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Don’t You Worry, Enrique

By RICARDO CASTILLO The key topic of talk in Mexi9co’s political circles last week was definitely the arrest of former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex Director Emilio Lozoya Austin in Málaga, Spain. Lozoya was temporarily jailed to await extradition to Mexico. The Fiscal General of the Republic has issued four different arrest warrants for Lozoya, charging him with a battery of crimes,

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Mexico News Roundup

By RICARDO CASTILLO 69 New Barracks for National Guardsmen Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) spent the weekend inaugurating new barracks for the National Guard in the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Guanajuato, the latter two known for a high presence of organized criminal gangs. Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said each barrack will house somewhere between 120 and

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Mexico News Roundup

By RICARDO  CASTILLO Lozoya Nabbed in Malaga Former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya Austin was finally found and arrested in Malaga, Spain, by the Spanish police. The news was broken personally in radio interviews on Wednesday, Feb. 12, by Fiscal General Alejandro Gertz Manero. “It was a long pilgrimage (to track down Lozoya Austin) with the arrest warrant we

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