Uncertainty, the New Norm
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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US Consulate in Guadalajara Reopens
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. Consulate offices in Guadalajara, Jalisco, opened its offices for normal operations on Tuesday, Dec. 4, after having suffered two grenade attacks onthe night of Friday, Nov. 30, just hours before Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was sworn in on Dec. 1. The consulate was closed on Monday so that officials
Read moreAttack on US Consulate in Guadalajara Might Be Drug-Related
By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF The grenade explosion at the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Jalisco, late Friday, Nov. 30 — just hours before the swearing of Mexico’s new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) — may have been linked to local drug cartels, according to both Mexican and U.S. authorities. The explosions of two grenades, which occurred about 7:30 p.m.,
Read moreGarcía Luna Jumps to His Own Defense
By RICARDO CASTILLO Never mind that the Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán trial is raging full-speed ahead in a Brooklyn federal courthouse. What local Mexican politicos are really concerned about is the defecation hitting the fan and spreading all over the face of a now-outcast police commander. And mind you, he’s reacting the same way that any normal honest citizen would. , who according
Read moreViolence Marks Mexico City-Pachuca Highway Takeover
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF For 20 full hours, traffic on both sides of the Mexico City-Pachuca Highway were blocked on Monday, Nov. 12, as several hundred residents of Tlalnepantla’s San Juan Ixhuatepec district, in the State of Mexico (Edoméx) took over the thoroughfare to protest what they claimed was an act of excessive force by police. The conflict
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