Ovidio Guzmán Extradited to US, Pleads Not Guilty
If convicted, El Chapo’s son could face serving several consecutive life sentences in U.S. prison
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Mexican Army Spends Millions on High-Powered Weaponry
The information reveals that the Sedena has contracted a total of 3,546 long weapons for use by the GN, including 604 Negev NG-7 7.62-caliber machine guns manufactured in Israel, the same caliber purportedly used by the Armed Forces when fighting against organized crime
Read moreMexican Cartels Kill Record 65,000 across First Half of AMLO’s Term
In spite of López Obrador’s controversial implementation of a “hugs, not bullets” policy against cartel violence upon entering office, the Mexican executive’s peace-first approach has not discouraged Mexico’s violent streak in the slightest
Read moreNorth American Summit: Photo Op or True Leadership?
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreSon of ‘El Chapo’ Detained in Sinaloa
Tensions 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 moreDrug Cartel Splinter Groups Fight for Turf in Mexico City
By MARK LORENZANA From 2020 to date, several factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, identified with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Ovidio “El Ratón” Guzmán — son of convicted drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — as well as recently re-arrested Rafael Caro Quintero, have been fighting for territory in Mexico City for distribution and sale of cocaine. This information was
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By RICARDO CASTILLO A Birds Story Birds of a feather flock together, says the old adage. This week began with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, Jan. 11, visiting part of his “wonderful wall” in Alamo, a township just east to McAllen, along the Mexico-Texas border. He took the occasion to praise Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) with
Read moreEl Universal Offers Mexican State of the Nation Review
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In a scathing review of the Mexican president’s first two years in office, the highly acclaimed El Universal daily newspaper this weekend offered a point-by-point breakdown of some of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) most prominent failures, on the eve of his second State of the Nation Address, slated for Tuesday, Dec. 1. AMLO,
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexico Pre-Purchases Covid Vaccines Mexico clinched the purchase of 200 million anti-covid-19 vaccines to protect 100 million people (about 80 percent of the population), the Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE) announced through Twitter on Friday, Nov. 27. SRE Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and the secretariat’s team of vaccine procurement buyers for individual laboratories and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Read moreShifting Sands, and So Little Time
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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