XINHUA Mexico intends to comply with a U.S. warrant for the arrest and extradition of Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Monday, Oct. 21. Asked whether Mexican authorities are still determined to capture the younger Guzmán, a member of the world’s largest drug-trafficking organization Sinaloa Cartel,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There was really very little to discuss on Sunday, July 21, during the just-over-an-hour-long meeting in Mexico City between visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard. It was clear previous to the meet that Mexico had achieved the goals demanded of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)by U.S. President Donald
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In what came as no surprise for those who have been following the case, notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman Loera was handed down a life sentence plus 30 years by a U.S. District Court in New York on Wednesday, July 17. Prior to his sentencing, Guzmán complained to the court that he
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE and DAVID M. LUNA (The following article first appeared in “The National Interest” and is being republished in Pulse News Mexico with specific prior permission.) As the United States debates “emergencies” at its southern border and negotiates a trade deal with China, U.S. leaders must confront the lethal trade in fentanyl from other North American countries
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Never mind that the Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán trial is raging full-speed ahead in a Brooklyn federal courthouse. What local Mexican politicos are really concerned about is the defecation hitting the fan and spreading all over the face of a now-outcast police commander. And mind you, he’s reacting the same way that any normal honest citizen would. , who according
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By RICARDO CASTILLO For a prelude to a presidency, surely that of Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has got too many dissonant chords. First it was his decision to control oil crude production that caused a market shakeup and further peso devaluation. Then came the cancelation of the ongoing construction of the new airport that sent markets skidding and pumped the
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