The imminent dissolution of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI) threatens the institutional mechanisms designed to enhance accountability. Central to this crisis is the National Transparency Platform (PNT), which has provided citizens access to over 15 billion public data points. Its potential weakening or disappearance raises critical […]
Discover Airlines connects Tulum with Europe: the first flight from Frankfurt landed at Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport
The Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport in Tulum received its first direct flight from Europe on Thursday, December 12. The route, operated by Discover Airlines, connects Tulum with Frankfurt (FRA), Germany. The inaugural flight was carried out on an Airbus A330-300 with capacity for 283 and 302 passengers, divided into business, premium economy and economy […]
‘The last one and it’s gone’: Cofece fines Walmart de México 93.4 million pesos for monopolistic practice
Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cefece) has determined that Walmart de Mexico engaged in a monopolistic practice regarding the relationship with “contributions from suppliers,” according to a statement from the company. Walmex, as Walmart’s Mexican unit is known, said the antitrust body was divided on the decision. The company faces a fine of 93.4 million […]
Expansion of CJNG Could Intensify Violence in Mexico by 2025, Warns ACLED
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) may exploit the fragmentation of the Sinaloa Cartel to expand its operations in various territories of Mexico by 2025, leading to increased violence, according to a recent report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). Rising Violence ACLED’s annual report, which monitors global violence, highlights that […]
Mexico’s Gaming Sector Pushes for Legal Framework Modernization
Since 1997, fourteen attempts to reform the Federal Law of Games and Raffles have been made, but none have succeeded. Now, the Association of Permit Holders and Suppliers of the Entertainment and Gambling Industry (AIEJA) is backing a new reform proposed by the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) to update the outdated regulation. Need for […]
Mexico’s Strategy for Potential Deportations Under Trump
Mexico is preparing for a potential crisis at the U.S. border if Donald Trump follows through on his threat to carry out mass deportations. The country is implementing a “containment and exhaustion strategy,” according to Stephanie Brewer, WOLA’s Mexico director. Containment Measures President Claudia Sheinbaum has held two phone conversations with the president-elect, who has […]
Ken Salazar celebrates that Mexico is “dismantling” the Sinaloa Cartel with the “support” of the US
Three months after the outbreak of violence in Sinaloa and the claims of Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo for the alleged intervention of the US government in the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, celebrated that the Mexican government is “dismantling” the Sinaloa Cartel […]
Trump says first months of 2025 will be complex: DHL Express Mexico
The logistics and parcel company DHL Express Mexico considered that the first months of next year will be complex due to the environment generated by the new US administration of Donald Trump. “January and February are going to be complex, one day you will think that the world has fallen and the next day we […]
US Issues Travel Alert for 30 Mexican States
The US Department of State has issued travel alerts for 30 of Mexico’s 32 states, urging citizens to take extreme precautions due to ongoing violence. Only Yucatán and Campeche are considered safe to visit. States to Avoid The alert advises against traveling to Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas due to high rates of […]
Mexico’s Migrant Conundrum: Caught between Trump’s Policies and Violence at Home
In the midst of uncertainty, thousands of migrants like Nidia Montenegro are caught in a precarious situation as they await appointments with U.S. border officials to seek asylum. The looming shadow of President-elect Donald Trump’s policies threatens to upend their plans, leaving them with an unbearable choice: attempt to cross into the United States illegally, […]