Proof of Mexico’s Internal Fentanyl Manufacturing Grows
The chemicals required to make fentanyl aren’t manufactured in Mexico, but everything else is
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Online Harassment Forces Camberos to Leave for US
Cortés said she reported the online harassment she experienced, but there was no action by Mexican authorities
Read moreJudge Dismisses Testimony of Witness against García Luna
Two major issues that have been put on the spotlight as the case unfolds, especially in the relationship between the United States and Mexico, are border security and drug trafficking
Read moreMexico City Police Seize 1.8 Tons of Cocaine in Record Drug Bust
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City police seized around 1.8 tons of cocaine on Tuesday, July 26, in what was considered to be the biggest drug bust in the Mexican capital so far. Authorities estimated that the seized cocaine, which was being smuggled in two freight trucks, has a street value of 400 million pesos, and could even reach twice that
Read moreUndocumented Migration Feeds Human Trafficking, Forced Labor
XINHUA Mexican-born Flor Molina was once a victim of modern slavery, condemned to forced labor in the garment manufacturing industry in the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, after emigrating there with the help of a person who turned out to be a human trafficker. For 40 days, she was coerced into working 18 hours a day at a garment
Read moreBiden to AMLO: Immigration Issue Must Be a Joint Effort
By MARK LORENZANA The immigration issue needs to be a joint effort between Mexico and the United States, U.S. President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), during their conversation at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday, July 12. López Obrador urged Biden to adapt an aggressive program to resolve immigration
Read moreA Pressing Agenda for AMLO and Biden
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreThe View from the North: AMLO Takes on the US Senate
OPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has repeatedly taken swipes at Cuban-American Senators Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bob Menéndez during his regular press conferences this month, piling on from criticism lobbed by him at the three in the past. López Obrador has accused the three senators, along with other Cubans living in the
Read moreAn Americas Summit, without AMLO
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMexican Church Leader Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison
By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, June 8, the leader of Mexico’s controversial La Luz del Mundo Church, Naasón Joaquín García, son of church founder Eusebio Joaquín González, was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in a U.S. prison by a judge in Los Angeles on charges surrounding his sexual abuse of three minor girls in his congregation. Originally arrested
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