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  • S2020E01 01/01/20: 16 dead in Zacatecas; top ambassador and more

    • January 1, 2020

    At least 16 dead inmates were the balance of an apparent quarrel in a Cereso de Zacatecas, the state government said. María Teresa Mercado, former Mexican ambassador to Bolivia, returned to Mexico after being declared a “non grata” person by the Bolivian de facto government.

  • S2020E02 01/02/20: violence in Nuevo Laredo; reinforce Zacatecas penal and more

    • January 2, 2020

    At least three people killed were the balance of clashes between Tamaulipas authorities and alleged criminals in Nuevo Laredo. After the murder of 16 dead in the Cereso de Cieneguillas, the Zacatecas government reinforced security in the prison.

  • S2020E03 01/03/20: Zacatecas prison violence; EU kills Iranian general and more

    • January 3, 2020

    After the death of 16 inmates on December 31, this Thursday an inmate was killed in the Cieneguillas prison, Zacatecas. The United States government killed a powerful Iranian commander in an attack in Baghdad.

  • S2020E04 01/06/2020: tensions between EU-Iran; Duarte will remain in jail and more

    • January 6, 2020

    After the assassination of the Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, tensions between the United States and Iran increase. At a judicial hearing, Javier Duarte, a former Veracruz governor, reiterated that he had agreed with former President Enrique Peña Nieto his separation from the governorship and the terms of his delivery to the authorities.

  • S2020E05 01/07/2020: Soleimani cry in Iran; oil union and more

    • January 7, 2020

    Crowds in Iran mourned the death of Qassem Soleimani, killed by US orders on December 3. The Secretary of Labor, Luisa Mayor, rejected that she has endorsed the election of a new leader of the Union of Petroleum Workers of the Mexican Republic (STPRM).

  • S2020E06 01/08/2020: Iran attacks bases in Iraq; Trump enlists message and more

    • January 8, 2020

    Iran launched missiles against two military bases in Iraq where US forces operated. In a message on Twitter, in which he said that “everything is fine, US President Donald Trump announced that he will give a message on Wednesday.

  • S2020E07 01/09/2020: missiles are launched in Iraq; T-MEC in the EU and more

    • January 9, 2020

    After the US offered to de-escalate the conflict with Iran and announced new sanctions on that country, two missiles were launched in Iraq near the American embassy. US senators ready ratification of the T-MEC.

  • S2020E08 01/10/2020: Canada accuses Iran of shooting down Ukrainian plane; shoot in CDMX and more

    • January 10, 2020

    Canada accused Iran of accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian plane with a missile on Wednesday, killing 176 people. At least one dead and an injured police was the balance of a persecution and shooting that culminated in Periférico, in CDMX.

  • S2020E09 01/13/20: AMLO with the LeBarón; Iranian leader calls anti-EU front

    • January 13, 2020

    After a meeting in Bavispe, Sonora, with the LeBarón and Langford families, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered to deliver reports every two months of the investigations of the case for the murder of nine of its members. Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei called on countries in the Middle East to unite before the "corrupt presence" of the US in the region.

  • S2020E10 01/14/20: AMLO and resignation of Medina Mora; attack on González Barrios and more

    • January 14, 2020

    Following an INAI resolution, President AMLO announced that he will reveal data on Tuesday of Eduardo Medina Mora's resignation to the SCJN in October. The head of the Truth Commission of Nayarit, Rodrigo González Barrios, suffered a second attack that resulted in minor injuries.

  • S2020E11 01/15/20: Insabi controversy; T-MEC in the EU and more

    • January 15, 2020

    While the opposition criticizes the Insabi operation, the federal government ensures that the new health agency operates without complications. Commissions of the US Senate get ready to endorse the T-MEC and send it to the plenary for ratification.

  • S2020E12 01/16/20: justice system reform; ‘Illegal outsourcing’ and more

    • January 16, 2020

    Members of the federal cabinet announced a package of reforms to the justice system that includes proposals such as creating a Single Criminal Code. The Prosecutor's Office of SHCP reported that it will prosecute “illegal outsourcing” as organized crime.

  • S2020E13 01/17/20: EU endorses T-MEC; plastic bags in CDMX and more

    • January 17, 2020

    The full US Senate endorsed, finally, the T-MEC, so it will now be sent for signature to President Donald Trump. Business groups reject the ban on plastic bags in CDMX.

  • S2020E14 01/20/20: legalization of marijuana; migrant caravan; airplane raffle and more

    • January 20, 2020

    Comisiones del Senado se aprestan a avalar una iniciativa de ley que autorizaría la venta, consumo, siembra y aumento de la posesión permitida de la mariguana. La Guardia Nacional frenó el paso de una caravana migrante proveniente de Honduras.

  • S2020E15 01/21/20: migrants burst; García Luna's audience in NY and more

    • January 21, 2020

    Hundreds of Central American migrants stormed into Mexican territory but were stopped by a fence of the National Guard on the southern border. The second hearing in New York of former Secretary of Security Genaro García Luna is scheduled for Tuesday.

  • S2020E16 01/22/20: coronavirus alert; justify immigration containment and more

    • January 22, 2020

    The federal government issued an "epidemiological warning" for the new coronavirus that emerged in China and has been extended to at least four more countries, including the US. The Secretariats of Foreign Affairs and Segob rejected that the rights of migrants were violated in the anti-immigrant operation on the border.

  • S2020E17 01/23/20: Start walking for peace; arm children in Guerrero; coronavirus and more

    • January 23, 2020

    In Morelos, this Thursday begins the peace walk called by the poet Javier Sicilia and the LeBarón family. In Guerrero, the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities handed out weapons to children between 5 and 16 years of age in the Chilapa area, given the high levels of crime in the region. In addition, Federal Health ruled out that there is a serious risk for Mexico due to the emergence of the Chinese coronavirus.

  • S2020E18 01/24/20: Chocan GN and migrant caravan; Javier Valdez case; coronavirus and more

    • January 24, 2020

    The National Guard retracted hundreds of migrants who entered irregularly into Mexican territory through the Suchiate River. The FGR identified Dámaso López Serrano, the “Mini Lic”, as the intellectual author of the murder of journalist Javier Valdez. Authorities reported at least five possible cases of coronavirus in Mexico.

  • S2020E19 01/27/20: Walk for Peace concludes; fight in Morena; coronavirus and more

    • January 27, 2020

    The Peace Walk concluded with a proposal to the federal government to implement a “transitional justice plan”. The struggle for the leadership of Morena led to the election of Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar as the provisional leader of the party. At least 80 people have died from the coronavirus in China.

  • S2020E20 01/28/20: WHO declares ‘high risk’ for coronavirus; controversial front labeling and more

    • January 28, 2020

    WHO modified the risk of coronavirus from "moderate" to "high" by admitting a "formulation error" at the first summit after the outbreak. The CCE warned that the government's update of the standard of frontal labeling for food and non-alcoholic beverages "impacts" the free market.

  • S2020E21 01/29/20: Trump will sign T-MEC; they extend surrounding by coronavirus; airplane raffle and more

    • January 29, 2020

    The President of the United States, Donald Trump, summoned leaders of the North American region for the signing of the T-MEC on Wednesday. China closed access to Wuhan and 16 other cities after the outbreak of the coronavirus, affecting 50 million people. In Mexico, AMLO insisted on its plan to raffle the presidential plane.

  • S2020E22 01/30/20: WHO analyzes coronavirus; fight for frontal labeling; prisoner escape and more

    • January 30, 2020

    The WHO analyzes this Thursday if it must declare an “international emergency” due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has claimed more than 100 lives. Business chambers announced that they evaluate resorting to international instances for the new front labeling. This Wednesday, three high-risk prisoners escaped from the South Reclusorio.

  • S2020E23 01/31/20: Coronavirus emergency; corruption in prison; Brexit and more

    • January 31, 2020

    WHO declared a health emergency of international scope for the coronavirus. The CDMX government reported that at least three custodians of the South Prison helped three high-risk inmates escape. Brexit, the process of leaving the United Kingdom from the European Union, enters into force on Friday.

  • S2020E24 02/03/20: Demand vs. Raniere; students from China arrive; Super Bowl and more

    • February 3, 2020

    Some 80 people sued Keith Raniere, leader of the Nxivm group, and members of his close circle for alleged abuses. Mexican students returned from China to Mexico, without symptoms of coronavirus. The Kansas City Chiefs triumphed 31-20 over the San Francisco 49s in the Super Bowl LIV.

  • S2020E25 02/04/20: Pensions of the IMSS; violence in Michoacán; coronavirus and more

    • February 4, 2020

    The SCJN established a cap of 10 minimum wages for workers in the “transition generation” of the retirement regime. At least nine dead was the balance of an attack in Uruapan. A Chinese tourist diagnosed with the new coronavirus walked through CDMX.

  • S2020E26 02/05/20: Vandalizan Rectory of UNAM; frontal labeling; remittances and more

    • February 5, 2020

    There are 11 schools and faculties of the UNAM unemployed, amid complaints of sexual harassment. The IP and civil organizations maintain found positions on the frontal labeling of food and non-alcoholic beverages. Remittances broke historical records in 2019.

  • S2020E27 02/06/20: Trump is acquitted; tensions in the UNAM; they go against ‘bridges’ and more

    • February 6, 2020

    After almost five months of political trial, the US Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Enrique Graue, rector of the UNAM, said that behind the vandalism against the institution's facilities there are "provocative" groups. A Presidency initiative would end the weekend "bridges."

  • S2020E28 02/07/20: Raffle of the presidential plane; UNAM stoppages; coronavirus and more

    • February 7, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that this Friday will define the future of the presidential plane. There are 16 UNAM campuses unemployed after reports of sexual harassment. At least 636 people have died from the new coronavirus.

  • S2020E29 02/10/20: Reaprehenden the leader of Unión Tepito; Oscars; Armed Forces and more

    • February 10, 2020

    After his reaphension on Saturday, a judge will determine the legal status of the leader of “La Unión Tepito”. The Armed Forces declared "unconditional loyalty" to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The South Korean film "Parasites" was crowned as the great winner of the Oscars, with four statuettes.

  • S2020E30 02/11/20: Airport in Saint Lucia; new ‘bridges’; coronavirus and more

    • February 11, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated that the Airport in Santa Lucia will be completed in March 2022. The Secretary of Tourism, Miguel Torruco, announced that he is preparing a proposal to create new “bridges”. More than a thousand people have died from the coronavirus.

  • S2020E31 02/12/20: Illegal outsourcing; Ingrid case; coronavirus and more

    • February 12, 2020

    Morena in the Senate promotes the initiative that increases penalties against illegal outsourcing. Six officials are investigated for leaking images of Ingrid, killed by her partner this Sunday. WHO stated that the coronavirus COVID-19 represents a "very serious threat" worldwide.

  • S2020E32 02/13/20: Emilio Lozoya falls; Judicial reform; IP-AMLO dinner and more

    • February 13, 2020

    After his arrest for extradition purposes, Emilio Lozoya, former head of Pemex, will be made available to a judge in Spain. The SCJN presented a proposal for judicial reform, which the Presidency will send to Congress. President AMLO organized a dinner with businessmen to ask them to sell raffle tickets on September 15.

  • S2020E33 02/14/20: Prison for Lozoya; Interest rate; Vallarta case and more

    • February 14, 2020

    A Spanish judge issued preventive detention against Emilio Lozoya, former head of Pemex, after his arrest in the Iberian country. Banxico reduced the interest rate to 7 percent at its first meeting of the year. The Segob delivered to the Federal Judiciary Council (CJF) a document detailing irregularities in the case of Israel Vallarta.

  • S2020E34 02/17/20: Reaprehenden ‘El Lunares’; Protests vs. feminicides; and ‘illegal outsourcing’

    • February 17, 2020

    Óscar Flores, “El Lunares”, was apprehended for the third time after being released by a judge. After Friday's protests over the murder of Ingrid "N", the alleged feminicide of a girl in Tláhuac unleashed the indignation of the villagers. The SHCP lists complaints against companies that use illegal outsourcing.

  • S2020E35 02/18/20: Negligence in Fatima case; INE denounces hostility; SAT and more

    • February 18, 2020

    The murder of Fatima, 7 years old, was the product of a “chain of negligence,” said the CDMX government. Lorenzo Córdova, head of the INE, denounced a “hostile environment”. The SAT reported that a company paid 8.3 billion pesos to regularize its fiscal situation.

  • S2020E36 02/19/20: Fatima Case; Claim SAT to Walmart; Conchos Pasta and more

    • February 19, 2020

    While the capital government identified the woman who stole Fatima from her school, hundreds dismissed the child. The SAT claimed Walmart payments of 10.5 billion pesos for the sale of the Vips chain in 2014. Grupo México, at the request of the Presidency, will deliver the concession where Pasta de Conchos is located, to resume the recovery of bodies of miners who died in 2006.

  • S2020E37 02/20/20: Fall 2 per Fatima case; investigate EPN; baby death in Coahuila and more

    • February 20, 2020

    The two main suspects of the Fatima abduction and feminicide, under 7 years of age found dead on February 15, were captured. The Wall Street Journal revealed that former President Enrique Peña Nieto is investigated by the Mexican government. Authorities investigate the death of a baby in Coahuila.

  • S2020E38 02/21/20: Aunt delivered feminicides; ‘Kitchens’ in Veracruz; National feminist strike and more

    • February 21, 2020

    Irma Reyes, an aunt of one of Fatima's two alleged feminicides, handed them over to the authorities. The Fifth National Search Brigade detected “kitchens” in their work in Veracruz. The call launched in networks to a National Women's Unemployment under hashtags such as #UnDiaSinNosotras has gained support in recent days.

