AMLO Administration Expropriates Private Railroads from Grupo México

As a result of the railways expropriation, Grupo México shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) fell by 4.29 percent
Read moreAs a result of the railways expropriation, Grupo México shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) fell by 4.29 percent
Read moreThe chemicals required to make fentanyl aren’t manufactured in Mexico, but everything else is
Read moreTensions between the cartels and authorities had reached the point that the Culiacán government on Jan. 4 ordered public schools closed and asked residents to remain in their houses
Read moreOPINION By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Down Mexico way, a recent Reforma newspaper story is causing a lot of commotion and major concern. The original story was published in Spanish, but Pulse News Mexico published an analysis in English. It’s bad news, to say the least. As Pulse News Mexico’s Mark Lorenzana wrote: “The U.S. government has evidence that allegedly links members
Read morePULSE NEWS MEXICO A group of disgruntled former workers of Mexicana de Aviación Airlines, which went belly up in 2010, blocked access to Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) on Monday, Sept. 5, after having been forcefully removed from the premises four days earlier by members of the Mexican Navy. The workers, who had been protesting their
Read morePULSE 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
Read moreOPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Over the weekend, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) paid a visit to the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, home of infamous drug lord and founder of the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, currently in a U.S. high-security prison on 17 counts of homicide, drug trafficking, conspiracy, organized crime against health, money laundering, homicide and
Read moreBy THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF At least four narco-blockades were reported during the early hours of Monday, March 14, along the highways of the western Mexican state of Colima, hours after the arrest of Miguel Aldrín Jarquín Jarquín, alias “El Chaparrito,” leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Reports from motorists, mainly from heavy cargo carriers, indicated that
Read moreBy KELIN DILLON Following accusations that Mexico’s National Guard has been using its security post at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to smuggle drugs, cash and contraband, on top of other security failures, the National Guard and its privately contracted co-collaborators have been removed from their position at the airport in favor of replacement by members of the Naval
Read moreBy 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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