Arrests May Boost Cooperation
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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Washington Post: 20 Percent of Mexico Controlled by Cartels
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF About 20 percent of Mexico’s nearly 2 million square kilometers of territory are currently under the direct control of armed drug cartels and other criminal groups, according to a report released by the Washington Post on Thursday, Oct. 29. “In a classified study produced in 2018 but not previously reported, CIA analysts concluded that
Read moreSearch Group Finds 59 Bodies in Hidden Graves in Guanajuato
XINHUA At least 59 bodies were found in hidden graves in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, government authorities said Wednesday, Oct. 28. “The vast majority of the bodies, in which there is still some tissue or other sign, would appear to be young people, very young, possibly even teenagers,” Karla Quintana, the head of Mexico’s National Search Commission (CNB), told
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Mexico’s Financial Crisis
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
Read moreThe View from the North: No ‘Sister Souljah Moment’ for Biden
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. On Monday, Aug. 31, Joe Biden looked at the camera and said something like this: “Do I look like a guy who supports lawlessness?” Frankly, he doesn’t. What he looks like is a man who has said nothing since the urban riots across the United States started and then suddenly decided to talk about them because
Read moreAn Urgent Need for Teamwork
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Read moreThe View from the North: AMLO Needs Trump…and Vise Versa
By SILVIO CANTO, JR. As expected, when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) met U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time on Wednesday, July 8, the show was very diplomatic and cordial. It usually is when heads of state visit the White House. My guess is that the “face-to-face” conversation was much more blunt and candid. In other
Read moreArmed Assailants Kill 24 in Irapuato
XINHUA Armed assailants attacked a rehabilitation center in the central Mexican town of Irapuato on Wednesday, July 1, killing 24 people and injuring another seven, local media reported. The afternoon attack targeted a rehabilitation center for young drug addicts in the community of Arandas, near Irapuato in the state of Guanajuato, local daily Correo quoted Irapuato Police Chief Pedro Cortés
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