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March Was Most Violent Month in Mexico So Far this Year

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF According to data presented by the government’s Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat (SSPC) on Wednesday, April 20, Mexico had more registered murders in March than in any other month so far this year. “In March, homicides increased by 17.5 percent compared to the previous four months,” SSPC Secretary Roda Icela Rodríguez said during her

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Cartels Kidnap in Mexico, Collect Ransom in Colombia

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In a new twist on transnational organized crime, Mexican authorities have discovered that at least one cartel group is now kidnapping people in Mexico and collecting ransom payments in Colombia. Mexico’s Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat (SSPC) reported Monday, Feb. 28, that this modus operandi has been used in at least four alleged kidnappings

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