  • S2020E39 02/24/20: AMLO and pensions; Assange case; WSJ and more

    • February 24, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered to review the pension system with employers and workers. This Monday begins the extradition trial hearings against the US against Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. In one column, The Wall Street Journal accuses the AMLO government of extorting businessmen and persecuting opponents.

  • S2020E40 02/25/20: WHO sees potential pandemic; hack Economy; violence and more

    • February 25, 2020

    Tedros Adhanom, WHO director, called on countries to prepare for a potential COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Economy reported suspended proceedings after a cyber attack. Three university students and an Uber driver were found dead in Puebla.

  • S2020E41 02/26/20: GDP fell 0.14%; protests in Puebla; Lozoya case and more

    • February 26, 2020

    The Inegi reported that the Mexican economy contracted 0.14 percent in 2019. Hundreds of medical students protested in Puebla after the murder of three residents and an Uber driver. Fifth Element Lab reveals a “mysterious investment fund” created by Emilio Lozoya after leaving the direction of Pemex.

  • S2020E42 02/27/20: They go against invoices; they knock down Yeidckol; Banxico and more

    • February 27, 2020

    The FIU denounced an organization that operated at least 99 billing companies with resources linked to the Panama Papers. The Trife validated the appointment of Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar as president of Morena. Banxico cut the growth expectation for 2020 at an interval of 0.5 to 1.5 percent.

  • S2020E43 02/28/20: Coronavirus in Mexico; losses in Pemex; Former Mancera operator and more

    • February 28, 2020

    The federal government reported that, in a first test, a Mexican who was recently in Italy tested positive for the coronavirus COVID-19. In a financial report, Pemex reported losses in 2019 that doubled those of 2018. Miguel Ángel Vásquez, former close associate of Miguel Ángel Mancera in the CDMX government, was arrested.

  • S2020E44 03/02/20: Discard emergency for coronavirus; Presidential plane; Sandoval and more

    • March 2, 2020

    The government ruled out a health emergency for Covid-19 coronavirus, despite the five confirmed cases. From documentary chaos to internal obstacles they have hindered the sale of the presidential plane. The US publicly appointed former Nayarit governor Roberto Sandoval as corrupt and vetoed him and his family to enter the United States.

  • S2020E45 03/03/20: Deviations in health; 2020 census; coronavirus and more

    • March 3, 2020

    An investigation of Fair Justice and Zero Impunity revealed a deviation scheme in the health sector that left a damage to the treasury of 4.1 mmdp. The 2020 Census of INEGI, which seeks to obtain an X-ray of the Country, started on Monday. In Mexico there are five confirmed cases of Covid-19.

  • S2020E46 03/04/20: Romo sees nacional national emergency ’; coronavirus risks; raffle vs. 9M and more

    • March 4, 2020

    After rejecting a conflict of interest for anomalies in the Enerall company, Alfonso Romo, head of the Office of the Presidency, warned of a "national emergency" for the coronavirus. The SHCP said that measures are already in place to address the effects of Covid-19. President AMLO announced that the sale of “chachitos” of the raffle on the occasion of TP-01 will be the same day as 9M.

  • S2020E47 03/05/20: IP vs. AMLO per brewery; FIU investigates The Light of the World; marijuana and more

    • March 5, 2020

    Coparmex accused the AMLO government of affecting investments by consulting projects such as the construction of a Constellation Brands brewery. The FIU blocked accounts for 390 million pesos to La Luz del Mundo. The legalization of recreational and medicinal marijuana advanced in the Senate.

  • S2020E48 03/06/20: Megamarcha in Puebla; Senate espionage; April case and more

    • March 6, 2020

    Thousands of people, mostly university students, marched in Puebla to demand security. The PAN in the Senate denounced espionage. The material murderer of Abril Pérez Sagaón and an accomplice were arrested.

  • S2020E49 Special transmission: Aristegui News from March 8M towards unemployment One Day Without Us

    • March 8, 2020

    This Sunday, thousands of women participate in mass marches in Mexico City and across the national territory, as well as in other latitudes of the world, against the different forms of violence they suffer, heading to the National Paro A Day Without Us on March 9 .

  • S2020E50 03/09/20: # El9NadieSeMueve; thousands march 8M and demand ‘not one more’

    • March 9, 2020

    This Monday, tens of thousands of women in the country perform a National Unemployment to demand a stop to the violence they suffer. Previously, on Sunday, mass feminist marches took place within the framework of International Women's Day.

  • S2020E51 03/10/20: Economic black Monday; the day after 9M; coronavirus and more

    • March 10, 2020

    The economy had a black Monday for the oil war and for the coronavirus. The Mexican mix dropped to $ 24.43 per barrel. Millions of women raise the national strike against gender violence. Italy declared a widespread quarantine.

  • S2020E52 03/11/20: Economic risks; one dead after crash in Metro; social programs and more

    • March 11, 2020

    While Standard & Poor’s estimated that the oil price war and the coronavirus will hit Mexico, the SHCP assured that the economy is armored. A collision in the Metro left one dead and at least 41 injured. Social programs were elevated to constitutional rank.

  • S2020E53 03/12/20: They declare a pandemic; EU restricts travel; impact on markets and more

    • March 12, 2020

    La OMS declaró una pandemia por la expansión del coronavirus Covid-19. Estados Unidos anunció la restricción de viajes provenientes de Europa. Los mercados resintieron el impacto del anuncio de la OMS y de EU.

  • S2020E54 03/13/20: Covid-19 shakes the world; impact on markets; medical malpractice and more

    • March 13, 2020

    The expansion of the Covid-19 impacted global markets and led to the suspension of activities worldwide. Banxico and SHCP analyze measures to face the financial effects of the coronavirus. After the death of at least six patients in a Pemex hospital in Tabasco due to a contaminated medicine, Cofepris issued an alert against that medicine.

  • S2020E55 03/16/20: Covid-19 measures are tightened; US Fed; measles on CDMX and more

    • March 16, 2020

    With the spread of Covid-19 globally, countries around the world have tightened measures to prevent further spread. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates to a range of 0 to 0.25 percent, to deal with the pandemic crisis. CDMX reported at least 16 cases of measles.

  • S2020E56 03/17/20: Bags collapse; borders closed by Covid-19; cancel events and more

    • March 17, 2020

    Global markets plummeted due to fears of the coronavirus and after the closure of borders to curb the spread of Covid-19. The CDMX ordered the suspension of acts of more than a thousand public and private persons.

  • S2020E57 03/18/20: Covid-19 paralysis; the weight collapses; Mexican mix falls and more

    • March 18, 2020

    The economic and social paralysis generated by the coronavirus pandemic deepened globally. In Mexico, the Judiciary announced the suspension of activities. The peso closed at a record low of 23.17 against the dollar. The Mexican mix fell to $ 18.78 a barrel.

  • S2020E58 03/19/20: First death from viruses in Mexico; EU-Canada closure; AMLO ule amulets ’and more

    • March 19, 2020

    Authorities reported the first death from Covid-19 in Mexico. The US announced the closure of its Canadian border for "non-essential" travel. AMLO showed its "amulets" against the coronavirus.

  • S2020E59 03/20/20: They recognize the severity of Covid-19; urges IP measures; dive weight and more

    • March 20, 2020

    The Health Council recognized the coronavirus pandemic as serious and a priority. The IP urged the government to take measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. The currency added losses and was above 24 pesos against the dollar.

  • S2020E60 03/23/20: CDMX closings by Covid-19: Deploys EU Guard; brewery and more

    • March 23, 2020

    The CDMX ordered the closure of some businesses, cultural, sports and religious spaces due to the pandemic. The US announced the deployment of the National Guard to states affected by Covid-19. The CCE criticized the consultation about a brewery in Mexicali that would have had a negative result for the project.

  • S2020E61 03/24/20: Pandemic accelerates; AMLO plan vs. Covid-19; phase 2 in Mexico and more

    • March 24, 2020

    The WHO stated that the expansion of the Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating. President AMLO presents this Tuesday a plan to protect the vulnerable population from the new virus. Mexico entered phase two, according to the WHO.

  • S2020E62 03/25/20: Mexico in phase 2; announce supports; Trump and more

    • March 25, 2020

    Mexico declared Phase 2 in the Covid-19 emergency. The federal government announced an extra 400 million pesos and credits to mitigate the impact of the crisis. US President Donald Trump seeks to reopen the economy.

  • S2020E63 03/26/20: Government stops; States announce supports; looting and more

    • March 26, 2020

    With the exception of strategic areas, the federal government announced the suspension of activities by Covid-19. States and CDMX announced financial support for the pandemic. A wave of looting hits department stores and self-service stores amid the contingency.

  • S2020E64 03/27/20: Downgrade to Mexico; EU leads contagion; go against Maduro and more

    • March 27, 2020

    Standard & Poors downgraded Mexico and Pemex's credit rating from BBB + to BBB. With more than 85 thousand Covid-19 infections, the United States became the country with the most infections. The US filed charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for narcoterrorism.

  • S2020E65 03/30/20: ‘Last chance’ vs. Covid-19; Health ready beds; deaths in the US and more

    • March 30, 2020

    Hugo López-Gatell, undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, declared that Mexico has a “last chance” to stop the expansion of the coronavirus. Federal Health has 1,283 beds to serve Covid-19 patients. The US estimates that up to 200,000 people could die from the new virus.

  • S2020E66 03/31/20: Covid-19 emergency, but without a state of emergency

    • March 31, 2020

    The General Health Council declared a health emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. By reiterating the "stay home" exhortation, Federal Health ruled out a state of emergency but tightened restrictions on non-essential activities.

  • S2020E67 04/01/20: IP asks for support; AMLO calls for solidarity; EU and more

    • April 1, 2020

    The CCE reiterated to the government that companies require support in the face of the crisis. Instead, President AMLO asked for the solidarity of the businessmen. The US estimated that up to 240,000 people could die from Covid-19.

  • S2020E68 04/02/20: SHCP foresees recession; postpone elections; Trump vs. narco and more

    • April 2, 2020

    SHCP estimated a contraction of up to 3.9 percent of GDP in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the INE postponed the elections in Coahuila and Hidalgo. The US will deploy ships in the Caribbean and the Pacific against drug trafficking.

  • S2020E69 04/03/20: Agree support; virus exceeds one million infections; unemployment in the US and more

    • April 3, 2020

    AMLO and IP agreed support for SMEs. Globally, the number of Covid-19 infections exceeded one million cases. At least 10 million people asked for unemployment support in the US in two weeks.

  • S2020E70 04/06/20: AMLO plan; IP criticizes proposal; 94 deaths from viruses and more

    • April 6, 2020

    After President AMLO reiterated that his rescue plan for the pandemic crisis will focus on the poor, the CCE maintained that the proposal is an "incomplete response." Federal Health reported 94 deaths and 2,143 Covid-19 infections.

  • S2020E71 04/07/20: Exemption of unemployment works; IP looks for another way; Johnson and more

    • April 7, 2020

    By adapting guidelines of a decree, the government authorized the steel, cement and glass industry to continue key AMLO works. The IP announced that it is looking for alternative ways to overcome the crisis. Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of GB, was sent to intensive care by Covid-19.

  • S2020E72 04/08/20: CCE proposes pact; AMLO highlights support; Strap and more

    • April 8, 2020

    By reiterating that the President "closed the door", the CCE proposed a "great national pact" against the Covid-19 crisis. AMLO said he had the backing of Carlos Slim, Alberto Bailleres and Germán Larrea. Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was sentenced to 8 years in prison for corruption.

  • S2020E73 04/09/20: They estimate 26 thousand infections; stick viruses to jobs; cases in IMSS and more

    • April 9, 2020

    Health estimated 26 thousand 519 Covid-19 infections in the country. Due to the crisis, 346,878 jobs have been lost. Dozens of IMSS staff infections have been reported by the virus.

  • S2020E74 04/10/20: Worst recession since 29; Mexico negotiates with OPEC; cut expenses and more

    • April 10, 2020

    IMF warned of the worst recession since the Great Depression. Following Mexico's disagreements in OPEC, the US offered to offset the Mexican cut. The SFP ordered 50 percent cuts in agency expenses.

  • S2020E75 04/13/20: Achieve OPEC + agreement; expects BM to drop 6%; AMLO and more

    • April 13, 2020

    The main oil nations agreed to cut 9.7 million barrels a day to stabilize prices. The World Bank projected a contraction of 6% of Mexican GDP. AMLO delivers a message about measures against Covid-19.

  • S2020E76 04/14/20: Doctors in BC; they prioritize young people in crisis; offers IMSS defer payments and more

    • April 14, 2020

    Baja California Governor Jaime Bonilla said the doctors "are falling like flies." The General Health Council issued a guide asking to prioritize young people over older adults in critical situations. The IMSS offered companies to defer payments, with interest.

  • S2020E77 04/15/20: IMF warns of worse recession since 29; 'very few days' to go before Phase 3; Bioethics Guide and more

    • April 15, 2020

    The IMF warned of the worst recession since the Great Depression of 1929 from the pandemic. Salud warned that "very few days" are missing for Phase 3. UNAM declined the CSG Bioethics Guide.

  • S2020E78 04/16/20: 76 countries are granted a moratorium; cuts Fitch rating; contagions exceed 2 million and more

    • April 16, 2020

    The G20 granted a moratorium on debt service payments to 76 poor nations. Fitch cut Mexico's rating to BBB-. Covid-19 infections are over 2 million worldwide.

  • S2020E79 04/17/20: Quarantine extended; they go for amnesty; EPN and more

    • April 17, 2020

    The National Sana Distancia Day will be extended to May 30. Senators seek to pass the Amnesty Law against the risk of contagion in prisons. Univision and El Universal report that the federal government is investigating the finances of former President Peña Nieto and his close circle.

