By RICARDO CASTILLO … Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to make a “minute-by-minute” account of what really happened…
Tag Archive for ‘Guardia Nacional’
The Abortion of an Arrest
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The official military version is that the authorities were in control of the situation and could have resisted fire from the drug cartel…
Mexico and US Get Ready to Rumble, Again
By RICARDO CASTILLO … Donald Trump has a habit of using ominous threats of tariffs to push Mexico to curb migration north…
Border Security and Counter-Narcotics
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE … Cross-border criminal activity is taking a heavy toll in the United States and México…
A Sweltering Summer and a Market Fall
By TONY GARZA … Mexico surpassed China as the top U.S. trading partner for the first half of 2019, but bilateral trade would be on sturdier ground if the USMCA gets passed…
How the US Can Sustain Progress with Mexico on Migration
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE … The Mexican government moved boldly to bolster its migration agency and divert security forces to address migration…
Luy’s Lines
Welcome to Mexico’s New National Guard
Ara Pacis Mexicana
By MATT SEDDON … Mexico’s transformation of a police force into a military force reflects the notion that the Pax Romana, peace through violence, is the main path to peace…
The Black Hand behind Mexico’s Federal Police Protests
By RICARDO CASTILLO … National Guard leader Alfonso Durazo has pegged a former federal cop who spent time in prison for kidnapping as the movement’s organizer…
Luy’s Lines
The Dove of Mexico’s New National Guard
Mexican Federal Cops Revolt against National Guard ‘Discrimination’
By RICARDO CASTILLO … The revolt of Mexico’s Federal Police against the new National Guard was the culmination of tensions that had been brewing for a while…
