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AMLO Denies Knowledge of Extortion in Catholic Churches

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By MARK LORENZANA The spokesman for the archdiocese of Guadalajara, Antonio Gutiérrez Montaño, said on Wednesday, June 29, in an interview with Mexican daily El Universal that extortion racketeering by organized-crime groups in Mexico have already reached the Catholic Church’s doorstep, specifically in the western Mexican state of Jalisco. “We cannot speak openly of this, or give out more details,

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Seven Women Disappear Daily in Mexico

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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) may have screamed foul when the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED) on Tuesday, April 12, declared that disappearances in Mexico are on the rise, thanks to organized crime groups, government complicity and “almost absolute impunity” for culprits, even going so far as to call the committee

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