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Mexican Military Now Controls All Customs Points of Entry
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s newly created National Customs Agency (ANAM), from which the civilian head Horacio Duarte resigned on Oct. 12, is now under the complete control of the country’s armed forces, according to the so-call Gaucamaya documents, confidential Mexican government reports which were hacked and released to the media earlier this month. According to the Guacamaya leaks, the ANAM
Read moreMexican Army Bags ‘Discretionary Funds’ Worth 113 Billion Pesos
By MARK LORENZANA According to documents leaked by hacktivist group Guacamaya, the federal government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the Armed Forces have at their disposal a “discretionary bag” worth 113 billion pesos from a trust fund of Mexico’s National Customs Agency (ANAM). Despite the promise of López Obrador to extinguish trust funds or “fideicomisos” under his
Read moreHoracio Duarte Resigns as Head of Mexico’s Customs Agency
By MARK LORENZANA Less than a week after Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier tendered her resignation, Horacio Duarte has also stepped down as director of the National Customs Agency (ANAM). Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 12, that Duarte is leaving his post to dedicate himself to the “master battle” in
Read moreRadical Moves at Mexican Customs
By RICARDO CASTILLO Upon turning over the care of the country’s customs service to the military on July 17 in Manzanillo port, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) finished his statement by saying that the times of “el que no transa, no avanza” (“he who does not double deal does not avance”) are over. The saying is a favorite
Read moreMexico’s Customs Corruption Supply Chain
By RICARDO CASTILLO Over the past week, both a former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and the current U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Earl Anthony Wayne and Christopher Landau, respectively, have expressed concern over what Wayne labeled “restarting and reinventing the supply chains” of Mexican materials for U.S. corporations. Landau agreed fully with Wayne in his video conference for the Woodrow Wilson
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By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO: “I’m not an ornamental vase” There must have been more to the matter than met the naked eye. If not, why did Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) raise so much hell over it? On Sunday, April 26, the Mexican Business Association and the investment department of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) announced that they
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