Senate Committee Greenlights SSPC Strengthening Reform
The reforms will allow the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection greater intelligence coordination with other elements of Mexico’s National Security System
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Chilpancingo Bishop Located After Kidnapping
Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez said National Anti-Kidnapping Coordination would aid in the investigation into Rangel’s abduction
Read moreSedena Head Buys Luxury Apartment from Military Supplier
In his asset statement, Sandoval reported that the property is valued at 9 million pesos, and was bought with a mortgage loan granted by the National Army Bank
Read moreAMLO Refuses to Budge on Supreme Court’s National Guard Ruling
After Mexico’s Supreme Court blocked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s initiative to transfer the Mexican National Guard to the National Defense Secretariat, AMLO revealed that SCJN Chief Justice Norma Piña tried to negotiate with the federal government on the GN issue
Read moreAMLO’s Plan C to Install ‘Morenistas’ in INE
López Obrador also said that Plan C was “already applied in 2018,” when he finally won the presidential election on his third try, and that “the people said enough”
Read moreOctober Makes Mexico’s Most Violent Month of 2022
By KELIN DILLON Only weeks after hactivist group Guacamaya revealed to the public that 72 percent of Mexico is under control of organized crime groups, Mexico experienced its most violent month of the year yet, registering 2,481 intentional homicides throughout Oct. 2022. A total of 92 intentional murders were committed on Monday, Oct. 31 alone, says information publicized by Mexico’s
Read moreJudge Stops Transfer of Mexican National Guard to Army
By MARK LORENZANA A federal judge indefinitely stopped the transfer of the National Guard (GN) to Mexico’s Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), which was established in the reform decree published on Sept. 9 of this year, approved by the Mexican Senate. Sedena must now return, at least temporarily, operational and administrative control of the GN to the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). The Ninth District Judge
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 moreDeputies Approve National Guard Incorporation into Mexican Army
PULSE NEWS MEXICO In yet another act of getting his way by hook or by crook, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Saturday, Sept. 3, bulldozed his initiative to transfer control of the National Guard (GN), the allegedly civilian security force he created, to the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), the country’s military, through the lower house Chamber of
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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