By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Gunmen, presumably from one of Mexico’s more than 20 warring drug cartels, allegedly stormed a low-budget hotel in the central state of San Luís Potosí on Tuesday, Sept. 13, capturing at least 22 suspected migrants, who were later rescued by police. San Luis Potosí authorities said that the migrants had been kidnapped from the
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By KELIN DILLON As the flow of migrants to the border of the United States and Mexico has continued, criminal groups have seized the opportunity to exploit this already-marginalized group, extorting and kidnapping them as a new facet of their illicit enterprise. Rather than just charging exorbitant fees to traffic migrants through the border, these groups have begun holding them
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By KELIN DILLON With Mexico’s midterm elections fast approaching on Sunday, June 6, instances of violence against politicians has increased in turn, with the shooting of four candidates, the kidnapping of one election hopeful and the torture and execution of a political operator all happening with just days left to go before the vote. Just last week, Etellekt Consultancy revealed
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A California woman who was kidnapped in Mexico by the Sinaloa Cartel more than a year ago was rescued by police and military forces on Monday, March 9, according to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR). The woman, whose name was not revealed by authorities, was said to have been found in “good health.” There
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Back to School the Broadcast Way Thirty million Mexican public education students will return to classes on Monday, Aug. 24. The one difference in their education will be that they will stay at home and “attend school” through television broadcasts. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and Public Education Secretary (SEP) Esteban Moctezuma announced the new
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Electoral Fraud at the INE? On Friday, Feb. 7, the 11 councilors of Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) carried out the reelection of its executive secretary to serve for six more years, with eight votes in favor and three against. The reaction in Mexico to the surprise reelection of Jacobo Molina and against INE president Lorenzo Córdova
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Mexico’s Fight Against Kidnapping
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS As my esteemed colleague Ricardo Castillo pointed out in his column on Friday, March 8, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is due to present a self-styled analysis of his first 100 days in office on Monday, March 11. And as Castillo duly noted, the left-leaning AMLO is expected to “blow his own horn” about his
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The first complete draft for a viable law that allows for military participation in civilian policing activities was unanimously approved by the Mexican Senate last week. That step, however, is only the first move for the bill. Originally, the lower house Chamber of Deputies had sent a draft that had been sent to them by President Andrés
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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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