PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced late Tuesday, Aug. 2, that the federal Prosecutor’s Office is currently conducting an investigation into former President Enrique Peña Nieto on three counts of potential corruption: electoral crimes, money laundering and illicit enrichment-. In a written statement Tuesday night, the FGR said that it the investigation was sparked by various
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A federal judge on Thursday, May 19, dealt Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) a major judicial setback by ordering the dismissal of a case filed against three lawyers by fellow lawyer Juan Ramón Collado accusing them of extortion. Collado, who previously served as former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s most trustworthy legal advisor, is
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) changed its mind at the last minute — as it has in the past — leaving former Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Director Emilio Lozoya still in prison on Tuesday, April 12, after having negotiated his release in exchange for returning $10.7 million to the state-run oil giant. Late Monday, April 11, Mexican Federal
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF With the suspension Monday, March 14, of Sandra Cuevas, head of the Cuauhtémoc Delegation of Mexico City, there is now a void in the leadership of one of the Mexican capital’s oldest and most-historic precincts. Cuevas, the “mayor” of Cuauhtémoc, was ordered to relinquish her post on Monday by a Mexico City judge, after
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The former governor of Nuevo León, Jaime “El Bronco” Rodríguez Calderón, was arrested on Tuesday, March 15, in the municipality of General Terán for alleged embezzlement and misappropriation of government funds. The arrest was carried out by the state prosecutor’s office specialized in electoral crimes. Known for his hardline stance against organized crime and
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF At least 10 people were detained by authorities on Monday, March 7, in connection with their involvement in a brawl between opposing team fans at a soccer match in Queretaro over the weekend, according to that state’s Prosecutor’s Office. The detainees, all men, were arrested for alleged acts of violence during the Querétaro versus
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF At least 26 people were injured on Saturday, March 5, when clashes between fans from opposing teams broke out in a soccer stadium in the central Mexican city of Querétaro. According to local authorities, at least 26 people were injured during the brawl, two of them critically. Querétaro Governor Mauricio Kuri, who visited some
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) must investigate Public Health Undersecretary and federal covid-19 czar Hugo López-Gatell for his alleged responsibility for the crime of homicide during the covid-19 pandemic, a specialized federal control judge determined on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The judge also said that López-Gatell should be investigated for “his lack of duty of
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mariana Moguel, daughter of imprisoned former Mexican Social Development (Sedesol) Secretary Rosario Robles — who has been held without trial since August 2019 at the behest of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) for alleged involvement in the so-called Mater Fraud of some 5 billion pesos — filed a legal complaint on Wednesday,
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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