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Alejandro Moreno Misdeclares Value of Properties

By MARK LORENZANA Alejandro Moreno, current president of Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), declared a value of 5.3 million pesos for 15 real estate properties that he acquired between 2012 and 2015, but the total value of those properties actually amounted to 103 million pesos. According to Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) and the Campeche Prosecutor’s Office,

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Former PRI Presidents Demand Alejandro Moreno’s Resignation

By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, June 14, a collective of former presidents of Mexico’s centralist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) – known for its lengthy dominance of Mexican politics and ousted from majority power for only the second time in history by the leftist National Regeneration Movement (Morena) in 2018 – called for the resignation of current PRI president Alejandro “Alito”

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Mexican Senate Shoots Down ‘Big Brother’ Surveillance Bill

By KYLIE MADRY A controversial proposal by Mexico’s Treasury Secretariat that would have allowed Tax Administration Service (SAT) auditors to take photos and videos during auditing visits was shot down by the Senate late Thursday, Oct. 30, after having slid through the country’s lower legislative house earlier in the week. The bill had caused worry among many Mexican taxpayers, especially

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Ex-Sonora Governor Released from Prison after Two Years

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     After more than two years of incarceration, former Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elias was released from the Reclusorio Oriente prison on the night of Saturday, Feb. 2, by order of the Federal Attorney General (PGR). Padrés Elias turned himself into Mexican authorities in November 2016, after being accused of money laundering, tax fraud and

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