  • S2020E80 04/20/20: TV Azteca gets noticed; raise solidarity salary; downgrades Moody’s rating and more

    • April 20, 2020

    Segob issued a warning addressed to TV Azteca for comments by Javier Alatorre in the mainstream newscast. Coparmex proposes a solidary salary in the face of the crisis. Moody’s downgraded the sovereign note to Mexico to Baa1, with a negative outlook.

  • S2020E81 04/21/20: Historical collapse of crude oil; Trump to suspend immigration; endorse amnesty and more

    • April 21, 2020

    Due to the crisis, the WTI barrel fell to -37.63 and Mexican crude to -2.37. President Donald Trump announced the suspension of immigration due to the pandemic. The Senate endorsed the Amnesty Law.

  • S2020E82 04/22/20: Declare Phase 3; Banxico injects liquidity; Today does not circulate and more

    • April 22, 2020

    Health declared Phase 3 of the pandemic. After reducing the interest rate to 6%, Banco de México reported measures for 750 billion pesos to alleviate the crisis. CDMX and Edomex announced that the Hoy No Circula program will be mandatory starting this Thursday, with certain exceptions.

  • S2020E83 04/23/20: AMLO announces plan; SHCP places bonds; WHO and more

    • April 23, 2020

    In announcing greater austerity, President AMLO presented measures for 622.5 billion pesos in the face of the crisis. The SHCP placed bonds for 6 million dollars. The WHO warned that Mexico is about to experience the "worst moment" of the pandemic.

  • S2020E84 04/24/20: They go against evaders; Mexico exceeds a thousand deaths from viruses; Maya train and more

    • April 24, 2020

    The Presidency enlists a team of lawyers to litigate against large taxpayers considered evaders. There are 1,069 deaths from Covid-19 in Mexico. The government concessioned the construction of the first section of the Maya Train to the consortium led by Mota-Engil.

  • S2020E85 04/27/20: Supports for MyPymes; AMLO measurements; T-MEC and more

    • April 27, 2020

    IDB Invest and the CMN, with the backing of SHCP, will provide $ 12 billion in support to 30,000 micro, small and medium-sized companies. President AMLO listed measures to support the middle, upper middle class and large corporations in the face of the crisis. The T-MEC will take effect on July 1.

  • S2020E86 04/28/20: IP-AMLO collide; virus exceeds 3 million cases; Irma Eréndira and more

    • April 28, 2020

    While President AMLO criticized the way in which the IDB Invest and CMN loan plan was announced, the agencies assured that the scheme will not cost the treasury. The number of contagions exceeded 3 million globally. The Secretary of the Public Function, Irma Eréndira Sandoval, tested Covid-19 positive.

  • S2020E87 04/29/20: Unemployment due to Covid-19; US exceeds one million infections; hospital saturation and more

    • April 29, 2020

    Jonathan Heath, deputy governor of Banxico, declared that unemployment due to the pandemic could reach levels of the crisis of 1995. The US exceeded one million infections by Covid-19. Private hospitals like ABC in CDMX reported saturation.

  • S2020E88 04/30/20: Economic crash in the US; AMLO initiative; unemployment and more

    • April 30, 2020

    The US economy contracted 4.8 percent in the first quarter. Morena seeks to amend the initiative of the Presidency that proposes to provide the SHCP with powers to reorient the budget. The ILO warned that more than 1.5 billion jobs are at risk.

  • S2020E89 05/01/20: Losses at Pemex; Bioethics Guide; more than a million recovered and more

    • May 1, 2020

    Losses at Pemex in the first quarter reached 562.2 mmdp. The CSG published an official version of the Bioethical Guide for Allocation of Limited Resources. More than a million people have recovered from Covid-19 worldwide.

  • S2020E90 05/04/20: Mexico exceeds 2,000 deaths from viruses; hospital capacity; Trump vs. China and more

    • May 4, 2020

    There are 2,154 deaths from Covid-19 in Mexico. Sedena and Semar have 124 hospitals ready due to the potential saturation of hospitals. US President Donald Trump reiterated that China was able to stop the virus and "did not."

  • S2020E91 05/05/20: Projected contraction of 7.27 percent; remittances rise despite viruses; deaths in the US and more

    • May 5, 2020

    Private sector analysts consulted by Banxico projected an economic contraction of 7.27 percent in 2020. Remittances to Mexico rose in March. The US estimated 100,000 deaths from the virus in about a month.

  • S2020E92 05/06/20: Critical week for a pandemic; they assure ‘flatten’ the curve; ready reopening and more

    • May 6, 2020

    Authorities consider this week as the criticism of the pandemic in Mexico. Hugo López-Gatell, Health spokesperson, assured that the outbreak curve has been "flattened". President AMLO said he is preparing to reopen the economy in certain regions on May 17.

  • S2020E93 05/07/20: Reopening is urgent; they propose advice; WHO alerts for revival and more

    • May 7, 2020

    US industrialists urged his government to intervene to reactivate the chains with Mexico. The CCE, among other proposals, proposed creating an Economic Emergency Council. The WHO warned of risks by hastening the reopening.

  • S2020E94 05/08/20: AMLO rejects CCE plan; INE goes against decree; critical virus day and more

    • May 8, 2020

    AMLO rejected the CCE plan to apply debt increases and tax incentives. The INE filed a constitutional controversy against the decree that reduces radio and TV tax time. Health considers this Friday "peak" due to viruses.

  • S2020E95 05/11/20: Auto parts sector will be reactivated; SCJN will resolve Bonilla Law; García Luna and more;

    • May 11, 2020

    The auto parts sector is preparing the revival between Tuesday and Wednesday. The SCJN resolves the case on "Bonilla Law" this Monday. The FIU froze the accounts of those close to García Luna.

  • S2020E96 05/12/20: Tomb SCJN Ley Bonilla; Armed Forces in security; reopening and more

    • May 12, 2020

    Unanimously, the SCJN declared the "Bonilla Law" unconstitutional. President AMLO ordered by decree that the Armed Forces take on security tasks. The federal government is preparing an economic recovery plan.

  • S2020E97 05/13/20: Unemployment due to pandemic; they record ‘peak’ in deaths; Notimex and more

    • May 13, 2020

    The IMSS reported 555,247 lost jobs in April. Health recorded 353 deaths from Covid-19, the highest number in a day. Before complaints, Notimex denied creating false accounts to attack critics on networks.

  • S2020E98 05/14/20: Reactivation plan; returns IMSS fans; order to stop Notimex and more

    • May 14, 2020

    The federal government defined the phases of the revival plan. The IMSS determined to return the fans that it had purchased from a León Manuel Bartlett Álvarez company. The JFCA ordered Notimex to stop work after the strike erupted in February.

  • S2020E99 05/15/20: Banxico cuts rate to 5.5%; alert for unemployment; crisis states warn and more

    • May 15, 2020

    Banxico reduced the reference interest rate to 5.5%. Bank of America estimated the loss of 1.2 million jobs in Mexico this year. Governors alerted SHCP that the crisis they face is unsustainable.

  • S2020E100 05/18/20: They demand to revoke Sener's agreement; they reiterate 'stay home'; reopening and more

    • May 18, 2020

    The CCE warned that it is preparing legal remedies against the Sener agreement, noting that it limits the renewable energy sector. Salud reiterated his call to stay home when faced with risks from the virus. This Monday industrial sectors start procedures for reopening.

  • S2020E101 05/19/20: Refuse to verify wealth; stop energy agreement; EU bailout and more

    • May 19, 2020

    Opposition leaders and legislators from Morena rejected Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar's proposal that INEGI verify the population's wealth. A judge granted amparos against the Cenace agreement. France and Germany announced a plan to reopen the EU for € 500 billion.

  • S2020E102 05/20/20: Clean energy projects halted; medical personnel are released; Afores and more

    • May 20, 2020

    Cenace suspended 17 wind and photovoltaic plants that were in the testing phase. The prosecutor's office in the capital reported the release of 14 plagiarized doctors and nurses. Due to unemployment, workers have withdrawn more than 5 billion pesos from retirement subaccounts until April.

  • S2020E103 05/21/20: Extends CDMX quarantine; over 5 million infections; assaults on doctors and more

    • May 21, 2020

    CDMX extended the quarantine until June 15. The number of contagions globally exceeded 5 million. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of discrimination against health personnel against the virus.

  • S2020E104 05/22/20: Corruption costs increase; discard delete Fidecine; hospital capacity and more

    • May 22, 2020

    The Inegi reported that the costs of corruption in 2019 increased 64 percent compared to 2017. After criticism, Morena ruled out eliminating Fidecine. CDMX reported 80 percent of hospital occupancy.

  • S2020E105 05/25/2019: Estimate 1 million lost jobs; Bartlett vs. Concamin; China-EU tension and more

    • May 25, 2020

    President AMLO estimated 1 million lost jobs in April and May. Manuel Bartlett, head of CFE, said it will end the "fraud" in clean energy. China accused the United States of bringing bilateral relations into a new cold war.

  • S2020E106 05/26/20: Foreign trade collapses; GDP contracted 2.2%; Salinas Pliego and more

    • May 26, 2020

    El comercio exterior de México se desplomó 41% en abril. El PIB mexicano se contrajo 1.2% en el primer trimestre, reportó el Inegi. Ricardo Salinas Pliego causó polémica por sus comentarios contra las restricciones por la pandemia en México.

  • S2020E107 05/27/20: PAHO alerts on rebound; Cenace vs. shelters; reopening traffic light and more

    • May 27, 2020

    PAHO warned of a continued rise in infections in Mexico. Cenace said it will fight resolutions that protect private individuals. The Segob reiterated that it will apply a federal reopening traffic light to avoid uncoordination.

  • S2020E108 05/28/20: Up to 1.4 million lost jobs are expected; 60 mmdp for States; traffic light and more

    • May 28, 2020

    Banxico estimated a GDP contraction of up to 8.8% and the loss of up to 1.4 million jobs. The Federation will deliver 60 mmdp to States. Segob said that although the reopening traffic light is federal, its application will be regional.

  • S2020E109 05/29/20: 9 thousand deaths from viruses in Mexico exceed; Ancira will be extradited; CRE and more

    • May 29, 2020

    The deaths by Covid-19 in Mexico add up to 9,044. The Spanish justice authorized to extradite Alonso Ancira to Mexico. CRE endorsed raising transmission rates for self-supply plants.

  • S2020E110 06/01/20: ‘new normality’ begins; Mexico exceeds 90 thousand infections; revive industries and more

    • June 1, 2020

    With the gradual reactivation of activities, Mexico begins the so-called "new normal". Covid-19 infections exceed 90 thousand. The mining, automotive and construction industries reopen as essential.

  • S2020E111 06/02/20: 12.5 million revenue lost; Trump vs. protests; 10,000 virus deaths and more

    • June 2, 2020

    The Inegi reported that 12.5 million workers lost their income due to the crisis. US President Donald Trump said he will apply military force against protests. Mexico exceeded 10,000 deaths from the virus.

  • S2020E112 06/03/20: Governors demand clarity; UIF goes against CJNG; protests in the US and more

    • June 3, 2020

    Governors demanded clarity from the federal government on the revival. The FIU froze 1,939 accounts linked to the CJNG. The United States lived its eighth day of protests in the Floyd case.

  • S2020E113 06/04/20: ‘Peak’ of deaths from viruses; endorse high salaries of Banxico and IFT; Afores and more

    • June 4, 2020

    Mexico recorded 1,092 deaths from Covid-19 in one day. The SCJN endorsed that Banxico and IFT officials earn more than the President. Morena in San Lázaro proposed making Afores retreats more flexible.

  • S2020E114 06/05/20: Outrage outrages Giovanni case; traffic light disagreements; Notimex and more

    • June 5, 2020

    The death in Jalisco of Giovanni López, a young bricklayer who was in police custody, sparked protests. Disagreements between leaders over the reopening traffic light persist. Evidence contradicts versions of Notimex regarding dismissal of worker.

  • S2020E115 06/08/20: They protest against racism; grants BM credit to Mexico; Zoé Robledo and more

    • June 8, 2020

    Thousands protested racism globally after the Floyd case in the US. The World Bank granted a loan of $ 1 billion to Mexico. Zoé Robledo, owner of the IMSS, contracted Covid-19

  • S2020E116 06/09/20: WB anticipates deep crisis; order to stop Notimex; protests and more

    • June 9, 2020

    The World Bank has warned of the deepest crisis since World War II. Notimex's Governing Board ordered the agency to suspend operations. Protesters protested against police brutality in CDMX.

  • S2020E117 06/10/20: Controversy over ‘opposition block’; OECD alert for regrowth risks; OPS and more

    • June 10, 2020

    After revealing a supposed plan to beat Morena and AMLO, public figures and companies separated. The OECD warned that, should there be a regrowth, the national GDP would fall to 8.6. PAHO maintained that Mexico is experiencing the worst moment of the pandemic.

  • S2020E118 06/11/20: Morena proposes to merge freelancers; US exceeds 2 million infections; CFE and more

    • June 11, 2020

    Morena in the Senate proposed to merge IFT, CRE and Cofece. Eu exceeded 2 million infections by Covid-19. The CFE increased renewable transmission rates by up to 775%.

  • S2020E119 06/12/20: Crash in industrial production; Sener will fight under cover; freelancers and more

    • June 12, 2020

    Industrial production suffered a historical collapse of 29.6% in April. Sener will fight amparos against the new energy policy. AMLO endorsed the merger of IFT, Cofece and CRE, if applied for savings.

