Armed Forces Face Rise in Abuse Allegations, Civilian Deaths
Currently, 318 members of the Armed Forces are under investigation for purported human rights abuses
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Morena Senate Candidate Declared Winner amid Fraud Charges
In the 43 municipalities of Tamaulipas, 4,777 polling stations were put up, and 4,500 members of the Mexican Army and the National Guard (GN) were deployed
Read moreAMLO Offers to Swap Presidential Plane for US Firefighting Aircraft
López Obrador added that his government has not been able to sell it “because it is so luxurious”
Read moreMexican Airspace Now Fully under Military Control
Deputies from the Citizen’s Movement Party (MC) voted against the law, noting that it is a new measure that gives more power to the Mexican Armed Forces
Read moreJudge Stops Transfer of Mexican National Guard to Army
By MARK LORENZANA A federal judge indefinitely stopped the transfer of the National Guard (GN) to Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), which was established in the reform decree published on Sept. 9 of this year, approved by the Mexican Senate. Sedena must now return, at least temporarily, operational and administrative control of the GN to the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). The Ninth District Judge
Read moreMexican Army Bags ‘Discretionary Funds’ Worth 113 Billion Pesos
By MARK LORENZANA According to documents leaked by hacktivist group Guacamaya, the federal government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the Armed Forces have at their disposal a “discretionary bag” worth 113 billion pesos from a trust fund of Mexico’s National Customs Agency (ANAM). Despite the promise of López Obrador to extinguish trust funds or “fideicomisos” under his
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Spying on AMLO
Read moreProtesters Kick Denise Dresser Out of Oct. 2 Protest March in Zócalo
By MARK LORENZANA A group of protesters who identified themselves as supporters of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) heckled, jeered and kicked out political analyst, activist and author Denise Dresser from a protest march on Sunday, Oct. 2, at Mexico City’s main square Zócalo. Dresser, who has been a vocal critic of López Obrador, attended the march commemorating
Read moreMissing Mexican Journalist Found Safe and Sound
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican journalist Jorge Luis Chew Cervantes posted on his official Facebook account that he is safe and sound, after being reported missing since Friday, Sept. 30, in the municipality of Taxco de Alarcón, in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. “Given the news of my disappearance, I want to inform my friends and followers who are worried about me
Read moreUS Evidence Ties Mexican Military, Police to Guerreros Unidos Cartel
By MARK LORENZANA The U.S. government has evidence that allegedly links members of the drug-running criminal group Guerreros Unidos to the Mexican Army, Navy and municipal police of Iguala and Cocula, in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. In a report by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma on Tuesday, Sept. 27, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR) presented to
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