By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After concluding a 13-day investigation into Mexico’s appalling record of disappeared persons — which number more than 95,000 according to government figures — the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) said Friday, Nov. 26, that there is “almost absolute impunity” for those responsible. “As of Friday, more than 95,000 people have been officially
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS I have always been a squeamish eater, and frankly the idea of pork belly stewed in a broth of hominy and chili peppers topped with sliced radishes and lettuce never really appealed to me. So when my friend Enrique Castillo Pesado invited me to lunch at one of Mexico’s 20-plus Potzollcalli restaurants, my immediate response was, “Thanks,
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A Mexican federal judge on Monday, Nov. 15, issued a preventive detention order, the Mexican equivalent of jail without bail, against Rosalinda González Valencia, wife of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). González Valencia will remain confined in Federal Female Prison Number 16, located in
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With more than 24,500 people reported missing during the first three years of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term, and a total of more than 94,000 missing persons with no explanation as to their whereabouts, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) sent a select team of researchers on an official
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Morelos Governor and former Mexican soccer great Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo definitely earned himself a yellow card from his constituents over the weekend when he was seen teeing off with businessman Arturo Elías Ayub and the former soccer goalkeeper Jorge Campos at a Cocoyoc golf course on Sunday, Sept. 19, while the Yautepec River and
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF During the first five months of 2021, femicides in Mexico increased by a whopping 7.1 percent compared to the same period in 2020, Secretary of Public Security Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Monday, June 28. Speaking during the daily press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) at the National Palace, Rodríguez said that
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s federal government, led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), announced it will hold another raffle to the public, following last year’s lottery of the nation’s presidential plane, with both cash and property prizes up for grabs. The National Lottery will raffle out a total of 22 prizes totaling more than 250 million pesos in value,
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s June 6 midterms fast approach, an increase in violence and assassinations of candidates and politicians has seen little-to-no response from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) with any effectiveness in stopping the bloodshed. Back in March, López Obrador promised to create a plan to provide protection to aspiring politicians. Fast forward a month and a
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By KELIN DILLON After more than a year-long battle against the covid-19 pandemic, during which many Mexican states were designated by the country’s traffic light color-based risk system as being in the dangerous orange and red zones, finally 29 states have been designated within the yellow and green rankings, meaning a lower risk of coronavirus infection, as of Monday, May
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s annual inflation rate reached 6.05 percent in the first quarter of 2021, its highest level since December 2017, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). In a report issued on Thursday, April 22, the Inegi said that the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) registered a 6.05 percent annual variation in the first half
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