      The frictional mood at Mexico’s majority political party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), became evident on Monday, Aug. 19, as current Senate leader Martí Batres Guadarrama lost his bid for reelection to Mónica Fernández Balboa by 33 to 29 votes. Should all go well, Fernández Balboa will be confirmed next week and begin her position as Senate

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Ex-Sonora Governor Released from Prison after Two Years

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     After more than two years of incarceration, former Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elias was released from the Reclusorio Oriente prison on the night of Saturday, Feb. 2, by order of the Federal Attorney General (PGR). Padrés Elias turned himself into Mexican authorities in November 2016, after being accused of money laundering, tax fraud and

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