Massive Kidnappings of Migrants Plague Mexico
According to the Mexican federal government, over 2,000 migrants were kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug cartels last year
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The Summit That Never Was
The only time López Obrador touched on the subject was when he made reference to the Sembrando Vida Program, which is focused on tree planting
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 moreUS Attorney General Accuses García Luna of Press, Witness Intimidation
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
Read moreCartels Kidnap in Mexico, Collect Ransom in Colombia
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In a new twist on transnational organized crime, Mexican authorities have discovered that at least one cartel group is now kidnapping people in Mexico and collecting ransom payments in Colombia. Mexico’s Security and Citizen Protection Secretariat (SSPC) reported Monday, Feb. 28, that this modus operandi has been used in at least four alleged kidnappings
Read moreSecurity Exchange’s Investigation of Pemex-Baker Hughes Case to Proceed
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican Senator Xóchitl Gálvez, a member of the country’s conservative National Action Party (PAN) opposition, said Tuesday, Feb. 22, that a conflict-of-interest complaint she filed with the U.S. Security Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this month had received the go-ahead to proceed with a financial audit of contracts between Mexico’s state-run Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) oil company and the
Read moreFGR Obtains Arrest Warrants in ‘Fast and Furious’ Case
By KELIN DILLON On Sunday, Jan. 9, Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) obtained seven arrest warrants for individuals involved in the so-called “Operation Fast and Furious” gun-walking case, including known drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, and former Police Intelligence Coordinator Luis Cárdenas Palomino. In a statement by
Read moreMexican Cartels Dispute Maritime Routes in Peru, Guatemala
By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — The ever-expanding scope of the Mexican cartels around the world in the last two decades has proven the great adaptability that these organizations possess and their success to develop a highly functional and complex operational business structure. Up until now, the North American market has been the most profitable for Mexican cartels, representing an average
Read moreArrest Warrant Issued for Cabeza de Vaca
By KELIN DILLON At the request of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR), a federal judge ordered the issuing of an arrest warrant against the National Action Party (PAN) governor of Tamaulipas, Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca, for alleged actions of organized crime and money laundering. Cabeza de Vaca has been the center of Mexican political news over the past
Read moreUnited States Launches Bounty Against CJNG’s ‘The Gardener’
By KELIN DILLON The U.S. Departments of Justice State, and Treasury have announced a $5 million bounty on Audias Flores Silva, also known as “The Gardener,” for any information relating to his capture, following his identification as one of the leaders of Mexico’s violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). A file was also opened against Flores Silva at the Office
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