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
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