By KELIN DILLON On Saturday, Sept. 17, elements of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) seized yet another building in Mexico City’s Santa Fe business district as part of its efforts to expand the FGR’s nearby National Park of Justice headquarters, securing the property with seals from the Specialized Unit for Terrorism Investigation, Stockpiling and Arms Trafficking. The FGR announced its
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By MARK LORENZANA Jesuit university rectors in Mexico warned on Thursday, June 23, that the country is experiencing a failed state and a security crisis, and called on citizens to pressure the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to put an end to the violence. During the annual meeting of the Jesuit University System (SUJ) — a network
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By MARK LORENZANA The federal government of Mexico will spend almost 70 billion pesos more to finish two of its flagship railway projects: the controversial Tren Maya and the extension of the suburban train that will run from Lechería station in the State of Mexico (EdoMéx) to the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA). On June 1, Mexico’s Secretariat of
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By KELIN DILLON Analysts say Mexico’s international tourism could massively suffer as a result of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgrading its airspace ranking on Tuesday, May 25, from a category one to a category two, effectively limiting the country from opening new air routes or flying Mexican airlines into the United States. The downgrade came after a less-than-stellar
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By KELIN DILLON Over 1,600 researchers from private universities in Mexico are now likely to lose financial grants from the National System of Researchers (SNI) following a suggested reform by the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), directed by María Elena Álvarez-Buylla. The proposal would defund 1,632 private researchers in an effort to expand funds available for public researchers
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