By MARK LORENZANA Since Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office nearly four years ago, the Mexican Armed Forces have not only increased their presence on the streets, but have also embarked on a new mission: to become successful entrepreneurs. On April 13 of this year, Mexico’s Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) announced the creation of a
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Three months after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) handed over the administration of the Reynosa and Matamoros customs to the military, corruption has worsened with the complicity of the National Guard (GN), key private-sector representatives in Tamaulipas said Friday, June 11. “The military turned out to be a bad or worse than
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By RICARDO CASTILLO New Supreme Court Judge The Mexican Senate elected Ana Margarita Ríos-Farjat as a new member of the country’s Supreme Court (SCJN). Up until now, lawyer Ríos-Farjat had been working as head of the nation’s Tributary Administrative System (SAT), the Treasury Secretariat unit that oversees the nation’s tax collection. Ríos-Farjat received 94 votes from the senators (a minimum
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