By RICARDO CASTILLO Let’s not misinterpret facts: For Mexicans, the man who will be on trial in the United States for providing legal protection to the Sinaloa Drug Cartel will not be former Mexican Public Security Secretary Genaro García Luna, but rather his boss, the man who appointed him and protected him in that post from 2006 to 2012, former
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By RICARDO CASTILLO García Luna Refuses Mexico’s Help Shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, Mexico’s former top cop Genaro García Luna appeared before Judge David Horan of the Dallas Federal Court on Tuesday, Dec. 17. García Luna, who was the public security secretary under former Mexican President Felipe Calderón (2006-2012), declined during his brief 10-minute court appearance his right
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … A quick review of the most important news items in Mexico over the last few days…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … Several recent polls have shown a not-so-surprising drop in the popularity of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … Every time something goes wrong under his watch, the Mexican president blames his predecessors…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO …. “We do not receive or take orders from the U.S. government,” Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … On Oct. 30, AMLO summoned the two secretaries responsible for national security to tell the public what really happened in Culiacán…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to make a “minute-by-minute” account of what really happened…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO … The official military version is that the authorities were in control of the situation and could have resisted fire from the drug cartel…
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