  • S2020E120 06/15/20: Operation Hermes; postpone initiative on self-employed; tax pact and more

    • June 15, 2020

    In 2018, during Enrique Peña Nieto's government, the FIU thawed 722 accounts linked to cartels. Morena announced that it would postpone the initiative to merge CRE, Cofece, and IFT. Nine PAN governors called for a "new fiscal pact".

  • S2020E121 06/16/20: US oil companies are accused of discrimination; police protest; free general and more

    • June 16, 2020

    In a letter to US authorities, the American Petroleum Institute accused discrimination in Mexico. Police in CDMX protested in demand for better conditions. General José Lira was released after being kidnapped.

  • S2020E122 06/17/20: Judge in Colima is executed; go vs. invoices; border restriction and more

    • June 17, 2020

    Federal judge Uriel Villegas was executed together with his wife in Colima. President AMLO revealed that he will file complaints for a 48-million-dollar bill fraud. Mexico and the US agreed to extend border restrictions until July 21.

  • S2020E123 06/18/20: SCJN warns ‘State crime’; Mexico to the Security Council; T-MEC and more

    • June 18, 2020

    SCJN President Arturo Zaldívar described the murder of Judge Uriel Villegas as a "state crime". Mexico was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The SHCP said the T-MEC will drive growth in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.

  • S2020E124 06/19/20: Maccise resigns from Conapred; ruling in favor of ‘Dreamers’ in the US; Leave Laurell Salud and more

    • June 19, 2020

    Monica Maccise, resigned from the ownership of Conapred. The US Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump's attempt to disappear DACA. Asa Laurell, Undersecretary for Integration and Development of the Health Sector, left the agency.

  • S2020E125 06/22/20: Violence strikes Guanajuato; controversy vs. military deployment; T-MEC and more

    • June 22, 2020

    A wave of violence hit Guanajuato after operations against the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. The president of the lower house filed a controversy against the decree ordering the deployment of the armed forces in security. Lawmakers prepare the legal framework of the T-MEC.

  • S2020E126 06/23/20: 15 killed in Oaxaca for fight; Cofece vs. energetic politics; Banxico and more

    • June 23, 2020

  • S2020E127 06/24/20: 7.5 earthquake shakes CDMX and states; 7 deaths are reported in Oaxaca; Maya train and more

    • June 24, 2020

  • S2020E128 06/25/20: 10.5% of GDP is expected to collapse; alert for spike in infections; AMLO-Trump and more

    • June 25, 2020

  • S2020E129 06/26/20: US oil blockade warned; alert for changes in rules; Afores and more

    • June 26, 2020

    Fuel producers in the US alerted to restrictions in Mexico. Christopher Landau, the US ambassador, warned that changes to the rules discourage investment. Morena in the Senate sees an "urgent" reform of the Afores.

  • S2020E130 06/29/20: 2 arrested for murder of judge; they release mom from 'El Marro'; García Harfuch case and more

    • June 29, 2020

    Jaime Tafolla Ortega, "El Alacrán", linked to the CJNG, and one other person were arrested for the murder of the federal judge in Colima. In Guanajuato, the mother of "El Marro" was released. Seventeen people were transferred to prisons for the attack against Omar García Harfuch.

  • S2020E131 06/30/20: SCJN stops energy policy; murder of rector; T-MEC and more

    • June 30, 2020

    Minister Luis María Aguilar admitted the Cofece controversy against the new energy policy for processing. In Veracruz, the Rector of the University of Valladolid was assassinated. The Senate passed and sent the laws for the T-MEC to the lower house.

  • S2020E132 07/01/20: 'The historical truth is over,' says Gertz; Lozoya offered to collaborate with FGR; T-MEC and more

    • July 1, 2020

    The Attorney General of the Republic, Alejandro Gertz Manero, declared that "the historical truth is over" raised by the previous government in the Ayotzinapa case, and reported that Emilio Lozoya agreed to collaborate with the FGR. The T-MEC takes effect this Wednesday, July 1.

  • S2020E133 07/02/20: 24 are executed in Irapuato; remittances grow 18% in May; recapture 'Mochomo' and more

    • July 2, 2020

    At least 24 people were killed in a rehabilitation center in Irapuato. Remittances to Mexico amounted to $ 3,379 million in May, 18% more than the same month of 2019. The FGR recaptured José Casarrubias Salgado, "El Mochomo", after being released by a judge.

  • S2020E134 07/03/20: Bribes to free the 'Mochomo'; exports to the US suffer collapse; NL and more

    • July 3, 2020

    The FGR detected, in telephone interventions, alleged millionaire bribes to judicial personnel to free José Ángel Casarrubias, "El Mochomo", who was recaptured. Exports to the US plummeted by 53% in May. Nuevo León ordered to restrict mobility due to a spike in infections.

  • S2020E135 07/06/20: 3 fall due to the massacre in Irapuato; they assure a plane with drugs; Lozoya case and more

    • July 6, 2020

    The Guanajuato Prosecutor's Office reported the arrest of 3 alleged perpetrators in the Irapuato massacre in which 27 people died. La Sedena intercepted and shot down a small plane with drugs in Quintana Roo. President AMLO said that with the extradition of Emilio Lozoya, former director of Pemex, to Mexico, it will be known how the Odebrecht bribes were distributed.

  • S2020E136 07/07/20: Bartlett's son's company is sanctioned; trip to Washington; Historic Center and more

    • July 7, 2020

    The SFP disqualified for 2 years and three months and fined a company of León Bartlett Álvarez, son of Manuel Bartlett, for 2 million pesos. Two days after AMLO's trip to Washington, President Donald Trump boasted about the border wall. CDMX measures to avoid crowds in the Historic Center were insufficient before a high number of people in the area.

  • S2020E137 07/08/20: AMLO visit to the White House; they identify remains of normalista; 'El Mochomo' and more

    • July 8, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador arrived in Washington for an official visit in which he will hold a meeting with his American counterpart, Donald Trump. The FGR reported that it identified through genetic analysis at the University of Innsbruck, in Austria, the remains of Ayotzinapa normalista Christian Alfonso Rodríguez Telumbre. The secretary of the Second District Court of Federal Criminal Processes was suspended for six months for his involvement in the bribery case to free José Ángel Casarrubias, "El Mochomo", who was recaptured.

  • S2020E138 07/09/20: César Duarte falls in Florida; AMLO and Trump reiterate friendship; Ayotzinapa case and more

    • July 9, 2020

    Former Chihuahua Governor César Duarte was detained in Miami, Florida, for the purpose of extradition to Mexico. In the official visit of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the United States, the Mexican president and his American counterpart Donald Trump exchanged thanks and reiterated the friendship between the two nations. The FGR arrested two AIC officials accused of torture in the Ayotzinapa case.

  • S2020E139 07/10/20: Gertz and Buscaglia debate; they warn economic "severe deterioration"; poverty and more

    • July 10, 2020

    The Attorney General of the Republic Alejandro Gertz Manero and the researcher from Columbia University Edgardo Buscaglia debate this Friday at www.aristeguinoticias.com, from 9:00 to 10:30. Banxico warned of a "severe deterioration" in the economy due to the crisis stemming from the pandemic. The UN estimated that 1 in 3 inhabitants in Latin America will be left in poverty before the economy slows down.

  • S2020E140 Live 07/13/20: More than 1 million lost jobs; Mexico, fourth place in deaths; Gertz Manero and more

    • July 13, 2020

    In the pandemic, 1 million 113 thousand jobs have been lost, the IMSS reported. Mexico was placed in fourth place for Covid-19 deaths, with 35 thousand 006 deaths. In a debate with Edgardo Buscaglia over Aristegui Live, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero criticized the lack of evidence in complaints from the FIU. In addition, it revealed that, in the case against the main implicated in the arrest and torture of the journalist Lydia Cacho in 2005, the businessman Kamel Nacif, fled to Lebanon.

  • S2020E141 07/14/20: Video of Zerón torture revealed; 73 thousand missing persons are reported; Pre-Hispanic Palace and more

    • July 14, 2020

    A video reveals that there was torture of the accused in the investigations led by Tomás Zerón, head of the AIC in the previous government, regarding the Ayotzinapa case. The Segob reported a total of 73 thousand 201 missing persons in Mexico. INAH archaeologists found vestiges of the Axayácatl Palace -father of Moctezuma II- and of the house of Hernán Cortés under the National Monte de Piedad in the Historic Center.

  • S2020E142 07/15/20: Lozoya to Reveal 18-Hour Recording of Bribes; PF record and more

    • July 15, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared that, with the collaboration of the former director of Pemex, Emilio Lozoya, whose extradition process is ongoing, "a great fraud" could be solved in the approval of the energy reform. The federal government enlists the purchase of medicines for about 60 billion dollars. PAHO recommended that federal and state authorities work in coordination to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • S2020E143 07/16/20: 'Political tremor' for Lozoya's extradition; Cepal warns 'lost decade'; CFE and more

    • July 16, 2020

    The Morena coordinator in the Senate, Ricardo Monreal, maintained that the revelations that Emilio Lozoya, former director of Pemex, will make about Odebrecht in Mexico; bribes given in exchange for the structural reforms of the "Pact for Mexico" in the previous government and other cases, will provoke a "political tremor". ECLAC warned of a "lost decade" in Latin America in the face of the crisis caused by the pandemic. The CFE canceled tenders for four power plants in the face of the economic slowdown.

  • S2020E144 07/17/20: Emilio Lozoya arrives in Mexico; they elect finalists for the INE; tax pact and more

    • July 17, 2020

    Emilio Lozoya, former director of Pemex, a key player in the Odebrecht case and who has offered to collaborate with the FGR and deliver 18 hours on video recordings showing corruption of legislators in approval of reforms, arrived in Mexico. Amid criticism from academic John Ackerman, the INE Technical Committee defined 20 applicants for four positions of electoral advisers. President AMLO agreed to review the fiscal pact, after requests from PAN governors.

  • S2020E145 07/20/20: They demand to replace selection of applicants to the INE; Zoé Robledo suffers an accident; Trump and more

    • July 20, 2020

    Deputies from Morena and the PT demanded to replace the selection process for finalists to fill four vacancies on the INE General Council. During a tour of Chiapas, IMSS chief Zoé Robledo suffered a car accident that caused fractures, in addition to a collaborator and the official's driver being injured. US President Donald Trump accused Mexico of not helping the United States to contain the pandemic.

  • S2020E146 07/21/20: WHO celebrates breakthrough in vaccines vs. Covid; rebound femicide; antiracism stop and more

    • July 21, 2020

    WHO has made progress in testing Covid-19 vaccines in the UK and China. Femicide increased 7.7 percent from January to June compared to the same period last year. In the United States, thousands of workers stopped work in protest against racism.

  • S2020E147 07/22/20: Morena defines 4 favorites for the INE; Herrera asks to wear masks; presidential plane and more

    • July 22, 2020

    Morena defined four applicants that she will support in voting among the 20 finalists to fill vacancies on the INE General Council. SHCP head Arturo Herrera said the use of face masks will be essential for economic recovery. After staying for more than a year and seven months for sale in California, the presidential plane will return to Mexico.

  • S2020E148 07/23/20: Reform of the pension system; they elect new INE directors; vaccine vs. Covid and more

    • July 23, 2020

    The federal government announced a project to reform the pension system that would benefit low-income employees. The Plenum of the Chamber of Deputies endorsed the appointment of four new INE directors. The United States government announced an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech that set aside 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines when they are produced.

  • S2020E149 07/24/20: Lozoya reveals bribes to the EPN campaign and Jiménez Espriú's resignation from SCT

    • July 24, 2020

    Prior to his extradition from Spain to Mexico, Emilio Lozoya, former Pemex head, revealed that Odebrecht paid $ 4 million in bribes to Enrique Peña Nieto's presidential campaign, and another $ 6 million was delivered by the construction company in exchange for contracts with Peña already in government, according to a document obtained by the newspaper Reforma. Noting that the militarization of ports and customs will have "serious significance", Javier Jiménez Espriú made his resignation from the SCT official.

  • S2020E150 07/27/20: AMLO reiterates criticism of presidential plane luxuries; hit 'Hanna' to Texas and Mexico; mass kidnapping and more

    • July 27, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated in a conference from the presidential hangar his criticisms of the luxuries of the presidential plane acquired by the Felipe Calderón government and used in the six-year term of Enrique Peña Nieto. Hurricane "Hanna" hit the Texas coast, wreaking havoc on various communities, in addition to hitting the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo León as a tropical storm. In Puerto Vallarta, about 20 people from Guanajuato were kidnapped on July 18 by a group of armed men. During the plagiarism, a shootout broke out in which one of the walkers died.

  • S2020E151 07/28/20: Hearings begin in Lozoya case; Former oil chief reiterates collaboration with FGR

    • July 28, 2020

    Emilio Lozoya, a former Pemex head accused of corruption, will appear for the first time before a federal judge in a virtual hearing from a hospital for the crimes attributed to him in the Agro Nitrogenados case. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated his criticism against the luxuries of the presidential plane acquired by the Felipe Calderón government and used during the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto. Cities in northeast Mexico suffer the ravages of the rains caused by Hurricane Hanna that hit those areas as a tropical storm.

  • S2020E152 07/29/20: Emilio Lozoya will not step in jail; Pemex lost 44 mmdp in the second quarter; Odebrecht and more

    • July 29, 2020

    After the first judicial hearing for the Agro Nitrogenados case, Emilio Lozoya was linked to the process by a judge who determined that the former Pemex holder will not go to jail after the treatment he receives in a hospital ends. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that the owner of AHMSA, Alonso Ancira, co-accused in the same case of corruption, offered to return $ 200 million for the damage caused in the sale and purchase of the fertilizer plant. Pemex reported a loss of 44 billion pesos in the second quarter. Lozoya will appear before a judge on Wednesday for the corruption charges he faces in the Odebrecht case.

