Mexicans Are Hoping for a President Who Will Fight Crime
Organized crime groups in Mexico now have about 175,000 members – making them the fifth-biggest employer in the country
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Creating a Monster
For López Obrador, dismantling the PRI is a key condition for the durability of his ultra-dominant party system, and that has always been the main objective in his obsessive concentration of power
Read moreApril Registers High Homicide Rate in Mexico
By KELIN DILLON According to new data from Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, April was Mexico’s second-highest month in 2022 in terms of rate of intentional homicides, an issue exacerbated in the country’s ongoing feminicide crisis, though the homicide rate has declined overall over the past several years. On the morning of Monday, May 3, the Secretary of
Read moreAs Mexico’s National Guard Barracks Increase, So Does Violence
OPINION By KELIN DILLON One year after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) greenlighted the construction of hundreds of nationwide barracks for Mexico’s National Guard in December 2020, the country’s total barrack count has grown by 123 – but so has Mexico’s rate of violence in tandem. According to the National Public Security System (SNSP), between January and October
Read moreUS State Department Lowers Travel Advisory for Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The U.S. State Department lowered its travel advisory for Mexico from a Level 4 (red, do not travel) to a Level 3 (orange, reconsider travel) on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The new, downgraded advisory specifically warns U.S. citizens to “reconsider travel to Mexico due to covid-19,” and to “exercise increased caution in Mexico due to
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