Narcos: Transnational Cartels and Border Security
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Central American Leaders Join with AMLO for Regional Development Plan
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Just hours after having been sworn in as Mexico’s 58th president on Saturday, Dec. 1, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) met with his counterparts from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (all of whom attended his inauguration ceremony) to agree on a regional development plan intended to help stem the flow the migrants from those
Read morePeña Nieto Ends Term with 125,000 Murders
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF According to Mexico’s Executive Secretariat of National System of Public Safety (SESNSP), as President Enrique Peña Nieto’s six-year term of office comes to a close, the country has suffered nearly 125,000 murders under his watch. That figures translates to a daily average of 55 deaths for the sexenio. As of October of this year, the SESNSP
Read moreViolence Marks Mexico City-Pachuca Highway Takeover
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF For 20 full hours, traffic on both sides of the Mexico City-Pachuca Highway were blocked on Monday, Nov. 12, as several hundred residents of Tlalnepantla’s San Juan Ixhuatepec district, in the State of Mexico (Edoméx) took over the thoroughfare to protest what they claimed was an act of excessive force by police. The conflict
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Read moreCentral American Caravan Crisis Is a Chance to Forge a Better US Immigration Policy
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read more2,000 Firearms Cross into Mexico Illegally Each Day
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While the United States may have serious and justified concerns about a porous border with Mexico allowing illicit drugs and undocumented immigrants entering its territory unlawfully, Mexico is equally concerned about the illicit flow of firearms into its territory. According to Renato Sales Heredia, head of Mexico’s National Security Commission (CNS), at least 2,000 illegal firearms enter the
Read moreState of Mexico Municipal Mayor Hopeful Shot
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Francisco Rojas San Román, a member of the federal Chamber of Deputies and a Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) candidate for mayor of the State of Mexico (Edomex) municipality of Cuautitlán Izcalli, was shot along with one of his brothers in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 4, according to Edomex police. The two
Read moreMexico’s Bloodiest Year
As 2017 comes to a close, Mexico has reached the dubious distinction of having recorded it most violent year on record, with more than 23,000 murders
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