By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — In the last two years, the pharmaceutical industry in the world has had to work at a forced march. The excessive demand for medical supplies and the extreme pressure for the creation of drugs for a virus that was then technically new to humanity impacted the global production line of drugs. This pandemic also brought
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Tony Montana” and brother of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, was detained by National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) officers on Tuesday, Dec. 20, according to military sources. Sedena issued a statement on Tuesday, stating that its officers, along with members of the National Guard (GN) and the Federal
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán —The constant climate of extreme violence in which Mexico has lived since the start of the so-called drug war in 2006 has left a huge red stain in the modern history of the country. From 2006 to 2021 alone, it is estimated that 350,000 people were killed in the country because of drug wars and power
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Most people familiar with Mexico know about Huichol art, the vividly colored, sometimes-hypnotic, psychedelia-style creations of the indigenous people of the central states of Jalisco, Durango, Zacatecas and Nayarit, known in their own language as the Wixáritari. Who has not been dumbstruck by the intricate, spiritually significant and brilliantly hued beaded folk art that now adorns museums
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican boxing legend and International Boxing Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera retired from the sport in 2011, but not before making quick work of his final opponent, Jose Arias, knocking him out in the second round at the Coliseo Olímpico Universidad in Guadalajara, Jalisco, as a farewell fight to his countrymen. Ricky Hatton, the British boxing hero
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO On Tuesday, Nov. 15, Mexico’s Leslie Xcaret Soltero won gold on home soil in Guadalajara, Jalisco, after defeating Serbia’s Aleksandra Perisic in the women’s 67-kilogram international Taekwondo final. Soltero overpowered Perisic in the last few seconds of the deciding round, bringing Mexico a fifth global champion in Taekwondo.
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By MARK LORENZANA The State of Mexico (EdoMéx), Baja California, Veracruz, Puebla and Querétaro are the Mexican states that lead the 2022 Impunity Index in Mexico, which was prepared by the Center for Studies on Impunity and Justice (CESIJ), the University of the Americas Puebla and the International Academic Council. The five aforementioned states are followed by Jalisco, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, Chiapas and
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By MARK LORENZANA Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, Mexican Undersecretary of Public Security, announced on Wednesday, Oct. 13, that César Augusto “N,” alias El Gafe — the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) involved in the shooting at a shopping center in Zapopan, Jalisco, on the afternoon of Oct. 2 — was arrested. In a press conference, Mejía Berdeja explained that El
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has not used the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) — one of his controversial pet megaprojects — more than six months after its inauguration. In a review by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma of AIFA operations and presidential tours, on at least a dozen occasions, López Obrador has preferred to travel through
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By MARK LORENZANA A shootout on the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 2, in one of the most important commercial areas in the municipality of Zapopan in the Mexican state of Jalisco, caused panic among people who were enjoying their time at a shopping center. Local authorities have reported multiple injuries and at least one dead. Video clips of the attack
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