General News

At a time when few Mexicans are prepared to cut their chief executive much slack, some brighter news has landed on the desk of beleaguered President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Jacobo Zabludovsky, one of Mexico’s most recognized television news broadcasters, has died at the age of 87.

Renowned Sinaloa Cartel jefe Joaquin “Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman escaped from a maximum security prison last weekend in an audacious breakout that had echoes of the hit movie “The Shawshank Redemption.” 

Interviewed during an Independence Day party hosted by the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Consul General Susan Abeyta said she “cannot share the opinions” of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about Mexican immigrants.

Although Enrique Peña Nieto’s state visit to France was eclipsed by the dramatic escape of Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman,  Mexico’s president and First Lady – sitting alongside French President Francois Hollande – seemed to thoroughly enjoy the moment 156 Mexican soldiers marched down the Champs-Elysees at the front of the annual July 14 Bastille Day military parade. 

Federal police re-arrested the son of the presumed leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) just moments after a judge had released him citing illegal police procedures during his arrest on July 22.

In news that has reverberated around the world, renowned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman escaped from a maximum security prison this weekend.

Gangs of dognappers have taken to exploiting Mexicans’ growing love for their pets.
Monica Pineda, the vice president of People for the Defense of Animals (GPDA), outlines three main methods that dognappers operate.