The Joe Biden administration on Friday, April 14, filed legal charges against 28 alleged Sinaloa Cartel leaders — including three sons of notorious jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
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By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, June 15, the U.S. Attorney General’s Office filed an in limine motion against former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, alleging the controversial Mexican official had attempted to silence journalists investigating his purported corruption and involvement in illicit cocaine trafficking, charges he was later arrested on in the United States. The U.S. Attorney
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Gags on Twitter and Facebook? A bill to “regulate the performance of social networks” in Mexico is due to be introduced in Congress this week by Senator Ricardo Monreal. The proposed bill would regulate social network companies like Twitter and Facebook on a national scale and would prevent them from censuring accounts of people or entities that
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By RICARDO CASTILLO No Lupe-Reyes Reveling The good news is that on Friday, Dec. 11, Mexico approved the Pfizer-BioNTech labs covid vaccine and will soon begin administering it to health workers and the nation’s most vulnerable. But while this may mean light at the end of the tunnel, for Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe (Lupe) worshipers, it did not come soon
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Cienfuegos, Talk of the Town The release last week of former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos from an imminent trial in the United States by U.S. Attorney General William Barr continues to be the talk of the day in Mexico. The fact is is that nobody has the hard facts needed to have a sound opinion on
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican Army Grooves to Music and Dance The Mexican Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) took a two-day-long recess to commemorate the 107th anniversary of its foundation on Feb. 19, 1913. The celebration began on the night of Tuesday, Feb. 18, with the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) Symphony and Choir delivered a spectacular concert, mostly for officers,
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