Sedena Spends 29 Percent Over Budget in 2023
The Secretariat of the Navy also reportedly surpassed its 2023 budget by 37 percent
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Military Officials Tapped for Key Government Roles under AMLO
Numerous Mexican military officers have been appointed to high profile government positions and to head civilian functions across the first five years of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration
Read moreUS Firm Beats Out Chinese Competitor for Mexican Customs Contract
Rapiscan Systems will supply and install up to 54 high-energy X-ray portals for nonintrusive inspection of cargo vehicles, up to 70 to inspect light vehicles, 18 portals for inspection of empty cargo vehicles and four for passenger buses
Read moreCyber Specialist Issues Warning on Mexico’s Vulnerable Cybersecurity
By KELIN DILLON According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s former Director of Infrastructure Security and Cybersecurity Christopher Krebs, Mexico’s recent hacking scandals – particularly the leak of millions of the Secretariat of Defense’s (Sedena) emails by hacktivist group Guacamaya – have put the nation’s secrets at risks on a global scale, prompting Krebs to recommend that Mexico strengthen
Read moreMexico City’s Line 12 Reportedly Rebuilt with NAICM Steel
By KELIN DILLON In yet another revelation brought forth by documents leaked to the public by hacktivist group Guacamaya, the reconstruction of Mexico City’s Line 12 metro – part of which collapsed in a tragic accident that left 26 dead in its wake in May 2021 – is purportedly using steel obtained from the controversially cancelled Mexico City New International
Read moreMorena Prepares Reform to Legalize Sedena-Run Airline
By KELIN DILLON Just one week after hacktivist group Guacamaya leaked the Mexican Secretariat of Defense’s (Sedena) intentions to create its own self-run airline to the public, Mexico’s in-power party, the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), proposed a legislative reform that would allow the Sedena to run both a commercial airline and operate the nation’s airports at the same time. First
Read moreSedena’s Real Estate Assets Accrue 20 Percent in Value
By KELIN DILLON According to new data released by the Mexican Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit’s Public Account, the real estate holdings of the Mexican Secretariat of Defense (Sedena) have grown by more than 47.3 billion pesos in value throughout the first four years of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year term, placing the total value of Sedena’s
Read moreGuacamaya Leaks Link Mexican Cartel with Russian Special Forces
By KELIN DILLON Following the intentional leak of millions of emails from the Mexican Secretariat of Defense (Sedena) by hacktivist group Guacamaya, further investigation into the shared correspondence has revealed links between Mexican organized crime groups and former elements of the Russian special forces. According to emails sent “to the attention” of a certain General Efraín between May 2 and
Read moreGuacamaya Email Leaks Reveal Plans for Sedena-Run Airline
By KELIN DILLON According to information derived from an investigation into millions of the Mexican Secretariat of Defense’s (Sedena) emails, which were leaked by hacktavist group Guacamaya to daily Mexican newspaper El Universal, the Sedena is working on plans to launch its own passenger and cargo airline under the umbrella of the secretariat’s recently created megaproject company, the Olmeca-Maya-Mexica Airport,
Read moreCitizen Concerns on Militarization Grow amid GN Budget Increases
By KELIN DILLON Mexican citizens are reportedly becoming increasingly concerned about Mexico’s perceived militarization following President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) unilateral decision to expand the National Guard’s (GN) budget and recently discussed intentions to absorb the group into Mexico’s Secretariat of Defense (Sedena), which would turn the National Guard from civilian command to military control by way of presidential
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