US Clears Way for Texas Border Wall Construction
The piecemeal construction will add up to an additional 20 miles ¿to the existing border barrier system in the area
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Ovidio Guzmán Extradited to US, Pleads Not Guilty
If convicted, El Chapo’s son could face serving several consecutive life sentences in U.S. prison
Read moreUS Goes after Sinaloa Cartel, Including El Chapo’s Sons
The Joe Biden administration on Friday, April 14, filed legal charges against 28 alleged Sinaloa Cartel leaders — including three sons of notorious jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
Read moreMayorkas Backs Blinken, Confirms Cartels Control Mexican Territory
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously said: Drug cartels control part of Mexico’s national territory
Read moreMexico to Press US for Investment Measures during Security Talks
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Thursday, Oct. 7, said that his administration will continue to pressure the United States to increase investment in southern Mexican and Central American countries during the upcoming bilateral high-level security meetings. The first U.S.-Mexico High-Level Security Dialogue is set to take place in Mexico City on Friday,
Read moreThe Sizzling Events of the Dog Days of Summer
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexico News Roundup
By RICARDO CASTILLO New Mexican Tourist Resort Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Saturday visited the largest of the three islands, popularly known as “Las Marías,” off the coast of Nayarit in the Pacific Ocean. During his visit, AMLO announced that in three months the archipelago, which once served as a federal prison, would open up to tourists as
Read moreUS Launches Smuggling Probe into Deadly California Crash
XINHUA The traffic collision that killed 13 people in California near the border with Mexico on Tuesday, March 2, is now under human smuggling investigation by U.S. federal agency, local media reported Wednesday, March, 3. The burgundy Ford Expedition crossed the U.S. border with Mexico by driving through a hole cut into the border fence early Tuesday, March 2, local
Read moreAchieving North America’s Promise
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexican Official Accused of Laundering Cash
By JORGE ANTONIO ROCHA According to a recent U.S. multi-agency investigation, Ramón García Gibson, a current high-ranking official at Mexico’s Treasury Secretariat (Hacienda) and a former employee of HSBC Bank in Mexico, was responsible for allowing that financial institution to become the country’s leading bank of choice for organized crime. HSBC, a British-based multinational investment bank, allegedly allowed Mexican and
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