  • S2020E153 07/30/20: Lozoya, linked by Odebrecht, but frees jail; they order the capture of Billy Álvarez; medications and more

    • July 30, 2020

    A federal judge linked former Pemex director Emilio Lozoya Austin to trial for using illicit resources, criminal association and bribery, but granted him probation. For his probable responsibility in organized crime and operations with resources of illicit origin, a judge ordered the arrest of Guillermo “Billy” Álvarez, president of the Cruz Azul Cooperative. The Chamber of Deputies approved the reform to the Procurement Law to grant the Federal Executive Power the power to buy medicines abroad without the need to submit it to tender.

  • S2020E154 07/31/20: They accuse in the US of drug trafficking 2 close to García Luna; they report historical collapse of the GDP; Trump and more

    • July 31, 2020

    Luis Cárdenas Palomino, former AFI head, and Ramón Eduardo Pequeño García, former head of the Intelligence Division of the Federal Police, are accused in the US of drug trafficking; GDP registered an annual drop of 18.9 in the second quarter of 2020, the worst drop in history; President Donald Trump suggested deferring the presidential elections scheduled for November on the grounds that there is a risk that they are imprecise and fraudulent.

  • S2020E155 08/03/20: They capture 'El Marro' in Guanajuato; they leave linked to García Luna in FGR; López-Gatell and more

    • August 3, 2020

    The founder and leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel was apprehended this Sunday by the Army, with the support of the Guanajuato Prosecutor's Office; Despite having belonged to the close circle of Genaro García Luna, Felipe de Jesús Gallo and Antonio Pérez García, they were appointed as coordinator of Investigation Methods and head of the Federal Ministerial Police, respectively, during the current administration at the head of the FGR of Alejandro Gertz Manero, reveals a special investigation published in Aristegui Noticias; Opposition governors demand the resignation of the undersecretary of Health.

  • S2020E156 08/04/20: Return to classes at a distance and on TV; record remittances reach; WHO and more

    • August 4, 2020

    Considering that there are no sanitary conditions to return to classrooms, the SEP announced that the 2020-2021 cycle will be remote, with the participation of private and state television stations to broadcast school programs; in June, remittances sent to Mexico amounted to 3 thousand 536.9 million dollars, so in the first semester they totaled 19 thousand 074 million dollars, 10.6 percent more than the same period last year; The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, stated that there may never be a solution for Covid-19.

  • S2020E157 08/05/20: 'Tragedy' by massive explosion in Beirut; home prison vs. Álvaro Uribe; television stocks and more

    • August 5, 2020

    At least 78 people died and 4 thousand were wounded on Tuesday by an explosion of ammonium nitrate in the Lebanese capital; the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice ordered house arrest against Álvaro Uribe, former Colombian president, investigated for fraud and bribery of witnesses in a process against him for ties to paramilitary squads. Uribe described the measure as an injustice; The actions of Mexican television stations skyrocket after an agreement with the federal government to broadcast classes for the next school year.

  • S2020E158 08/06/20: They reveal contradictions in 4T; exports to the US advance; Prohibition of 'junk' in Oaxaca and more

    • August 6, 2020

    Víctor Toledo, head of the Semarnat, revealed that the government of the Fourth Transformation is full of contradictions and power struggles between members of the federal cabinet; Mexico exported merchandise worth 25 thousand 803 million dollars to the United States in June; in Oaxaca, they prohibit sale, distribution and gift of junk food to minors.

  • S2020E159 08/07/20: Mexico exceeds 50 thousand deaths from Covid; the country on travel alert for the US; justice plan for the Yaquis and more

    • August 7, 2020

    The country reached 50 thousand 517 deaths from Covid-19 this Thursday, while the number of infections reached 462 thousand 690; Due to the health emergency due to coronavirus and the high levels of insecurity, the United States issued a maximum alert and recommended not to travel to 16 entities in Mexico; AMLO agreed to the Justice Plan for the Yaqui People, in Sonora, which includes land restitution and water supply.

  • S2020E160 08/10/20: FGR vs. former officials of the PF; 52 thousand deaths from Covid; Notimex and more

    • August 10, 2020

    The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic requested 19 arrest warrants against former officials of the disappeared Federal Police for their alleged participation in the crime of organized crime; The capital this Sunday exceeded 80 thousand cases of coronavirus, while in the country there are already 480 thousand 278 infections and 52 thousand 298 deaths from this disease; Following the publication of the Notimex case on the BBC in London this weekend, former agency employees denounced attacks.

  • S2020E161 08/11/20: Mexico, 'narco-state' ?; collusion in Health; new labeling and more

    • August 11, 2020

    Due to organized crime and diversion of resources, a federal judge granted arrest warrants against 19 former commanders of the defunct Federal Police, among them the former CDMX Secretary of Security, Jesús Orta, and the former secretary Frida Martínez; Cofece imposed fines for 626 million 457 thousand pesos to 11 companies for irregularities in tenders called by the IMSS and the ISSSTE; to provide the consumer with information about foods that pose a health risk, the new labeling begins to circulate.

  • S2020E162 08/12/20: Lozoya reveals that Odebrecht paid for EPN's campaign; Ethylene XXI; the Light of the World and more

    • August 12, 2020

    Emilio Lozoya denounced that on the orders of former president Enrique Peña Nieto and former secretary Luis Videgaray, he directed part of the bribes from Odebrecht to the 2012 presidential campaign; the Ethylene XXI plant enjoyed economic benefits and privileges in the prices of inputs; Furthermore, the Church of the Light of the World responds to the victim of Nassón Joaquín García, currently a prisoner in the United States.

  • S2020E163 08/13/20: Mexico, in the race for the vaccine; Lozoya cooperates, Robles is silent; crisis in Beirut and more

    • August 13, 2020

    Supported by the Slim Foundation, Mexico and Argentina will produce the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Astra-Zeneca and Oxford University, with an initial production of up to 250 million doses; While the former director of Pemex Emilio Lozoya cooperates with the authorities, the former secretary Rosario Robles has not done so, said the prosecutor Alejandro Gertz; Furthermore, after the recent explosions, Lebanon is experiencing a political and economic crisis.

  • S2020E164 08/14/20: More than 500 thousand cases of Covid in Mexico; they ask for shielding and they don't give them; vaccines and more

    • August 14, 2020

    The country exceeded half a million coronavirus infections this Thursday and the death toll reached 55,293; in July, the advisers of the Federal Judiciary opposed spending more than 27 million pesos in the acquisition of 10 armored vans for the electoral magistrates, who said they were civil servants and not martyrs; the manufacture of vaccine in Mexico will cost less than 25 mmdp.

  • S2020E165 08/17/20: Classes on TV; rejection of glyphosate; Lozoya case and more

    • August 17, 2020

    A few days into the new school year, experts analyze the expectations of the new modality, with classes on television, radio, workbook or internet; While producers defend it and the government bans it, scientists reveal risks of glyphosate and recommend other options.

  • S2020E166 08/18/20: They exhibit PANistas on video of alleged bribes; OHL / Aleatica up for debate and more

    • August 18, 2020

    In a YouTube account in the name of Juan Jesús Lozoya Austin, a video was leaked showing the delivery of cash to Rafael Jesús Caraveo and Guillermo Gutiérrez; the FGR denied that this material had been presented as evidence; After the dissemination of the same, the president of National Action, Marko Cortés, said that they will expel from the party those who participate in acts of corruption; lawyer Paulo Díez Gargari and Alonso Rivera Gaxiola, from Rivera Gaxiola, Carrasco and Kálloi, discuss the OHL case.

  • S2020E167 08/19/20: They react to Lozoya's accusations; video scandals and power; police abuse and more

    • August 19, 2020

    Politicians appointed by Emilio Lozoya distanced themselves from the accusations: Miguel Barbosa, governor of Puebla, will denounce for moral damage and Marko Cortés, leader of the PAN, said that the federal government is misusing and directed justice; former Peruvian prosecutor Julio Arvizu recounts his experience with the video scandals around Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru; 15 years after the death of Víctor Emmanuel Torres, extrajudicially executed by preventive police, Fabián Sánchez, a lawyer for the family, talks about the case.

  • S2020E168 08/20/20: In light, Lozoya's complaint; reactions in the political class; Aguayo responds to Buscaglia and more

    • August 20, 2020

    In a 63-page document that circulated on Wednesday, the former director of Pemex made a count of diversions, bribes and influence peddling during the previous six-year term; in his complaint, he accuses figures of power, including former presidents Enrique Peña Nieto, Carlos Salinas and Felipe Calderón; While politicians denied the facts and the defense disagreed with the text, the FGR reported that it is already investigating the origin of the leak. In addition, Sergio Aguayo responds to criticism from Edgardo Buscaglia after meeting Gertz Manero.

  • S2020E169 08/21/20: They reject Lozoya's accusations; Global Impunity Index; Brunette and more

    • August 21, 2020

    After the diffusion of the accusations of Emilio Lozoya, politicians like Luis Videgaray, Ricardo Anaya or David Penchyna respond to him in networks, media and even in court; Luis Ernesto Derbez, rector of UDLAP, presents the Global Impunity Index, an academic initiative that places Mexico among the first 10 countries worldwide and among the first three in Latin America; Morena is forced to open an open poll to elect a leadership and the video scandals reach AMLO's party.

  • S2020E170 08/24/20: EPN received cash from Higa, according to Lozoya's complaint; back to school and more

    • August 24, 2020

    Mexico reached 60,480 deaths from Covid this weekend, a figure that Hugo López-Gatell saw as the most catastrophic scenario that the country could reach only in June; Juan Carlos Moreno “Larry” was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his participation in the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach; parties would face consequences for campaign financing, and renewal of Morena's leadership.

  • S2020E171 08/25/20: Destination of former presidents for consultation; investigate extrajudicial execution; Covid and more

    • August 25, 2020

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is analyzing submitting the request to submit to a citizen consultation whether the former presidents should be tried or not, which would have to be defined before September 15 for the exercise to take place in the 2021 elections; investigating extrajudicial execution after a confrontation between the military and alleged criminals in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.

  • S2020E172 08/26/20: Cabal Peniche and Alemán for control of Radiopolis; Agro Nitrogenados, special research and more

    • August 26, 2020

    The businessman Miguel Alemán Magnani took control of the board of directors of the Radiópolis System, according to versions in media such as Reforma and El Financiero; Behind Emilio Lozoya there are at least thirty other former Pemex officials and directors who participated, actively or passively, in the purchase of Agro Nitrogenados; controversy at the IACHR due to the virtual departure of Paulo Abrão as secretary.

  • S2020E173 08/27/20: GDP falls back a decade; removal of deputies in BCS; evictions in California and more

    • August 27, 2020

    The Bank of Mexico estimated that the economy could fall 12.8 percent in 2020, if the worst recovery scenario is fulfilled, while the GDP registered a decrease of minus 18.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, which pushed back a decade the most important indicator of the economy; Milena Paola Quiroga, a deputy for Morena, talks about the impeachment of five local opposition legislators in Baja California Sur; Faced with the danger of being evicted, Mexican migrants struggle to pay rent in California after losing their income during the pandemic

  • S2020E174 08/28/20: AHMSA, reparation or punishment; sticks to the weight of the US strategy; the consultation and more

    • August 28, 2020

    If Altos Hornos de México does not pay the 200 million dollar surcharge it received for Agro Nitrogenados, those responsible would be prosecuted, warns President Andrés Manuel López Obrador; the peso and the BMV registered volatile movements after the US Federal Reserve announced a new economic recovery strategy to face the effects of the pandemic; Members of the Parliamentary Group of Morena in the Senate present a request for a popular consultation to prosecute former presidents who have committed crimes during their mandate.

  • S2020E175 08/31/20: The worst economic crisis; Morena goes for consultation; relay in Senate and more

    • August 31, 2020

    The Secretary of the Treasury, Arturo Herrera, said that in 2021 Mexico will experience the worst economic crisis since 1932, for which there will be no "little saves" in the budget, which must be sent before September 8; Morena, chaired by Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar, is seeking 2 million signatures to achieve a popular consultation to prosecute former presidents; Eduardo Ramírez, from Chiapas, candidate for the Senate Board of Directors.

  • S2020E176 09/01/20: AMLO's second report; Sosa Castelán falls; Felipe, the dark, and more

    • September 1, 2020

    In the midst of a double crisis, economic and health, today President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is accountable; Accused of money laundering and tax fraud, Gerardo Sosa Castelán, former rector of the Autonomous University of Hidalgo, was arrested; Argentine journalist Olga Wornat delves into the figure of former President Felipe Calderón and explores the bloodiest six-year term in Mexico.

  • S2020E177 09/02/20: The worst is over, says AMLO; Chihuahua vs. Collado; Brunette and more

    • September 2, 2020

    In a message on the occasion of his Second Government Report, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that Mexico has the best government for the worst moment, that it has faced the economic and health crisis without immoral bailouts, without contracting debt and fighting corruption; the lawyer Juan Collado is accused of embezzlement for benefiting from 13.7 million pesos in the government of César Duarte; Bertha Luján, president of the National Council of Morena, decides not to participate in the internal process by the leadership of CEN.

  • S2020E178 09/03/2020: PRI will preside over the Chamber of Deputies; CNDH accuses ex-directors of visitadurías and more of treason

    • September 3, 2020

    The Chamber of Deputies achieved a qualified majority to integrate the Board of Directors that establishes as president the PRI deputy Dulce María Sauri, despite the protests of the PT parliamentary group and Gerardo Fernández; In Wednesday's session, reforms to the Constitution were approved to end the presidential jurisdiction; While two collaborators point out a lack of autonomy, the head of the CNDH, Rosario Piedra, accuses them of treason and loss of trust.

