By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After a five-month downward trend in massacres in Mexico, June closed with 10 mass executions nationwide, making it the worst month of the year for attacks of this kind, according to government statistics. Massacres, defined by the government as shootings in which five or more people die during a single violent event, surged in
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS One day after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) premiered the new “Who’s Who of Media Lies of the Week” segment of his daily two-hour (or more) press conference, El Universal newspaper (one of the prime targets of his media wall of shame) published its own lies registry on Thursday, July 1, noting that the true
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) launched his media wall of shame on Wednesday, June 30, and, not surprisingly, the list of alleged “fake news” purveyors included most of his favorite punching bags: Reforma, El Universal and El Financiero. all media ranked among the most credible in the country. The parade of “despicable” media reports for
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) this week expropriated 109 hectares of private property in the State of Mexico (Edoméx) to be used in the ongoing construction of the new General Felipe Ángeles International Airport. The new airport — which is a pet project of the president and which he
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Only 37 percent of Mexicans believe what they read in newspapers or hear on broadcast news programs, according to the 2021 edition of the Reuters Institute Digital News Report. According to the report, which was published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford in England on Wednesday, June 22, while
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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 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 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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