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The Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) has summoned Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya to answer questions related to a U.S. indictment charging him and nine other current and former Sinaloa-based officials with drug trafficking. The FGR has also summoned Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos to an interview in connection with the alleged participation of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in a drug lab raid in the northern state last month. Both governors indicated they will comply with the summonses and appear before FGR officials. Rocha, who is currently on leave, and Campos both deny any wrongdoing. The FGR released a statement on Saturday to announce that it had summoned Rocha, Campos and other current and former officials. They include Rocha’s nine co-defendants, among whom are Senator Enrique Inzunza and Culiacán Mayor Juan de Dios Gaméz Mendívil, who is also on leave. Rocha, Inzunza and Gámez all represent Morena, Mexico’s ruling party. Two oth...

Mexico is moving to modernize its forensic identification system as authorities confront an ongoing crisis of disappearances. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) is implementing the FBI-developed Combined DNA Index System — known as CODIS — by linking 15 state prosecutor’s offices and forensic institutes to a national database, El Sol de México reported last week. The newspaper said its information came from a request to Mexican authorities under the country’s transparency laws, which function similarly to the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. The system was developed by the FBI mainly for crime investigation, but also for linking remains to missing persons, for which it will be used in Mexico. CODIS allows laboratories to compare genetic profiles and match unidentified remains with relatives of missing persons more quickly. According to the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons, maintained by the Interior Ministry (Segob) and cited by El Sol , Mexico has 134,101...

A Miami, Florida, court last week awarded the Mexican government a massive win in a civil suit filed against former Security Minister Genaro García Luna, who is currently serving a 38-year sentence in the U.S. for accepting bribes to help drug traffickers. Judge Lisa Walsh in Miami-Dade County ordered members of the Weinberg family and related companies to pay US $578.5 million in damages to the Mexican state for losses incurred as a result of their involvement in corruption schemes. Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) has identified the Weinbergs as frontmen for García Luna. Former security minister Genaro García Luna gets 38 years in US prison This ruling adds to the judgments previously obtained against García Luna and his wife, Linda Cristina Pereyra, which were handed down in May 2025, for an amount exceeding US $2.448 billion, the Finance Ministry (SHCP) said in a statement .  “During the process, the involvement of individuals and legal entities was proven, who part...

All stories in El Jalapeño are satire and not real news. Check out the original article here MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities confirmed Tuesday they have activated a “purely precautionary” reconquest protocol following news that Spain’s King Felipe VI will attend a 2030 World Cup match, citing “historical precedent and unusually high levels of European enthusiasm.” King Felipe VI of Spain, who will be visiting Mexico next month, is seen here delivering the Cervantes Award dfor Spanish Language Lieterature to Mexican writer Gonzalo Celorio in April..(UNAM / Cuartoscuro.com) Officials stressed there is no indication of an actual invasion, but noted that past encounters involving Spanish arrivals, strong leadership figures, and large gatherings “have occasionally escalated beyond their original scope.” “We’re not overreacting,” said one government source. “We’re just making sure that if anyone starts founding a viceroyalty, we can respond in an orderly manner.” Preparations include ...

The national statistics agency INEGI on Friday confirmed that Mexico’s economy contracted during the first quarter of the year, but not as much as the preliminary data had suggested. Even so, GDP registered its biggest drop since the fourth quarter of 2014, shrinking 0.6% in the January-March period compared to the previous three months. It was also the worst first quarter since 2020, when the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic caused the economy to shrink by 1.2%.  At -1.7%, the steepest decliner was the primary sector, which includes agriculture. (Unsplash) The first-quarter contraction revived concerns about a possible technical recession, a scenario defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth in real GDP. The decline in GDP overshadows the 0.7% recovery observed in 4Q 2025, which provided a slight bump at the end of a slug2gish year. “The weakness was broad-based across major sectors, reinforcing the view that the slowdown reflects fading domestic momentum rather than...

Cell phone use will soon be strictly regulated in Mexico City’s primary and secondary schools after the local Congress unanimously approved on Thursday an amendment to the capital’s Education Law requiring the development of guidelines for imposing restrictions. Legislators insist the reform does not contemplate a total ban on cell phones in school, but rather seeks the elimination of distractions during school hours. Nor are they seeking to hinder technological innovation, but rather aim to promote a balance between digital learning and the well-being of students. Mexico City Congresswoman Claudia Montes de Oca stresses that an outright ban was never considered: “It wouldn’t solve the underlying problem.” (Facebook) On-campus cell phone use, therefore, will be permitted for expressly authorized educational activities. The new legislation also incorporates the principle of “responsible digital learning,” with the intention of promoting critical and info...