USMCA: The Path to Passage
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Tlahuelilpan Death Toll Reaches 115
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As of Monday, Jan. 28, the death toll as a result of the Jan. 18 in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, had reached 115, with 32 victims still hospitalized, according to the Mexican Health Secretariat. The explosion occurred at an illegal tap of the Tuxpan-Tula gasoline pipeline, just 100 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, during a gasoline
Read moreChina Donates $100,000 for Tlahuelilpan Explosion Victims
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Acting on behalf of the Chinese Red Cross, Chinese Ambassador to Mexico Qui Xiaoqi presented a check for $100,000 to Mexican Red Cross President Fernando Suinaga Cárdenas as a humanitarian to help victims of the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion. The explosion occurred when hundreds of people were trying to collect petrol
Read moreTwo Minor Burned at Tlahuelilpan Sent to Galveston
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Two minor boys – a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old — injured during the Jan. 18 Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, gasoline duct explosion have been flown to the Shriners Hospital in Galveston, Texas, for treatment. Both considered to be in critical condition, the youngest boy suffered burns of 83 percent of his body, while the elder boy
Read moreThe Many Culprits behind the Explosion, and More
By RICARDO CASTILLO At this point, the question is not so much what, where or how? The question is: Who is the real culprit behind the Jan. 18 gasoline duct explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo? A review of general opinions across Mexico regarding the blast in the obscure little township just a 100 kilometers north of Mexico City points in every
Read moreMexican Government Buys 571 Tankers from US
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As part of his ongoing war against fuel theft, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Monday, Jan. 21, that his government has signed contracts to purchase 571 oil tankers from the United States. The new tankers, which cost $85.4 million, will have a combined capacity to transport up to 116,897 barrels
Read moreTlahuelilpan Death Toll Now at 79
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The number of dead resulting from the explosion at the gasoline duct in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, has risen to 79, according to Mexican Health Secretary Jorge Alcocer Varela. And while there are still 81 people in hospitals, most in serious condition, Alcocer Varela said that the majority have been or are being transported to specialized
Read moreDeath Toll in Gasoline Duct Explosion Reaches 70
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF At least 70 people died as a result of a gasoline duct explosion in Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, on Friday, Jan, 18, Mexican government authorities said. The explosion occurred late Friday night at a site where hundreds of people were trying to collect gasoline from a breach in the Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipe made by huachicoleros (gasoline
Read moreOpposition Governors to AMLO: We Support You, But Give Us Gas
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Six Mexican governors from the states most direly affected by gasoline shortages — and which, coincidentally, are also from parties other than President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s left-leaning National Regeneration Movement (Morena) – met with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Octavio Romero Oropeza, Energy Secretary Rocío Nahle García and Public Safety Secretary Alfonso Durazo Montaño on
Read moreThe Mexican People Have Spoken, and They Said ‘No New Airport’
By RICARDO CASTILLO The behemoth New International Mexico Airport (NAIM) project was declared defunct on Monday, Oct. 29, by President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) after the “no” vote triumphed overwhelmingly during the four-day (Oct. 25 through Oct. 28) national consultation poll carried out by the now-ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) political party. The airport construction, at about 20 percent completion (32
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