By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s a growing concern among most Mexicans over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) disdain for personal security. Friends and political opponents agree that the lax security that has surrounded him for the little over two months he’s been in office has to be reinforced. The president’s problem is that he considers himself to be just one more
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Carlos Romero Deschamps, head of the powerful Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) workers group, the Mexican Oil Workers Union (STPRM), said Wednesday, Jan. 31, that he is not concerned about the alleged charges against him. Earlier in the day, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Romero Deschamps will soon be charged with alleged fuel
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A cloth banner painted with threats to the life of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was found just outside the Salamanca refinery in the central state of Guanajuato, presidential spokesperson Jesús Ramírez Cuevas said on Thursday, Jan. 31. The banner, which was found by local police, was allegedly signed by the assumed
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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
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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
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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
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is looking to hire a team of 2,000 truck drivers to transport his new fleet of gasoline tankers to filling stations across Mexico. In his regular early morning press conference at the National Palace on Friday, Jan. 18, AMLO announced that the drivers will receive a monthly
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Thursday, Jan. 17, that the federal Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) has frozen the bank accounts of 37 businesses believed to be linked to huachicoleo (gasoline piracy). A statement issued by the UIF, which is a subsidiary of the Treasury Secretariat, noted that
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While gasoline shortages in some parts of Mexico – particularly in Mexico City – caused by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) all-out offensive to stop fuel thefts at any cost – have finally begun to subside as a fleet of guarded tankers begins to meet demand, Guanajuato Governor Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo has
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By RICARDO CASTILLO By shutting off the ducts carrying fuel from the state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in order to stop robbery, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) opened up a Pandora’s box. His problem is now how to shut it closed again. AMLO’s open declaration of war against huachicol (pronounce wa-chee-kol), or fuel theft, is, 17 days since it
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