Mexico Says No Evidence, Not Investigating US President Trump’s Accusations Against Venezuelan President Maduro
This article by Alonso Urrutia and Arturo Sánchez originally appeared in the August 8, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Mexico City. In response to the U.S. government’s announcement that it will increase the international reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for his alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, President Claudia Sheinbaum maintained that there is no news of this alleged connection in Mexico, nor is there any investigation into it.
When questioned on this issue, Sheinbaum completely ruled out Mexico having any information about these ties. “If they have any evidence, they can present it, but we don’t have any evidence related to those ties.”
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Corrupt & Reactionary
Mexico’s ultra right PAN & Ricardo Salinas Pliego may be separated for now, but there’s nothing to prevent them from formally joining forces in the 2030 election.
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People’s Mañanera October 23
President Sheinbaum’s press conference, with comments on rain and flood recovery, US companies investigated for fuel theft, rejecting US extraterritorial attacks, homicide reduction, Scotiabank public-private partnerships, Rio Sonora clean-up and an FCE project.
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Tulum: An Overdue Bill for a Sold-out Model
Overpriced and rife with obnoxious, depthless “expats” and privatized beaches, the tourism crisis that hit Tulum has sparked an outbreak of schadenfreude, but beyond the deserved scorn, can Tulum tourism be reformed?
