Ayotzinapa Normalistas Throw Firecrackers at National Palace
According to the Mexico City Secretariat of Citizen Security, 26 elements of the capital’s police force were injured as a result of the explosions
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Cuauhtémoc Mayor Sandra Cuevas Announces Run for CDMX Governor
The controversial mayor aspires to succeed current Mexico City Head of Government Martí Batres in Mexico’s 2024 elections
Read moreTláhuac and Tepito Cartels Orchestrate Trafficking of Women in Mexico City
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City-based criminal organizations Tepito Union and the Tláhuac Cartel currently control the trafficking of persons for sexual purposes and prostitution on the streets of the country’s capital, revealed a joint report by Mexico’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) and the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). These groups have allegedly managed to venture into the trafficking of women
Read moreUS Evidence Ties Mexican Military, Police to Guerreros Unidos Cartel
By MARK LORENZANA The U.S. government has evidence that allegedly links members of the drug-running criminal group Guerreros Unidos to the Mexican Army, Navy and municipal police of Iguala and Cocula, in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. In a report by Mexican daily newspaper Reforma on Tuesday, Sept. 27, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR) presented to
Read moreHomemade Bomb Explodes in Mexico City’s Santa María de la Ribera District
PULSE NEWS MEXICO A homemade pipe bomb exploded in a police station in Mexico City’s up-and-coming Colonia Santa María la Ribera on Saturday, Sept. 3, causing minor injuries to local police officers. The capital’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) reported that the explosion at the Ricardo Flores Magón police station left two officers injured and damaged windows and furniture. Paramedics
Read moreMexico City Police Seize 1.8 Tons of Cocaine in Record Drug Bust
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City police seized around 1.8 tons of cocaine on Tuesday, July 26, in what was considered to be the biggest drug bust in the Mexican capital so far. Authorities estimated that the seized cocaine, which was being smuggled in two freight trucks, has a street value of 400 million pesos, and could even reach twice that
Read moreDrug Cartel Splinter Groups Fight for Turf in Mexico City
By MARK LORENZANA From 2020 to date, several factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, identified with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Ovidio “El Ratón” Guzmán — son of convicted drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — as well as recently re-arrested Rafael Caro Quintero, have been fighting for territory in Mexico City for distribution and sale of cocaine. This information was
Read moreSinaloa Cartel Already Operating in Mexico City
By MARK LORENZANA Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC) of the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office, in coordination with Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), have seized drug shipments, searched homes and even detained leaders of Los Chapitos (Little Chapos), a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, which has been attempting to expand its operations in Mexico City for almost a
Read moreMetro Line 2 Restored after Service Suspension
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City’s Metro Collective Transportation System suspended its Metro Line 2 on the morning of Monday, June 4, for three hours due to a malfunction in one of its substations caused by a short circuit. Service at all stations of Line 2 has since been restored. Metro Line 2 runs from the Cuatro Caminos station to Tasqueña station.
Read moreCapital Police Reclaim Human Rights Office after 19-Month Occupation
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After more than 19 months of occupation by the predominantly female Okupa movement protest group, the headquarters of Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) in downtown Mexico City was reclaimed by capital police on the night of Friday, April 15. Mexico City’s Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) police implemented an operation to surround the
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