  • S2020E179 09/04/20: Apologies for Acteal; investigation against former attorney; the resignation of Toledo and more

    • September 4, 2020

    After almost 23 years of the Acteal massacre, in Chenalhó, Chiapas, the Mexican State offered a public apology to the 45 fatalities and the 26 survivors, the community still demands justice; a federal court ordered the FGR to reopen an investigation against former attorney Marisela Morales, for alleged manipulation of witnesses in the case of Javier Herrera Valles; deny attack on Víctor Manuel Toledo, who resigned as head of Semarnat.

  • S2020E180 09/07/20: Free Mexico, without registration; take CNDH; unpublished Gabo files and more

    • September 7, 2020

    The INE denied the registration of Mexico Libre as a political party, led by Felipe Calderón and Margarita Zavala, because it could not determine the origin of a high percentage of contributions; in demand of justice, activists seized CNDH facilities, where they burned part of the furniture, tore documents and exhibited “luxuries” of the personnel; Unpublished documents kept in the archive of Gabriel García Márquez at the University of Texas, give an account of the Colombian Nobel's commitment to human rights.

  • S2020E181 09/08/20: Disbanded in the Conago; they disable the candidacies of Correa and Morales; Gabo files and more

    • September 8, 2020

    Members of the Federalist Alliance announced their departure from the National Conference of Governors (Conago), considering that it no longer fulfills its function as an organ of dialogue; Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was sentenced to eight years in prison for improper charges to finance campaigns, which will prevent him from running for the vice presidency in 2021; In Bolivia, the candidacy of former President Evo Morales as senator for Cochabamba was also disqualified by not complying with the residency requirement; journalist Jacinto Rodríguez Munguía presents unpublished documents by Gabriel García Márquez.

  • S2020E182 09/09/20: Budget 2021; vaccine paused; sale of historical documents and more

    • September 9, 2020

    With a budget adapted to the health and economic situation, and aimed at strengthening social programs, the Secretary of the Treasury, Arturo Herrera, delivered the 2021 Economic Package to Congress; Following an adverse reaction in a study participant, AstraZeneca suspended late-stage trials of its potential anti-Covid vaccine, which would delay the arrival of the vaccine in the country; the General Archive of the Nation denounced the Morton house before the FGR for the auction of probable documentary heritage of the nation.

  • S2020E183 09/10/20: Conflict over water in Chihuahua; reporter killed in Veracruz; protest at CNDH and more

    • September 10, 2020

    In Chihuahua, farmers and members of the National Guard collided during the capture of the La Boquilla dam; the conflict arises over a Mexico-US water treaty, but authorities point to politicians behind the protest; Julio Valdivia, a reporter for the newspaper El Mundo in Veracruz, was found dead this Wednesday, becoming the 25th journalist assassinated in that entity; relatives of victims and activists who took over the CNDH dialogue with representatives of the Interior.

  • S2020E184 09/11/20: CODHEM evicted in Ecatepec; they reactivate thermoelectric; in the sights of the SAT and more

    • September 11, 2020

    Elements of the Mexiquense Prosecutor's Office evicted feminist protesters who seized the facilities of the Human Rights Commission of the State of Mexico in Ecatepec, in networks they report detained women; while the authorities maintain that they have addressed the legal, social and ecological issues, to reactivate the construction of the thermoelectric plant in Morelos, activists in the area declare themselves on alert; The Tax Administration Service proposes that its auditors can use recording equipment on their inspection visits to gather information on taxpayers' assets.

  • S2020E185 09/14/20: Gutiérrez de la Torre Case Reopened; looting of INAH archives; SAT vs. privacy and more

    • September 14, 2020

    Considering that there were serious omissions in the investigations carried out before, the investigation against former PRI leader Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre, as the alleged leader of a prostitution network that operated from the party's headquarters in Mexico City, will be expanded; specialists warn about the urgency of stopping the looting of documentary heritage and achieving its restitution to the historical archives; INAI against the SAT's proposal to photograph and videotape the assets and properties of taxpayers.

  • S2020E186 09/15/20: Deadline for signatures; rescue in Pasta de Conchos; Democracy Day and more

    • September 15, 2020

    Today expires the deadline to collect 1,600,000 signatures to request the consultation that seeks to prosecute the former presidents. If they are not reached, AMLO will make the request to the Senate; After 14 years of the tragedy in Pasta de Conchos, relatives of the 65 deceased miners agreed with the federal government to rescue the bodies, tasks that will cost 1,700 million pesos and will be in charge of the CFE; More than 160 leaders from Latin America, including 21 former presidents, signed a call to defend democracy in the region against Covid-19.

  • S2020E187 09/16/20: AMLO's cry; the consultation progresses; millionaire raffle and more

    • September 16, 2020

    With “long live” hope, equality, love of neighbor and universal brotherhood, and a minute of silence for the victims of Covid-19, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador commemorated the anniversary of Independence, in front of a Zócalo empty due to pandemic; this Tuesday, the Senate received the formal request for the citizen consultation to prosecute the former presidents, while the president presented the arguments of the initiative in the morning conference; the National Lottery carried out the raffle for money equivalent to the value of the presidential plane, with 100 prizes for 20 million pesos.

  • S2020E188 09/17/22: They foresee a collapse of 10.2% of the GDP in Mexico; academic disappears; CNDH and more

    • September 17, 2020

    Given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects the Mexican economy to fall 10.2 percent this year, while for 2021 a growth of 3% is projected; members of the academic community demand to investigate the whereabouts of Mayela Álvarez, postgraduate technical secretary of CIESAS, who disappeared on August 11 in Nuevo León; crisis in the CNDH, led by Rosario Piedra.

  • S2020E189 09/18/22: The omissions in the Gutiérrez de la Torre case; crisis at CNDH and more

    • September 18, 2020

    Intellectuals, academics and journalists point out in a statement that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador intends to undermine freedom of expression; the case of former PRI leader Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre, accused of operating an alleged prostitution network at the headquarters of the PRI of the CDMX, will be reviewed by the capital's prosecutor's office, since there were serious omissions that affected the process; They question Rosario Piedra as head of the National Human Rights Commission, and activists ask for her resignation.

  • S2020E190 09/21/20: HSBC, the repeat bank; "gringo cartels"; tribute to Valdez and more

    • September 21, 2020

    Despite the fact that the inefficiencies in the controls at HSBC Mexico put the money laundering prevention regime of the national financial system at risk, Ramón García Gibson, former head of the highest internal body of that bank to address the issue, occupies a high position in Q4 in anti-laundering tasks; in the report Strategy Against Domestic Cartels, the US Department of Justice points out the points where the “gringo cartels” operate and the new reality of drug trafficking; Three years after his death, Javier Valdez's career is remembered with a journalism contest.

  • S2020E191 09/22/20: Organized crime, the main threat; forensic crisis; anti-piracy and more

    • September 22, 2020

    Organized crime is the main threat to the country and only between 2016 and 2018 achieved profits of one trillion pesos, said Santiago Nieto, head of the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit; more than 38,500 unidentified bodies have entered the country's forensic medical services to end up in cold rooms, mass graves or medical schools, and not even the authorities know the magnitude of the forensic crisis; Launch awareness campaign to prevent book piracy.

  • S2020E192 09/23/20: Irregularities in the INDEP; the Mancera Club; overdue portfolio and more

    • September 23, 2020

    In his letter of resignation as director of the Institute to Give Back to the People the Stolen, Jaime Cárdenas indicates millionaire debts, irregularities and even robberies in the dependency; in a report by Mexicanos contra la Corrupción, it is revealed how Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Marcelo Ebrard were spied on during the government of Miguel Ángel Mancera in CDMX; Among the 9.2 million loans of the banking program for deferral of payments due to the pandemic, there is a group that will not be able to meet the maturities, therefore the overdue portfolio will increase.

  • S2020E193 09/24/20: Breach of security in Chihuahua; they prohibit punishment of children; Club Mancera and more

    • September 24, 2020

    Due to his stance in support of the water protests in his state, the governor of Chihuahua, Javier Corral, revealed that the coordination of his administration with the federal government on security matters was broken. The Federalist Alliance asked not to politicize the issue; the Senate approved the prohibition of any type of violence, corporal punishment or humiliation, as a disciplinary method against minors; An investigation by Mexicans against Corruption shows real estate irregularities and financial corruption carried out by high-ranking officials of the government of Miguel Ángel Mancera.

  • S2020E194 09/25/20: See unconstitutional consultation minister; six years without 43; They go against Cárdenas Palomino and more

    • September 25, 2020

    For the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice Luis María Aguilar, the consultation on whether former presidents should be prosecuted can be considered unconstitutional because it entails a restriction of the human rights of Mexicans; In the midst of doubts, complaints and an ongoing investigation, it is six years since the 43 normalistas of Ayotzinapa have disappeared; For the crime of torture, the capture of Luis Cárdenas Palomino, former director of Regional Security of the Federal Police, was ordered.

  • S2020E195 09/28/20: They promise "authentic truth" of Ayotzinapa; corpse donation; Afores and more

    • September 28, 2020

    Six years after the disappearance of the 43 normalistas from Ayotzinapa, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered an apology to the parents and promised punishment to those responsible, while the prosecutor Alejandro Gertz revealed that Tomás Zerón, former head of the AIC, stole more than one billion pesos from the dependency; in Mexico, about a thousand corpses donated by prosecutors to universities do not have documents that allow their identification; the federal Executive sent a bill to Congress to cap the Afores commissions.

  • S2020E196 09/29/20: Low unemployment rate; Trump vs. Biden; CNDH and more

    • September 29, 2020

    Mexico's unemployment rate fell two tenths in August and stood at 5.2 percent, INEGI reported yesterday; Five weeks before the US elections, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden meet today in their first debate on television; the head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, pointed out to Beatriz Gasca Acevedo, a GinGroup worker, of financing the takeover of the CNDH, while she alleged that her action is personal, the company separated her from the position.

  • S2020E197 09/30/20: Trump and Biden debate; Holbox, paradise at risk; road blockade and more

    • September 30, 2020

    Amid chaos, disruptions and disqualifications, the Republican President of the United States, Donald Trump, and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, held the first of three debates scheduled for before the November 3 elections; the paradisiacal Holbox Island, in Quintana Roo, is threatened by tourist pressure and the real estate siege, which are already reflected in the social and environmental consequences of the area; road blockades in various entities represent severe economic damage to the country.

  • S2020E198 10/01/20: Vote SCJN query; anti-Covid vaccine is coming; Morena's survey and more

    • October 1, 2020

    The federal government will make the first payments for the acquisition of vaccines against the coronavirus and it is estimated that the distribution will begin during the first quarter of 2021, according to the Secretary of the Treasury, Arturo Herrera; The INE announced Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, Mario Delgado, Adriana Menéndez, Yeidckol Polevnsky and Hilda Mirna Díaz as finalists of the poll by which the next leader of Morena will be chosen; An armed group attacked the indigenous town of Aldama, in Chiapas, with bullets. In addition, today the SCJN votes on former presidents.

  • S2020E199 10/02/20: SCJN endorses consultation, reformulates question; Covid in the White House; Brunette and more

    • October 2, 2020

    With six votes in favor, the Supreme Court of Justice determined that the matter of the popular consultation proposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is constitutional, but the question was restated, without the name of the ex-presidents who would be tried; The president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced that he and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for coronavirus, so they will remain in quarantine; after the survey of recognition, controversies and challenges in the fight for the leadership of Morena.

  • S2020E200 10/05/20: They propose to revoke Morena survey; Gutiérrez de la Torre network; Brakes and more

    • October 5, 2020

    The Electoral Court of Judicial Power of the Federation proposes to revoke the process of renewal of the leadership of Morena; two women complainants explain how the prostitution network led by Cuauhtémoc Gutiérrez de la Torre operated in the PRI; The National Anti-AMLO Front gathered thousands of people in the Zócalo, and while the authorities calculated 5 thousand, FRENA indicated that there were 153 thousand; do not eat cravings, ask AMLO.

  • S2020E201 10/06/20: They invest 297 thousand million pesos in infrastructure; trusts under discussion and more

    • October 6, 2020

    Within the infrastructure plan, the federal government and the IP will carry out 39 works, which represent an investment of 297 thousand pesos and the creation of more than 185 thousand jobs. Among the works, it is worth mentioning that the Mexico-Querétaro train is revived; The Chamber of Deputies will discuss today the disappearance of 109 federal trusts, despite the fact that various sectors ask to preserve those related to science, culture, human rights or support in natural disasters.

  • S2020E202 10/07/20: Hurricane Delta hits; trusts in danger of extinction; audience of García Luna and more

    • October 7, 2020

    The states of Quintana Roo and Yucatán are on alert due to the rains and strong winds caused by Hurricane Delta, which made landfall this morning, since yesterday the hotels were evicted and 5,000 Army troops arrived to support the area; With 242 votes in favor, the Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies approved this Tuesday, in general, the ruling regarding the extinction of 109 public trusts of the Federal Government; During Enrique Peña Nieto's administration, the Federal Police bought equipment to intervene communications from shell companies.

  • S2020E203 10/08/20: Mourning in science for the death of Mario Molina; Brenda and the Wallace Case, Hurricane Delta and more

    • October 8, 2020

    At the age of 77, Mario Molina died, the only Mexican to have won a Nobel Prize in science, an award he won in 1995 for his research on the thinning of the ozone layer; Brenda Quevedo, a prisoner since 2007 accused of participating in the kidnapping of Hugo Alberto Wallace, shares a Statement of the UN Committee on Arbitrary Detention; As it passed through the Mexican Caribbean, Hurricane Delta did not cause severe damage or human losses, but caused the fall of trees, spectacular trees, poles and roofs.

