By MARK LORENZANA Acts of extortion, robbery, abuse of authority and even links to organized crime have allegedly been identified within the ranks of the Mexican National Guard (GN). According to a report from the Internal Affairs Unit (UAI) of the GN, which was obtained by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma, from the beginning of 2019 until April 2022, 8,656 anonymous
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By MARK LORENZANA Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna had allegedly accumulated illicit income of at least 27.3 million pesos during his time at the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) and the Federal Public Security Secretariat, as documented by Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR). The file on García Luna, imprisoned since 2019 in the United States, where he faces drug-trafficking charges, specifies that
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Prosecutor’s Office of the Mexican Caribbean state of Campeche asked the Federal Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, Aug. 16, to begin the process to remove the criminal immunity of centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) leader and Federal Deputy Alejandro “Alito” Moreno because he is currently being investigated for alleged illicit enrichment, embezzlement and improper use of
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced late Tuesday, Aug. 2, that the federal Prosecutor’s Office is currently conducting an investigation into former President Enrique Peña Nieto on three counts of potential corruption: electoral crimes, money laundering and illicit enrichment-. In a written statement Tuesday night, the FGR said that it the investigation was sparked by various
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By MARK LORENZANA Alejandro Moreno, current president of Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), declared a value of 5.3 million pesos for 15 real estate properties that he acquired between 2012 and 2015, but the total value of those properties actually amounted to 103 million pesos. According to Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) and the Campeche Prosecutor’s Office,
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican Labor Party Deputy Mauricio Toledo just can’t seem to dodge the bullets that keep being hurdled at him for alleged illicit enrichment and other criminal charges. Toledo, who took office in 2018 as part of the majority party National Regeneration Movement’s (Morena) leftist coalition, is currently being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City,
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