Sedena 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
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Illegal Detention at AICM Amplifies INM’s Human Rights Woes
A review of the Mexico City Airport’s migration standards revealed a number issues with the National Institute of Migration’s operations, including several alleged human rights violations
Read moreFall of INAI Means Demise of Transparency in Mexico
Mexico’s National Institute for Transparency Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI) has been all over the news lately — but for all the wrong reasons
Read moreAMLO Determined to Wipe Out Independent Institutions
The INAI is in charge of two fundamental rights: access to public information and protection of Mexican citizens’ personal data
Read morePemex Officials under Investigation for Bribery, Embezzlement
By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Sept. 28, it came to light that three officials from Mexico’s state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) were reported to the Secretariat of Public Administration (SFP) and Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for valuable contracts, favoring certain suppliers over others, and putting the overall quality of Mexican gasoline
Read moreDeputies to File Complaint with Attorney General Due to Vaccine Expiry
By MARK LORENZANA Deputies from three Mexican political parties — the conservative National Action Party (PAN), the centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the Citizens’ Movement (MC) — are set to file an official complaint with Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) for the expiry and wastage of more than 5 million covid-19 vaccines. On Saturday, Sept. 25, Mexican daily
Read moreCompraNet Website Suspension Opens Door to More Corruption
By MARK LORENZANA Anticorruption and transparency groups, business and political organizations, journalists and concerned individuals in Mexico have all called on the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to restore the public-information system CompraNet, which has been “temporarily suspended” since Friday, July 15. CompraNet is an information system in Mexico through which citizens can openly search about
Read moreMexican Government Establishes Public Servant Sexual Code of Ethics
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Public Administration Secretariat (SFP) published its new Sexual Code of Professional Ethics in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), expressly prohibiting all acts of sexual harassment, flirtation and public displays of affection by federal public servants. The new Code of Ethics specifically prohibits “the carrying out or tolerance of acts of sexual
Read moreMorena: A Rebirth of Mexican Politics
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The democratic political life of Mexico, as in many other Latin American nations, is relatively young. In the last decade, a new chapter began in the construction of Mexican politics after the sudden arrival to the presidency of a newly created party. Breaking through and eventually displacing the parties that historically held political hegemony
Read moreAMLO Asks UIF to Investigate Nieto’s Financial Assets
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Wednesday, Dec. 8, that the country’s Public Function Secretariat (SFP) should investigate the accumulation of assets of the Treasury Secretariat’s (Hacienda) former head of the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), Santiago Nieto, who in 25 months acquired four properties and a car worth at least 40 million
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