  • S2020E204 10/09/20: They extinguish trusts; Covid and bankruptcy; Wallace case and more

    • October 9, 2020

    After rejecting the almost 400 reservations presented by the opposition, the Chamber of Deputies approved the disappearance of 109 public trusts; Given the prolonged economic crisis derived from the pandemic, Agustín Carstens, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, assures that the time will come when government action will not be able to prevent the increase in bankruptcies, many sectors and businesses will not survive; The Wallace case has taken a turn with the UN ruling in favor of Brenda Quevedo, who has been in prison for 15 years.

  • S2020E205 10/12/20: Fight for Morena; apologies for the Conquest; Notimex and more

    • October 12, 2020

    While the INE called for a new poll to elect the president of Morena after a technical tie between the two candidates, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo announced that this Monday he will assume the leadership of the party; In a letter addressed to Pope Francis, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted that the Catholic Church, the Spanish monarchy and the Mexican State must offer an apology to the native peoples; the Notimex case was revived after the broadcast of a video showing the resumption of work despite the strike.

  • S2020E206 10/13/20: Dispute for Morena; auctions and tenders; Notimex case and more

    • October 13, 2020

    Self-proclaimed as the legitimate president of Morena, Porfirio Muñoz Ledo assures that he will take possession of the leadership, while his opponent, Mario Delgado, asks the INE to speed up the third poll to resolve the “technical tie” and define the winner; the Nobel Prize in Economics went to Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, who created new auction formats for the sale of goods; Article 19 reiterates their right to document attacks on freedom of expression and acts of censorship, as in the case of Notimex, in which the rights of workers have been affected.

  • S2020E207 10/14/20: Cheese and yogurt brands are prohibited; guarantee anti-Covid vaccine; Free Mexico and more

    • October 14, 2020

    The Ministry of Economy and Profeco prohibited the marketing of 19 cheese brands and two yogurt brands for failing to comply with official regulations; In addition, the country will have more than 100 million doses of anti-Covid vaccine; and the TEPJF is outlined to deny the registration to México Libre.

  • S2020E208 10/15/20: Free Mexico, without registration; cheeses and yogurt; began the Cervantino and more

    • October 15, 2020

    The Electoral Court confirmed the refusal to register México Libre as a party, an organization headed by Margarita Zavala and Felipe Calderón; while Encuentro Solidario, Fuerza Social por México and Redes Sociales Progresistas do obtain it; unleashes controversial suspension of dairy brands; they inaugurate the Festival of the Spirit, which this year is virtual; Furthermore, Anabel Hernández presents a special investigation.

  • S2020E209 10/16/20: Cienfuegos arrested in the US; conflict in Chiapas; García Harfuch and more

    • October 16, 2020

    General Salvador Cienfuegos, Secretary of Defense during Enrique Peña Nieto's administration, was arrested on Thursday at the Los Angeles Airport, at the request of the DEA, allegedly accused of criminal conspiracy, money laundering and drug trafficking; Chenalhó residents ask for the payment of 50 million pesos to end the dispute with residents of Aldama for 60 hectares of land; Jaime Raúl Durán explains what the polygraph test and the confidence control exams for security personnel consist of.

  • S2020E210 10/19/20: Cienfuegos, the Godfather of the narco; 'The three deaths of Marisela Escobedo'; FIL from Oaxaca and more

    • October 19, 2020

    The intervention and follow-up of calls between crime leaders was the key to finding the identity of El Padrino: Salvador Cienfuegos, who allegedly collaborated with the “H2” cartel between 2015 and 2017; In 'The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo', Laura Woldenberg and Carlos Pérez Osorio document the story of a Ciudad Juárez woman who fought to catch her daughter's murderer; the Oaxaca International Book Fair arrives in virtual format.

  • S2020E211 10/20/20: Disappearance of Trusts, Death Files, Miami Corruption and More Advances

    • October 20, 2020

    In the Senate the disappearance of trusts advances despite protests. In addition, we feature special investigations from the Fifth Element Lab, as well as others from the Miami Herald and Nuevo Herald.

  • S2020E212 10/21/20: End of trusts; Income Law; Hundred fires; Durazo; Google and more ...

    • October 21, 2020

    Senate Endorses End of 109 Trusts, Audits Announced; deputies approved this Wednesday Tax Miscellany 2021, VAT remains for sanitary napkins and the Big Brother Fiscal; Salvador Cienfuegos, former Secretary of Defense, does not get bail; Alfonso Durazo renders his last report in Security, goes for governor of Sonora; for the US, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google have become monopolies.

  • S2020E213 10/22/20: They investigate Luis Serna; Budget 2021; goodbye to private beaches; Paul Leduc and more

    • October 22, 2020

    Elements of the CDMX prosecutor's office searched a house in San Ángel related to Luis Serna, former private secretary of Miguel Ángel Mancera; the Chamber of Deputies generally approved the Federal Income Law for the Fiscal Year of 2021; This Wednesday a decree was published that guarantees free access and transit on the country's beaches; filmmaker Paul Leduc, creator of "Reed, Insurgent Mexico" and "Frida, Living Nature", has died.

  • S2020E214 10/23/20: Nahle Law; last presidential debate in the US; monopolies, consultation and more

    • October 23, 2020

    After the ruling of the SCJN that keeps the Reliability, Security, Continuity and Quality Policy in the National Electric System suspended, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could present constitutional reform so that the dominion of the nation over natural resources prevails; Contrary to the first debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden had a more fluid dialogue in their second meeting, but clashed on issues of migration, pandemic and corruption; In addition, the Federal Telecommunications Institute opened an investigation for a possible monopoly in online search services, networks and others.

  • S2020E215 10/26/20: AMLO defends his energy policy; National Guard; plebiscite in Chile and more

    • October 26, 2020

    Following the claim by US congressmen that Mexico delays or cancels permits for US companies, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that he will continue to be committed to rescuing Pemex and the CFE; The National Guard may supervise compliance with precautionary measures and conditional suspension of the process, in cases where there is no preventive detention, published the Official Gazette of the Federation; Chileans approved moving forward in the drafting of a new Constitution, which displaces that of Pinochet.

  • S2020E216 10/27/20: Governors protest; National Guard; sentence the leader of Nxivm and more

    • October 27, 2020

    Ten governors of the Federalist Alliance held acts of protest in their entities; We report that the National Guard may supervise compliance with precautionary measures and the conditional suspension of the process; In addition, this Tuesday the sentence to the leader of Nxivm in the US will be known.

  • S2020E217 10/28/20: AMLO clashes with 10 governors; 7 back it up; They sentence Raniere and more

    • October 28, 2020

    Faced with the challenge of the Federalist Alliance, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that the governors should consult the citizens, so the state leaders used their social networks to ask about the continuity of the Federal Pact; at night, six governors and the Head of Government of CDMX expressed their support for AMLO; In New York, Keith Raniere, leader of the Nxivm sect, was sentenced to 120 years in prison for the crimes of sex trafficking, extortion, organized crime, threats and abuse of minors.

  • S2020E218 10/29/20: They find 59 bodies in Guanajuato; attacks in France; Federal Pact and more

    • October 29, 2020

    In the municipality of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, the National Search Commission found 59 bodies in clandestine graves; In an alleged terrorist act, a man with a knife beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in Nice, France, in addition to an attack in the city of Avignon and another at the French consulate in Saudi Arabia ; the position of the Federalist Alliance and other governors on the budget has sparked controversy around the issue.

  • S2020E219 10/30/20: Discontent over the Cienfuegos case; AMLO vs. outsourcing; attack in France and more

    • October 30, 2020

    The Mexican government expressed to the US its “deep discontent” for not reporting on the Salvador Cienfuegos investigation, in turn the US ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, said he had known about the case since August 2019; Considering that it affects workers and evades taxes, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador intends to reform the outsourcing system; France faces terrorism again, in the midst of an atmosphere of tension with Islam.

  • S2020E220 11/02/20: Zebadúa accuses Peña and Robles; the new analysis table and more

    • November 2, 2020

    The former senior officer of Sedatu and Sedesol, Emilio Zebadúa, offered to collaborate with the FGR to reveal the role of former president Enrique Peña Nieto and Rosario Robles in financing PRI electoral campaigns through the scheme known as “La Estafa Maestra”; The capital prosecutor's office will request the US extradition of Raymundo Collins, accused of misuse of powers and powers in his performance as director of the CDMX Housing Institute (Invi); Arturo Lona Reyes, “The Bishop of the Poor”, died in Oaxaca at the age of 94, a victim of Covid.

  • S2020E221 11/03/20: FGR goes for Videgaray; elections in the US; Fanny, missing and more

    • November 3, 2020

    As a result of the declarations of Emilio Lozoya, the Attorney General's Office accuses Luis Videgaray of an electoral crime related to the illegal financing of political campaigns, bribery and treason, but no arrest warrant has been issued; In a complex electoral process, marked by a social and economic crisis, today Trump and Biden are competing for the presidency of the United States; For 16 years, Silvia Elida Ortiz has been looking for Fanny, her missing daughter in Torreón.

  • S2020E222 11/04/20: Trump calls himself the winner and Biden asks for patience; Videgaray case and more

    • November 4, 2020

    While Democrat Joe Biden asked his followers for patience and faith, President Donald Trump declared himself the winner of the presidential elections in the United States, despite the fact that the vote count has not finished and the process could take days; President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that the Attorney General's Office submitted a request to arrest Luis Videgaray.

  • S2020E223 11/05/20: EU in electoral uncertainty; Videgaray case; Tlatlaya and more

    • November 5, 2020

    In the US, the vote count continues in the states that will define the presidency, while Democrat Joe Biden maintains an advantage, Donald Trump accuses fraud and citizens ask to count each vote; President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that former officials accused of corruption, like Luis Videgaray, can testify voluntarily, because he who owes nothing fears nothing; Sara Irene Herrerías, from the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, talks about the progress in the Tlatlaya case.

  • S2020E224 11/06/20: EU, the fight for the votes; the mystery of Fanny; new Analysis Table with Dresser and Berman

    • November 6, 2020

    President Donald Trump said Thursday that if the "legal votes" are counted, he won the election, but that the Democrats are operating electoral fraud; However, the US television stations decided to interrupt the transmission of the speech, considering that he was lying; Although in the case of Fanny Sánchez Viesca, who disappeared 16 years ago, there were indications of her whereabouts, the authorities refused to act; Today, the new Friday Analysis Table arrives, with the presence of Denise Dresser and Sabina Berman.

  • S2020E225 11/09/20: Biden defeats Trump; floods in Tabasco and the table with Lorenzo, Ana Lilia and Fabrizio

    • November 9, 2020

    Finally, Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential election with 290 votes, the US media announced on Saturday; In his first speech as elected president, he called for the union and healing of his country; After the rains of recent days, Tabasco reports the death of five people and more than 140 thousand affected, in addition to damaged homes, road closures and eight overflowing streams.

  • S2020E226 11/10/20: Armed aggression in Cancun; journalist murdered in Guanajuato; Peru, US and more

    • November 10, 2020

    A demonstration for the death of a young woman was dispersed by gunshots by Cancun police; William Barr, the US attorney general, authorized an investigation into allegations of fraud or irregularities in the counting of votes in the presidential election, but urged not to pursue fanciful or outlandish claims; amid accusations of corruption, the Peruvian Congress removed President Martín Vizcarra; journalist Israel Vázquez, from the El Salmantino portal, was shot to death while covering a story about the discovery of human remains in Salamanca, Guanajuato.

  • S2020E227 11/11/20: Floods in Tabasco, Chiapas and Veracruz; police repression; new Analysis Table and more

    • November 11, 2020

    Due to the recent rains or due to calculation errors in the discharge of a dam, the states of Chiapas, Tabasco and Veracruz suffer floods, with thousands of affected; President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met with the governors to coordinate preventive actions against future rainfall; In cases such as Cancun, police abuse reveals the institutional precariousness in matters of security; a new era at the Analysis Table on Wednesdays, with Alfredo Figueroa, Gabriel Reyes Orona and Anabel Hernández.

  • S2020E228 11/12/20: EPN and the criminal power; Tabasco, disaster and controversy; murder of mayor in Veracruz and more

    • November 12, 2020

    The Attorney General's Office described Enrique Peña Nieto as the “head of a criminal power apparatus” that used Luis Videgaray and Emilio Lozoya to receive bribes from Odebrecht and use them for electoral crimes, publishes Reforma; In the midst of the emergency that Tabasco is experiencing due to the floods, Governor Adán Augusto López points out the responsibility of the CFE and calls for support; Veracruz faces the consequences of the recent rains and, in a context of violence, Florisel Ríos, the mayor of Jamapa, was assassinated yesterday.

  • S2020E229 11/13/20: They used bribes against AMLO; outsourcing; Dresser and Berman, in Analysis Table and more

    • November 13, 2020

    In his expanded statement before the FGR, Emilio Lozoya said that Luis Videgaray used the bribes from Odebrecht to implement a strategy against Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Josefina Vázquez, adversaries of Enrique Peña Nieto in the 2012 campaign; Because it has become a form of tax fraud and a mechanism to affect workers, outsourcing will be rethought with a reform in terms of subcontracting; In the new Analysis Table, Denisse Dresser and Sabina Berman reflect on the themes of the week.

