PULSE NEWS MEXICO At least nine people have been detained by authorities in relationship to the Saturday, July 23, shootout in Mexico’s Playa del Carmen beach resort, police reported Thursday, July 28. According to police, at least two of the nine arrested persons were directly linked to the Fifth Avenue shootout in Playa del Carmen, in the Mexican Caribbean state
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XINHUA Intentional homicides in Mexico rose slightly in October compared to the previous month, Undersecretary of Public Security Ricardo Mejia said Thursday, Nov. 19. Mexico registered 2,944 intentional homicides in October, 211 more than in September, Mejia said at a press conference, presenting a monthly security report. However, the Mexican government’s strategy to contain violent crime appears to be working,
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By KYLIE MADRY Do the Cabinet Shuffle While the resignation of Mexico’s Security and Public Protection Secretary Alfonso Durazo made headlines several weeks ago, more cabinet changes are coming, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To replace Durazo, AMLO proposed Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who had been appointed to oversee Mexico’s sea ports and merchant shipping in July, during his
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