Factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel are fighting it out in the state of Sinaloa.
Reportedly, at least 30 have been killed since September 9th.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 20th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican Drug Cartels, Mexican Drug War, Mexican Military, Sinaloa, Sinaloa Cartel, Violence
On September 15th, a few hours before his participation in the annual Grito Ceremony, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) signed the constitutional judicial reform.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 19th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Constitution, Mexican Constitution, Mexican Judiciary, Mexican Supreme Court
Remittances are funds sent by foreign workers to their families back in their home countries.
A recent article in Spain’s El País (which has good Latin American coverage) takes a look at “the hidden costs of remittances to Guatemala.”
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 14th, 2024, on Border Hawk News.
Tags: Bad Effects on Sending Countries, El Pais, Guatemala, Remittances
Mexican Independence Day is September 16th, but really it starts on September 15th.
On the night of September 15th, a ceremony is held in the Zocalo Plaza in Mexico City, and in state capitols and city halls throughout the country.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 17th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Mexican Independence Day, Mexico City, Palacio Nacional, Zocalo
Mexican President AMLO deplores the latest attempt to assassinate Trump.
Gracias, AMLO!
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 16th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: 2024 Election, AMLO, Donald Trump
This past July 25th, two leaders of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel were taken into U.S. custody in El Paso. They were Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of El Chapo Guzman. Apparently, Guzman Lopez turned himself in but El Mayo was abducted with the collusion of Guzman Lopez.
Finally, the long-awaited war between the two factions has erupted in Sinaloa state, as two factions go after each other, hammer and tongs.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 14th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, AP, Border Report, Chapo Guzman, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, Ismael Zambada Sicairos, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, Mexican Drug Cartels, Sinaloa, Sinaloa Cartel
On September 11th, the Mexican Senate approved a judicial reform which would mandate the election of Mexican judges at all levels. As the Cámara de Diputados had already approved the reform, the next step was for the reform to be passed in 17 Mexican states.
Well, that has already occurred. It wasn’t hard because the ruling MORENA party has a majority in 27 of the 32 state legislatures. (That’s 32 counting Mexico City, not a state but the equivalent of a state).
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 12th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Mexican Congress, Mexican Judiciary, Mexican Politics, Mexican State Legislatures, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Queretaro
The controversial judicial reform constitutional amendment has been passed by both houses of the Mexican Congress. The next step is for it to be approved by the states.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 11th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Mexican Congress, Mexican Politics, Washington Post
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ current candidate for president, has made some recent noises that might indicate she is getting tougher on immigration.
At least that’s what CNN told us in a recent article entitled, “Harris move to the center on border wall, asylum contradicts her years of progressive immigration positions.”
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 8th, 2024, on Border Hawk News.
Tags: 2024 Election, CNN, Kamala Harris, The Border
Tijuana is a Mexican border city on the far west end of Mexico, across the border from San Diego, California. In fact, Tijuana and San Diego and other cities actually form a transborder metroplex of five and a half million people.
This proximity allows Americans living on the U.S. side to drive over to Tijuana and eat in a restaurant. But fewer Americans are doing so now.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 8th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: California, Restaurants, San Diego, The Border, Tijuana, Violence