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
On August 27th it was announced that NASCAR has scheduled a Cup Series Race, for points, in Mexico City next June 15th.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 7th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: Ben Kennedy, Daniel Suarez, Kyle Busch, Mexico City, NASCAR, Sports, Weapons
On September 1st, 2024, the LXVI Legislatura del Congreso de la Unión, Mexico’s 66th Congress, convened. It is scheduled to end on August 31st, 2027.
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Article by Allan Wall, published September 4th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Gerardo Fernandez Norona, Ifigenia Martinez, Mexican Congress, Mexican Politics, MORENA Party
On October 1st, the new Mexican Congress, elected on June 2nd, is slated to take office.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is no sitting duck president and is still very much in charge. AMLO has a one-month overlap with the new Congress before stepping down on October 1st when Claudia Sheinbaum is inaugurated.
In the month of September, AMLO wants to ram through some reforms, including a judicial reform, which critics say will take away from the judicial independence of the Mexican Supreme Court.
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Article published August 29th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: AMLO, Graeme Clark, Ken Salazar, Mexican Congress, Mexican Judiciary, Mexican Meddling, Mexican Politics
A recent diplomatic tiff in Mexico illustrates the double standard whereby the Mexican government openly meddles in U.S. immigration policy but then gets offended when the shoe is on the other foot.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 26th, 2024, on Border Hawk News.
Tags: AMLO, Ken Salazar, Mexican Judiciary, Mexican Meddling, U.S. Meddling in Mexico
Mexico held its elections on June 2nd. In addition to the presidential election, a new Congress was elected, set to take office on September 1st. The term of current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is set to end on October 1st, creating a one-month overlap in which the new Congress will serve together with AMLO, before Claudia Sheinbaum arrives to the presidency October 1st.
The Mexican Congress has two chambers, the Senado and the Cámara de Diputados. Let’s take a look at the upcoming configuration of each chamber.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 25th, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: 2024 Mexican Presidential Election, AMLO, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexican Congress, Mexican Political Parties, Mexican Politics
Smugglers are finding new ways to sneak methamphetamine across the border.
Sometimes they get caught, but how much is getting through.
A couple of recent cases at the Otay Mesa crossing (near San Diego) included celery and fake watermelons.
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Article by Allan Wall, published August 21st, 2024, on Mexico News Report.
Tags: California, Methamphetamine Smuggling, Otay Mesa border crossing, The Border