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National Guard Absorption Highlights Armed Forces’ Human Rights Violations

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OPINION By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s civilian policing body the National Guard prepares to be integrated into the Mexican Secretariat of Defense (Sedena) as decreed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), experts have expressed concerns about the move’s potential to exacerbate the Armed Forces’ repeated human rights violations – especially considering that the National Guard has, too, been

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Va Por México Suspended as Moreno Doubles Down on PRI’s Proposal

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By KELIN DILLON Following days of contention between members of Mexico’s Va por México electoral alliance surrounding the Party of Institutional Revolution’s (PRI) proposal to expand the influence of the Mexican Armed forces in the streets — a move made in collaboration with the in-power National Regeneration Movement (Morena), the very party that Va por México was created to defeat

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Mexican Deputies Agree to Extend Armed Forces Presence On Streets

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By KELIN DILLON On Monday, Sept. 5, members from both sides of the aisle of Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies met to discuss expanding the presence of the Armed Forces on the streets of Mexico rather than their barracks from 2024 to 2028 – as proposed by Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Deputy Yolanda de la Torre – just as newly released

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Deputies Approve National Guard Incorporation into Mexican Army

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PULSE NEWS MEXICO In yet another act of getting his way by hook or by crook, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, Sept. 3, bulldozed his initiative to transfer control of the National Guard (GN), the allegedly civilian security force he created, to the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), the country’s military, through the lower house Chamber of

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Michoacán’s Pueblos Unidos: Empowered Farmers or Vigilante Terrorists?

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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — During the last two weeks, the country has faced a serious security crisis, after several violent incidents took place across cities located in the states of Baja California, Chihuahua and Guanajuato, where different organized crime groups directly attacked civilians and set fires to dozens of businesses and private vehicles. The aforementioned resulted, in the first

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Dallas Morning News Editorial Lambasts AMLO’s Anti-Violence Policy

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By KELIN DILLON On Thursday, Aug. 18, the daily American newspaper Dallas Morning News released an in-depth editorial critiquing the controversial “hugs, not bullets” policy against violence that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has adopted throughout his administration. AMLO’s approach toward Mexico’s enduring violence crisis was only further thrust into the spotlight on Thursday, Aug. 11, when a

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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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Nine Killed in Multivehicle Crash Near Acapulco

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XINHUA At least nine people were killed Wednesday, July 27, after multiple vehicles crashed in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero state, just outside Acapulco, local authorities said. According to a preliminary report from state security officials, the accident occurred around 6:35 a.m. local time along the Acapulco-Zihuatanejo Highway, in Guerrero’s Costa Grande region. Apparently, the driver of a private

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