Over 2,000 Hectares Expropriated for Tren Maya

López Obrador has already successfully expropriated a total of 2,038 hectares for his priority railway project
Read moreLópez Obrador has already successfully expropriated a total of 2,038 hectares for his priority railway project
Read moreLópez Obrador went on to say that the alleged amount of 100 million pesos “is nothing” in terms of government contracts
Read moreAnd the government is not done yet, as Sedatu launched a tender to build a new baseball stadium in Tepic, Nayarit
Read morePULSE NEWS MEXICO After more than three years of her detainment without bail — and just hours after the arrest of former Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam for his alleged ordering of the disappearances of 43 Ayotzinapa education school students in 2014 — Mexico’s Federal Attorney General Office¿ (FGR) late Friday, Aug. 19, ordered the immediate release of former Secretary
Read moreBy KELIN DILLON On Monday, Aug. 8, a Mexican federal judge struck down an arrest warrant involving allegations of money laundering and organized crime issued against former Secretary of Social Development (Sedesol) Rosario Robles, though she is set to remain in prison awaiting trial on other charges surrounding her time at Sedesol. Robles has been accused of using her position
Read moreBy MARK LORENZANA The Mexican federal government illegally appropriated 91.5 hectares of private land to build the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA). The Tenth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters confirmed on June 3 of this year the protection granted to the heirs of Raúl Romero Zenizo, who proved to be the legitimate owners of two pieces of land in the
Read moreBy THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Mexican government’s Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (Sedatu) announced Monday, Jan. 17, that it had formalized the expropriation of 198 privately owned properties in three municipalities of Quintana Roo, through which the Tren Maya tourist train will pass, representing a total area of 2.41 million square meters. All the properties, which
Read moreBy RICARDO CASTILLO New Dollar Revenues Law The Mexican Senate approved a bill on Wednesday, Dec. 9, stipulating that all foreign currencies income flowing into Mexico should stay in the nation and not be allowed to be repatriated to the country of its origin. The board of directors of Mexico’s central bank, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), immediately challenged the bill,
Read moreBy RICARDO CASTILLO Outsourcing Vote Postponed The Mexican Chamber of Deputies postponed the vote on the outsourcing regulation bill, which was slated to take place on Thursday, Nov. 26. Now, the debate over it will continue until sometime next week. The decision came after there was an exponential increase of speakers taking the podium from 70, on Monday, Nov. 23,
Read moreBy THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After more than 13 months behind bars, Mexico”s former secretary of Social Development (Sedesol) Rosario Robles Berlanga, was finally released on personal recognizance on Thursday, Sept. 24. Robles — who was previously denied bail on the grounds that she could be a flight risk by a circuit court judge, Felipe de Jesús Delgadillo Padierna,
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