TEPJF Strips Cabeza de Vaca’s Senatorial Candidacy
However, the TEPJF voted in favor of retaining the senatorial candidacy of the National Action Party’s Ricardo Anaya despite his own alleged criminal controversies
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Pemex Grants No-Bid Contracts to Financially Controversial Companies
Grupo Cemza subsidiaries Marinsa and Enermar were recently granted 160 million pesos worth of contracts by Petróleos Mexicanos despite allegations of money laundering and non-compliance against the parent company’s leadership
Read moreDoubling Down against Fentanyl, Arms, Migrant Exploitation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreRebuilding Bilateral Trust to Fight Cross-Border Crime
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreRosario Robles Walks out of Prison after Three Years without Trial
PULSE NEWS MEXICO After more than three years of her detainment without bail — and just hours after the arrest of former Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam for his alleged ordering of the disappearances of 43 Ayotzinapa education school students in 2014 — Mexico’s Federal Attorney General Office¿ (FGR) late Friday, Aug. 19, ordered the immediate release of former Secretary
Read moreFBI May Be Investigating Mexican Cardinal for Money Laundering
PULSE NEWS MEXICO According to a report published by the Latin American online newspaper Infobae on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera may currently be under investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly involvement in laundering drug money. Infobae said that the investigation into the cardinal was linked to a separate investigation into Mexican
Read moreRobles to Remain Imprisoned Following Arrest Warrant Suspension
By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 8, a Mexican federal judge struck down an arrest warrant involving allegations of money laundering and organized crime issued against former Secretary of Social Development (Sedesol) Rosario Robles, though she is set to remain in prison awaiting trial on other charges surrounding her time at Sedesol. Robles has been accused of using her position
Read moreThe Accidental Terminal Tourist
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It sounds like a plot out of a Hollywood movie. Actually. it is a plot out of a Hollywood movie: An Eastern European businessman arrives in an international airport only to discover that he is denied entry in the nation in which he has just landed and cannot return to his native country. But in this case,
Read moreProsecutor Investigating Former Mexican President Peña Nieto
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced late Tuesday, Aug. 2, that the federal Prosecutor’s Office is currently conducting an investigation into former President Enrique Peña Nieto on three counts of potential corruption: electoral crimes, money laundering and illicit enrichment-. In a written statement Tuesday night, the FGR said that it the investigation was sparked by various
Read moreFIU Investigates Peña Nieto for 26-Million-Peso Wire Transfers
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is investigating former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto for allegedly receiving wire transfers amounting to 26 million pesos. On the morning of Thursday, July 7, during the daily press conference of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Pablo Gómez Álvarez, head of the FIU, said that the money transfers were allegedly made by a direct
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