Financial Times Highlights Violent Cartel Expansion Under AMLO
“The cartels control more territory than ever before, about a third of the country, according to an estimate by the U.S. military,” read the report
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Cartels Terrorize Jalisco Municipality after AMLO’s ‘Peace Pact’ Rhetoric
When asked about the possibility of an agreement with the cartels, AMLO said that he would “support anything that would mean stopping Mexico’s ongoing violence”
Read moreA Lesson from Sicily
The victory of these two judges was much more profound than the mere condemnation of the criminals. It led to a change in public perception, in the social mood of Sicily
Read moreWho’s Watching the Chickens?
AMLO may not understand that the kidnaping and/or killing of U.S. citizens in Mexico does not sit well with the Joe Biden (or for that matter, any other U.S.) administration, but the cartels sure do
Read moreThree Texas Women Missing in Northern Mexico
According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the three women were from Peñitas, a small border city in Texas near McAllen
Read moreThe View from the North: Ill Tidings South of the Border
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down Mexico way, a recent Reforma newspaper story is causing a lot of commotion and major concern. The original story was published in Spanish, but Pulse News Mexico published an analysis in English. It’s bad news, to say the least. As Pulse News Mexico’s Mark Lorenzana wrote: “The U.S. government has evidence that allegedly links members
Read moreUnivision’s Ramos Confronts AMLO on Historic Homicide Rates in Mexico
By MARK LORENZANA Veteran Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos gave Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) all he could handle on the morning of Thursday, Sept. 22, during AMLO’s daily press conference. Ramos, known for his no-nonsense approach when dealing with López Obrador during his news conferences, told the Mexican president point-blank that his administration can now lay claim to
Read moreHigh Global Stakes, but in a Calmer Tone
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexico’s Historic Tolerance of Mass Murders
OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Perhaps never, in its almost 135 years of history, had the Mexican town of San José de Gracia become national news, as it did back in March of this year, when social networks spread the execution of a group of people in the old revolutionary way: on a wall, in front of a platoon. But the
Read moreThe View from the North: Time to Turn, Turn, Turn…
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down in Mexico, the word is “homicides.” Unfortunately, there are too many of them. This is from Alfredo Corchado of the Dallas Morning News: “As of Thursday, Aug. 18, 128,923 homicides had been registered under (President Andrés Manuel) López Obrador (AMLO), with more than two years left in his term, which ends in December 2024. This
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