By KELIN DILLON According to a new report released by the Small Arms Survey, an organization based out of Geneva with a specialization in tracking violent deaths around the world, Mexico is the only nation in Latin America that’s regressed in its pursuit of peacefulness, growing from 10.7 murders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004 to more than triple that –
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO After two Jesuit priests were murdered in the northern state of Chihuahua on June 20, and numerous other members of the Catholic clergy in Mexico have come forth reporting cases of abuse and extortion by organized criminal groups, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) on Friday, July 8, called on its rival criminal organizations to “not mess
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By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — During the last decade, the state of Michoacán, located in central Mexico, has been a constant topic in the news’ headlines around the world due to the cartel violence that has exacerbated in this region. This is so much so that Michoacán has been positioned as the Mexican state with the highest murder rate in
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By MARK LORENZANA The public-security strategy of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is facing a possible review in the Mexican Senate, and the opposition bloc is demanding changes in the fight against organized crime, chief among them strengthening the state police and creating a professional civilian body in charge of public security. Damián Zepeda, a senator from the conservative National
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XINHUA At least six police officers died early Sunday, June 26, during a shootout with armed individuals traveling in a convoy of about 10 armored trucks in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León, the state’s Security Secretariat said. “Four more policemen were injured and are already receiving medical attention,” the secretariat said in a written statement. The attack occurred
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OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The tragic June 20 slayings of two Jesuit priests in the Chihuahua town of Urique has shone the global spotlight on Mexico’s growing crisis of violence and organized crime. But while these appalling murders are a clear example of the blanket impunity with which drug cartels and other organized crime groups operate under the leftist administration
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By KELIN DILLON Following recent reports that the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is on pace to become the most violent presidency in Mexico’s recent history, a trend coupled with record-high levels of extortion and high-profile crimes like the June 20 murder of two Chihuahua priests, security experts have come out in condemnation of AMLO’s “hugs-not-bullets”
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO Two Canadian citizens, one of whom was allegedly being sought by Interpol on fraud charges, have been found dead from knife wounds in the Mexican Caribbean tourist town of Playa del Carmen, local authorities reported on Tuesday, June 21. According to prosecutors in coast state of Quintana Roo, where Playa del Carmen is located, the bodies of
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By KELIN DILLON Just three and a half years into his six-year term, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and his administration are on track to have the most violent presidency in Mexico’s recent history, already surpassing that of former President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa as of May’s homicide figures, and he is anticipated to surpass that of his immediate
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