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The Mexican Government’s Plan to Halt Fuel Theft
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The Mexican Government’s Struggle to Curb Fuel Theft
Read moreOne Dead, 15 Injured in Puebla Fuel Theft Explosion
XINHUA At least one person died and 15 others were injured in an explosion near an illegal tap on a pipeline belonging to Mexico’s state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company in the central state of Puebla, local authorities said on Sunday, Oct. 31. Puebla Governor Miguel Barbosa said in a press conference that the accident occurred near a liquefied petroleum
Read moreMexico’s Militarization of Customs Leads to Increased Corruption
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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Mexican Government Hypocrisy
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A year ago at this time, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) declared a full-fledged frontal war on fuel thieves, nicknamed “huachicoleros.” In just a few months, the hordes of fuel duct-spiking gangs were deprived of gasoline as the lines were dried out, and by March, AMLO announced the huachicol had been stopped by as much
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Unstoppable
Read moreDos Bocas Goose Will Lay Eggs, AMLO Hopes
By RICARDO CASTILLO On Sunday, June 2, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) flagged the initiation of the construction of a new oil refinery at the Tabasco double-cove port known as Dos Bocas. Unlike in the case of his initial move to bring an end to the massive fuel theft that was going on at the state-owned company Petróleos
Read moreAMLO Strikes Down Corporate Tax Waivers
By RICARDO CASTILLO With a stroke of his pen, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on Monday, May 20, eliminated tax waivers for big Mexican corporations that they had enjoyed since year 2000. The tax waivers were perfectly legal. They had been awarded by former Presidents Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderón, and sustained by Enrique Peña Nieto. In total,
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Mexico’s Unstoppable Gasoline Piracy
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