The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an updated advisory to financial institutions in the US, warning them about the increased use of cryptocurrencies by Mexican drug cartels to buy fentanyl ingredients. According to FinCEN, these criminal organizations are using popular digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Monero (XMR), […]
“The 31 Minute Museum” arrives in CDMX: ticket prices for the exhibition
The popular children’s series “31 Minutes” has arrived in Mexico City with its first official exhibition at the Franz Mayer Museum. Brought from Chile by the production company Aplaplac, this exhibition allows visitors to interact with the characters that marked the childhood of many Mexicans and Latin Americans. The “31 Minutes” exhibition began on June […]
Where will the new US embassy be in Mexico City?
It will have 81 consular windows in a 7-story building, whose power supply will be guaranteed by solar panels. And it will have the Benjamin Franklin Center. In 2021, the Office of Foreign Building Operations (OBO) of the US Department of State celebrated the completion of the structure of the new US embassy in Mexico […]
Mexico’s New President Elevates Science Agency to Prominent Position
In a move hailed as “historic” by many Mexican researchers, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has announced the elevation of Mexico’s main science funding agency, CONAHCYT, to the status of Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation. This promotion marks a significant shift in the government’s approach to science, which had been criticized under the current […]
Biden Administration Sent Cartels ‘Signal’ to Help Win Elections: Texas AG
In an interview with Fox News, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Biden administration of sending a “signal” to Mexican drug cartels on day one of President Joe Biden’s presidency. According to Paxton, the administration announced that it would no longer deport illegal aliens, effectively giving cartels permission to bring people across the border […]
Concerns Over Potential Drug Trafficking Influence on Judicial Appointments: Moreira’s Take on AMLO’s Reform
The proposal to reform the Judiciary, put forth by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and championed by Morena and its allies in the National Congress, fails to address the issue of access to justice in Mexico. According to Rubén Moreira, the PRI coordinator, the reform neither increases the budget nor resolves the shortage of judges. […]
AMLO Makes Claudia Sheinbaum’s Job Harder
By Emilio Lezama The obsession of AMLO with reforming the judiciary does not come from a vision of a statesman who wants a more fair country. It also doesn’t come from a deep analysis of the current system or a desire to solve Mexico’s grave justice problem. The obsession comes from visceral, a repudiation towards […]
Who is Marcelo Ebrard, future Secretary of Economy of Mexico
Marcelo Ebrard, the future Secretary of Economy, was born on October 10, 1959, in Mexico City. He holds a degree in International Relations from El Colegio de México and specialized in public administration at the École Nationale d’Administration in Paris. Ebrard began his public service career in 1985, participating in the Housing Renewal Program after […]
Mexico Sees Surge in American Migrants
American Migration to Mexico Doubles Recent data from the Mexican government reveals a significant rise in American migration to Mexico. From January to April 2023 and 2024, the number of Americans relocating to Mexico doubled from 310 to 625. The majority of these migrants are male, with 407 men and 218 women moving this year. […]
Preventive Detention in Mexico
The elimination of automatic preventive detention represents the risk of releasing 68,000 people. Automatic preventive detention, as contemplated in Article 19 of our Constitution, is a topic of great relevance in the current debate on justice in Mexico, due to its implications for the significant number of organized crime members (around 68,000) associated with this […]