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Citizen Concerns on Militarization Grow amid GN Budget Increases

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By KELIN DILLON Mexican citizens are reportedly becoming increasingly concerned about Mexico’s perceived militarization following President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) unilateral decision to expand the National Guard’s (GN) budget and recently discussed intentions to absorb the group into Mexico’s Secretariat of Defense (Sedena), which would turn the National Guard from civilian command to military control by way of presidential

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Arrests of Migrants Surge 79 Percent Following Patrol Spikes

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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s heightened military presence on its southern border with Guatemala has resulted in a 79 percent increase in arrests of undocumented Central American migrants since its new patrol policy went into effect on June 21, said Mexican Secretary of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval. According to Sandoval, border patrols have increased in the region since June 21, as

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Work Continues on Suspended Tren Maya Section, with 92 Percent Budget Hike

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By KELIN DILLON While work on the fifth section of Mexico’s controversial Tren Maya project was purportedly suspended by a Mexican federal judge last April after the project failed to acquire proper Environmental Impact Statements (MIA) ahead of its construction, building on the Tren Maya’s fifth section has reportedly continued on in spite of the judge’s ruling – and with

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Mexican Navy Now Oversees Medications, All Medical Permits

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PULSE NEWS MEXICO In yet another step toward the full militarization of the country (the Army and National Guard are already overseeing more than 30 activities that were, just three years ago, considered the sole domain of civil authorities), Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced on Tuesday, June 7, that the country’s Navy (Semar) has now taken full

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CJNG Blocks Military Routes Through Michoacán

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF As Mexico seeks to deploy operational military units to the Western state of Michoacán, the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) has blocked Mexican military personnel from entering the area in its quest to maintain control over the Michoacán region, one of the main centers of Mexican cartels’ methamphetamine-producing laboratories that the groups later traffic

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Morena Promotes Mandate Revocation through Mexican Army

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By KELIN DILLON Less than a week after Mexico’s Electoral Court of the Judicial Power of the Federation (TEPJF) prohibited the federal government and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) administration from promoting April 10’s upcoming mandate revocation through government propaganda, the Mexican government has come under fire for using military planes, the National Guard and Army generals to

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Hidalgo Huachicoleros Build Tunnels to Siphon Gas Pipelines

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By KELIN DILLON In the central Mexican state of Hidalgo, gangs of huachicoleros – gas thieves and resellers – have taken their operations to another level of stealth, building secret underground tunnels to tap into and siphon gas from the area’s network of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) pipelines without detection. According to soldiers stationed in the region, the huachicoleros are able

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Drug Trafficking War Escalates in Michoacán

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By KELIN DILLON Throughout a 48-hour period at the beginning of the week of Feb. 14, organized crime groups and cartels operating out of Mexico’s Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range in the Michoacán region executed 27 murders in typically violent narco-style, demonstrating the clear weaponry strength of the region’s criminal organizations and affecting the area’s important international avocado trade.

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