Monthly Archives: February 2023

2023-02-23: News Headlines

americanthinker (2023-02-22). AMLO stands by his lefties. americanthinker.com AMLO's nonsense could end up destroying the Pacific Alliance.

Tanya Wadhwa (2023-02-23). Conviction of former Mexican security chief for taking bribes from drug cartels is "just the tip of the iceberg" peoplesdispatch.org The guilty verdict against Genaro García Luna has raised questions about the involvement of former presidents Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox in the crimes…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-02-23). Piden aclarar rol de dos exmandatarios mexicanos en caso García Luna. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado avaló la necesidad de una "profunda" reforma del Poder Judicial.

teleSUR, SH (2023-02-23). Senado mexicano aprueba reforma electoral del Gobierno. telesurtv.net Tras su paso por el Senado, la iniciativa será remitida en las próximas horas al Ejecutivo mexicano para su publicación.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-22). Corrupt Mexican Drug Czar "Had a Very Close Relationship For Many Years with U.S. Intelligence," Says Mexican Security Analyst. covertactionmagazine.com CIA has a 15-20,000-page dossier on Genaro García Luna that, if ever released, would cause a political scandal bigger than Watergate, according to former CIA contract pilot. Former Mexican drug czar Genaro García Luna, the highest ranking Mexican official ever to be tried in the U.S., was found guilty in a Brooklyn federal court on …

Staff (2023-02-22). Declaran culpable de narcotráfico y otros cargos criminales a exsecretario de Seguridad Pública mexicano. cubadebate.cu Genaro García Luna fue declarado culpable de todos los cargos criminales en su contra al culminar su juicio en el Tribunal Federal del Distrito del Este de Nueva York. El juicio de cuatro semanas de quien fue la cara pública y el colaborador de Washington entre 2001 y 2012 en la llamada guerra contra las drogas concluyó con García Luna como un criminal convicto.

Staff (2023-02-22). Guilty: Mexico's Ex-Top Cop García Luna Convicted in U.S. Drug Trafficking Case. democracynow.org A New York court on Tuesday convicted Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former secretary of public security and a close ally of U.S. law enforcement for decades, of drug trafficking and money laundering, among other charges. Prosecutors said García Luna accepted millions in bribes from the very criminal groups he was meant to be fighting, including the infamous Sinaloa Cartel formerly led by Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. García Luna faces up to life in prison and is the most high-ranking Mexican official ever tried in the U.S. For more, we speak with award-winning journalists Peniley Ramírez and Maria H…

Tamara Pearson (2023-02-22). Mexican groups call for global protests against corporate water plundering. greenleft.org.au More than 500 people from 18 states around Mexico, representing 125 different movements, organisations and Indigenous communities, gathered on February 18—19 in the Assembly for Water and For Life, reports Tamara Pearson.

Anonymous Contributor (2023-02-23). Mexico: Update on Anarchist Political Prisoner Jorge "Yorch" Esquivel. itsgoingdown.org An update and call for solidarity with anarchist political prisoner Jorge "Yorch" Esquivel, detained since December on trumped-up charges. Jorge "Yorch" Esquivel is a beloved compañero of the punk and anarchist community, and a long-time participant of the Okupa Che Guevara. He was arrested on December 8, 2022, by plainclothes police as he was leaving…

WSWS (2023-02-23). White House violates right to asylum and bans immigration at US-Mexico border. wsws.org On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced a sweeping new immigration policy that bars entry to almost all immigrants at the southern border and denies them the right to apply for asylum.

Fight Back (2023-02-22). Major immigrant rights victory as Minnesota legislature passes 'Drivers Licenses for All' bill. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – Despite a snowstorm of historic proportions, hundreds of immigrants and supporters packed the State Capitol February 21 as the Senate debated Senate File 27, the Drivers Licenses for All bill which would allow Minnesotans to get a driver's license regardless of immigration status. After more than six hours of debating hostile Republican amendments, the Senate voted to pass the bill around 2: 00 a.m. on a party-line vote, with all Democrats voting in favor and all Republicans voting against. | The bill previously passed the House, and Governor Tim Walz already indicated he will sign it, so the…

Natalia Marques (2023-02-22). Biden's harshest immigration policy yet places impossible demands on asylum seekers. peoplesdispatch.org The "transit ban" would render migrants ineligible for US asylum if they do not apply for, and are denied, asylum in each country they pass through…

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2023-02-22: News Headlines

americanthinker (2023-02-22). AMLO stands by his lefties. americanthinker.com AMLO's nonsense could end up destroying the Pacific Alliance.

Tamara Pearson (2023-02-22). Mexican groups call for global protests against corporate water plundering. greenleft.org.au More than 500 people from 18 states around Mexico, representing 125 different movements, organisations and Indigenous communities, gathered on February 18—19 in the Assembly for Water and For Life, reports Tamara Pearson.

Staff (2023-02-21). Headlines for February 21, 2023. democracynow.org New Tremors Add to Misery of Earthquake Survivors in Turkey and Syria, Vladimir Putin to Suspend New START Nuclear Arms Treaty, Biden Travels to Warsaw for Major Speech on Ukraine and Talks with NATO Leaders, France Officially Withdraws Army from Burkina Faso, 17 Asylum Seekers Killed as Bus Crashes in Southern Mexico , Cambodia Shutters "Voice of Democracy" Broadcaster in Latest Crackdown on Dissent, Iraqi Environmentalist Jassim Al-Asadi Freed from Kidnappers, One Person Killed, 12 Others Injured in Ohio Metal Factory Explosion , Ohio Opens Health Clinic for Residents Near Site of Toxic Train Crash,…

americanthinker (2023-02-22). AMLO stands by his lefties. americanthinker.com AMLO's nonsense could end up destroying the Pacific Alliance.

Tamara Pearson (2023-02-22). Mexican groups call for global protests against corporate water plundering. greenleft.org.au More than 500 people from 18 states around Mexico, representing 125 different movements, organisations and Indigenous communities, gathered on February 18—19 in the Assembly for Water and For Life, reports Tamara Pearson.

Staff (2023-02-21). Headlines for February 21, 2023. democracynow.org New Tremors Add to Misery of Earthquake Survivors in Turkey and Syria, Vladimir Putin to Suspend New START Nuclear Arms Treaty, Biden Travels to Warsaw for Major Speech on Ukraine and Talks with NATO Leaders, France Officially Withdraws Army from Burkina Faso, 17 Asylum Seekers Killed as Bus Crashes in Southern Mexico , Cambodia Shutters "Voice of Democracy" Broadcaster in Latest Crackdown on Dissent, Iraqi Environmentalist Jassim Al-Asadi Freed from Kidnappers, One Person Killed, 12 Others Injured in Ohio Metal Factory Explosion , Ohio Opens Health Clinic for Residents Near Site of Toxic Train Crash,…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-02-21). Al menos 15 personas mueren al volcarse autobús en México. telesurtv.net El hecho ocurrió en una zona limítrofe entre los estados de Puebla y Oaxaca, desde donde posiblemente partió el vehículo.

americanthinker (2023-02-21). Migrant hotels fatten Manhattan's real estate interests — and crush its small businesses. americanthinker.com Big money is at stake in the migrant surge and in New York, with the migrant hotels, we learn the fatcats are getting richer at the expense of the small fry.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-02-21). California exodus reaches half a million. america.cgtn.com Once a popular state for migrants within the United States and abroad, California has been through a population decline over the past two years.

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