  • S2020E230 11/16/20: They affect the poorest in Tabasco; FGR vs. Sandoval; political crisis in Peru and more

    • November 16, 2020

    In Tabasco, the poorest were harmed, but a decision had to be made, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on a tour of the areas affected by the floods caused by the rains, as well as by the venting of the Peñitas dam, located in Chiapas; the FGR issued an arrest warrant against former Nayarit governor Roberto Sandoval for illicit enrichment, embezzlement and bribery; Five days after assuming as interim president of Peru, Manuel Merino, left office this Sunday after the resignation of more than half of the cabinet and a wave of demonstrations.

  • S2020E231 11/17/20: Hurricane Iota; arrest warrants for Master Scam; pipe explosion in Nayarit and more

    • November 17, 2020

    Beyond the damage caused by hurricanes like Eta and Iota, they have had consequences for indigenous peoples in Central America; the Attorney General's Office obtained an arrest warrant against Alejandro Vera, former rector of the Autonomous University of Morelos, for a case related to the Master Fraud; A gas pipe exploded yesterday on the Tepic-Guadalajara highway, leaving 14 people dead.

  • S2020E232 11/18/20: US Drops Charges Against Cienfuegos and Will Return to Mexico; Analysis Table and more

    • November 18, 2020

    The United States Department of Justice decided to request the dismissal of the criminal charges against former Secretary of National Defense Salvador Cienfuegos, so that he can be tried under Mexican law; on the eve of the National Day Against Child Sexual Abuse, an overview of the problem in Mexico; In the new era of the Analysis Table, Anabel Hernández, Gabriel Reyes Orona and Alfredo Figueroa participate.

  • S2020E233 11/19/20: Cienfuegos, free and at home; assault on humanitarian caravan; Analysis Table and more

    • November 19, 2020

    After the charges against him were dismissed as requested by the US Department of Justice, Salvador Cienfuegos, a former Secretary of Defense, arrived in Mexico, where he was notified that he is involved in an investigation; in Chiapas, a paramilitary group from Chenalhó shot a nun from the Caritas humanitarian aid brigade and the Trust for the Health of Indigenous Children, who brought food to the displaced in Tabak; and, in the new Analysis Table, Sergio Aguayo and Ricardo Raphael discuss the topics of the week.

  • S2020E234 11/20/20: They say yes to marijuana; Nayarit vs. Sandoval; Analysis Table and more

    • November 20, 2020

    The Senate of the Republic approved the ruling that regulates cannabis for recreational, scientific, medical and industrial use, now it will go to the Chamber of Deputies for final approval; for illicit enrichment, embezzlement, improper exercise of functions, electoral crime, bribery, extortion, dispossession and other crimes, the FGE of Nayarit is looking for former governor Roberto Sandoval; Denise Dresser and Sabina Berman reflect on the events of the week at Table of Analysis.

  • S2020E235 11/23/20: Covid-19 traffic lights reset; advance in vaccines; Analysis Table and more

    • November 23, 2020

    This Monday the Covid-19 traffic light update comes into operation, with two entities in red (Chihuahua and Durango), 14 in orange, 14 in yellow and only two in green, Campeche and Chiapas; At the G20 meeting, in which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador participated, the leaders spoke out for guaranteeing affordable and equitable access to the vaccine; and today AstraZeneca announces 90% efficacy in its vaccine; Lorenzo Meyer, Ana Lilia Pérez and Fabrizio Mejía Madrid discuss the topics of the week at the Analysis Table.

  • S2020E236 11/24/20: Robles ends the silence; anti-Covid vaccines; Analysis Table and more

    • November 24, 2020

    In exchange for a reduction in her eventual sentence, the former head of Sedesol Rosario Robles Berlanga, now a prisoner in Santa Martha Acatitla, seeks to use the criteria of opportunity and, as a collaborating witness of the FGR, provide information on deviations made by Enrique's administration Peña grandson; With more than a million infections and more than 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, Mexico works to guarantee its access to the vaccine; Today, at the Analysis Table, José Ramón Cossío reflects on the themes of the week.

  • S2020E237 11/25/20: Videgaray Refutes Robles; Zebadúa vs. Juárez; Analysis Table and more

    • November 25, 2020

    Rosario Robles, former head of Sedesol and Sedatu, assured this Tuesday that he will speak the truth as a collaborating witness of the FGR, while Luis Videgaray affirms that he accuses him without support; According to Emilio Zebadúa, a former senior officer of Sedatu, the Peña Nieto government paid 400 million pesos for land adjacent to the now canceled NAICM; René Juárez is involved in these negotiations, but the federal deputy denied the allegations; At the Analysis Table, Anabel Hernández, Alfredo Figueroa and Gabriel Reyes Orona discuss the topics of the week.

  • S2020E238 11/26/20: Videgaray in the sights of the UIF; Maradona, goodbye to the legend; death of Mireles and more

    • November 26, 2020

    Due to the allegations made against him by the former director of Pemex Emilio Lozoya, the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) is already investigating the former Secretary of Finance Luis Videgaray, who could be accused of electoral crime, bribery and others; Argentine Diego Armando Maradona, the god of soccer, dies at age 60; José Manuel Mireles, founder of the self-defense groups in Michoacán, dies of Covid.

  • S2020E239 11/27/20: They eliminate presidential jurisdiction; dissidents detained in Cuba; Table and more

    • November 27, 2020

    The Senate endorsed the constitutional reform that would eliminate the presidential jurisdiction, in such a way that the executive can be tried in case of treason, corruption or electoral crimes, but the endorsement of the state legislatures is still lacking; Anamely Ramos, a doctoral student at the Universidad Iberoamericana, is among the dissidents detained in Cuba, at the headquarters of the San Isidro Movement, where they demanded the release of rapper Denis Solís.

  • S2020E240 11/30/20: They seek to extradite García Luna; fire in CFE substation; and they investigate the murder of French and Mexican

    • November 30, 2020

    For alleged illicit enrichment, the FGR will request the United States to extradite Genaro García Luna after issuing an arrest warrant against him; The Mexico City Attorney General's Office is investigating the murder of French businessman Baptiste Jacques Daniel Lormand and his Mexican partner, Luis Orozco Navidad, apparently robbery victims.

  • S2020E241 12/01/20: Two years of Q4: Debate Concheiro-Suárez Vélez ... and more

    • December 1, 2020

    The head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom, asked Mexico to take the Covid seriously in the face of its bad situation, since the number of cases and deaths doubled; amid the economic and health crisis, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reaches two years of government; Elvira Concheiro, researcher at UNAM, and analyst Jorge Suárez Vélez discuss Q4; they order the Edomex prosecutor's office to comply with the judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and deliver the Atenco case to federal authorities.

  • S2020E242 12/02/20: AMLO's message for his two years; alleged bribery in the White House; Analysis table and more

    • December 2, 2020

    In his message for the second year of government, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that he has laid the foundations for the transformation and that he has not been overtaken by the pandemic, he also boasted the fight against corruption and savings of 1.3 billion euros. pesos, but he accepted that certain crimes have not dropped; According to declassified court documents, the US investigates a possible bribery scheme in exchange for presidential pardon or suspension of sentence; Anabel Hernández, Alfredo Figueroa and Gabriel Reyes Orona comment on the themes of the week.

  • S2020E243 12/03/20: Anti-Covid vaccine in Mexico; they close gas to Ethylene XXI; Ernestina Ascencio case before IACHR and more

    • December 3, 2020

    The National Center for Natural Gas Control interrupted the supply of natural gas to its Ethylene XXI plant in Veracruz, forcing the production of ethylene and polyethylene to stop, reported the Braskem-Idesa company; on Tuesday the national vaccination plan will be announced. Mexico and Pfizer have already signed an agreement for 34.4 million doses and the expectation is to receive 250 thousand vaccines this month; This Friday, after years of struggle by family members and defenders to obtain justice for Ernestina Ascencio, a woman allegedly raped and murdered by the military, the IACHR will analyze in a public hearing the responsibility of the Mexican State in this case for malpractice, impunity and cover-up.

  • S2020E244 12/04/20: Return to the red light in CDMX ?; Ernestina Ascencio case reaches the IACHR; Table and more

    • December 4, 2020

    This Friday we also reported that a judge again ordered the apprehension of the sister of the former director of Pemex, Gilda Susana Lozoya. Also, the analysis table with Sabina Berman and Denise Dresser.

  • S2020E245 12/07/20: Herrera's contact with drug traffickers is revealed; Pemex cancels AMLO's premium contract; The Millionaires of War and more

    • December 7, 2020

    The Catalan police documented that Fidel Herrera, former governor of Veracruz, had contact with members of organized crime, when he was the Mexican consul in Barcelona (2015-2017), according to a report by The Cartel Project; In addition to the termination of contracts with Litoral Laboratorios Industriales, a company owned by Felipa Obrador, cousin of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Pemex is investigating those awards; CDMX is at a critical time due to the pandemic, so the authorities call to avoid leaving the house and postpone Christmas holidays.

  • S2020E246 12/08/20: They apply the first anti-Covid vaccine; They request the extradition of García Luna; cyber espionage and more

    • December 8, 2020

    A 90-year-old woman from the United Kingdom on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer anti-Covid vaccine; while in Mexico today the vaccination plan is presented; The Ministry of Foreign Relations reported that the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic formally requested the United States to extradite former Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna; Mexican journalists have been targeted by cyber espionage without any person responsible having been investigated, according to a report by the Cartel Project.

  • S2020E247 12/09/20: Vaccination plan arrives; Odebrecht in Veracruz; Cassez-Vallarta case and more

    • December 9, 2020

    Vaccination against Covid-19 in Mexico begins the third week of December in CDMX and Coahuila, with a first stage aimed at health personnel and, as of February 2021, the doses will be applied by age groups, according to the plan announced yesterday; New revelations emerge of payments made by the Brazilian firm to shell companies in Veracruz; today marks the 15th anniversary of the arrest of Florence Cassez and Israel Vallarta, while she was released after trying a montage, he remains in preventive detention without trial.

  • S2020E248 12/10/20: Banxico and the purchase of foreign currency; teleworking, the new rules; fentanyl in Mexico and more

    • December 10, 2020

    The Senate endorsed the bill to reform the Bank of Mexico Law on foreign exchange, but the deputy governor of Banxico, Gerardo Esquivel, pointed out that it puts international reserves at risk and undermines the autonomy of the Central Bank; According to a new labor regulation, those who practice home offices may disconnect at the end of their working day and the employer must collaborate with the expenses in services; Fentanyl has established itself as the drug of choice for the Mexican cartels.

  • S2020E249 12/11/20: On alert for Covid-19; weapons in Mexico; take up the case of Ernestina Ascencio and more

    • December 11, 2020

    In the Valley of Mexico, this Thursday the figure of 6 thousand hospitalized due to Covid-19 was exceeded, a figure that had not been seen since June; In the country, there are already one million 217 thousand 126 cases and 112 thousand 326 deaths from the pandemic; many weapons manufactured abroad and sold to the Mexican Army allegedly reached the hands of criminal networks; In order to exhaust the lines of investigation and guarantee justice, the State will reopen the investigation into the case of Ernestina Ascencio, who died after allegedly being raped by the military in 2007.

  • S2020E250 12/14/20: CDMX, at a red traffic light ?; controversy over Banxico Law; telephone registry and more

    • December 14, 2020

    With an occupancy of 83 percent of the general hospitalization beds and 71 percent in intubation beds for the care of serious patients due to Covid-19, the CDMX is on alert and emergency, but the authorities have refused to define whether is on a red light; While the Senate approved a bill that would oblige Banxico to buy the dollars that banks cannot return to the financial system, critics point out the risks that this implies; The Deputies approved the creation of a national register of mobile phone users, but the fact has sparked controversy because it is considered an attack against technological rights and the protection of personal data.

  • S2020E251 12/15/20: Banxico Law; hospital saturation in CDMX; starts vaccination in the US and more

    • December 15, 2020

    The CDMX has broken the record of hospitalized for coronavirus, for which the authorities have declared "Emergency for Covid in Mexico City"; the reform that is intended to be made to the Bank of Mexico Law has been rejected, because it puts the entire Mexican financial system at risk, specialists point out, however today it would rise to the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies; With 306 votes, Democrat Joe Biden won the Electoral College vote on Monday, making him formally the winner of the United States presidency, who will take office on January 20.

  • S2020E252 12/16/20: Moctezuma goes as ambassador to the United States; they postpone reform of the Banxico Law; hospitals on the edge and more

    • December 16, 2020

    After the departure of Martha Bárcena, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed Esteban Moctezuma Barragán, current head of the SEP, as Mexican ambassador to the US; After strong opposition to the reform of the Bank of Mexico Law, the Chamber of Deputies postponed the discussion of the initiative approved by the Senate and announced a bicameral commission to review it; The authorities report an increase in hospitalizations, so they are working to expand the capacity of care and call for citizen cooperation to lower the contagion curve.

  • S2020E253 12/17/20: Macron with Covid-19; critical hospital occupancy in CDMX; increase in salary; parity and more

    • December 17, 2020

    Nationwide there are 16,882 people hospitalized for Covid-19, of which 6,730 are hospitalized in the Valley of Mexico, so this Wednesday 37 hospitals in the metropolitan area reported a "critical" occupation; The National Commission of Minimum Wages approved a wage increase of 15% for 2021, which reaches 141.70 pesos a day and $ 213.39 on the northern border, which has caused the discontent of the private initiative after the hard economic blow by the pandemic; federal and state congresses must legislate on gender parity in candidacies for governor.

  • S2020E254 12/18/20: They kill ex-governor of Jalisco; minimum wage and Infonavit; Breach case and more

    • December 18, 2020

    Aristóteles Sandoval, former PRI governor of Jalisco, was assassinated at dawn this Friday in an armed attack in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta; Although the minimum wage has a greater increase, the Infonavit credit balance will only increase up to the limit determined by annual inflation; The FGR detained the PAN member Hugo Amed Schultz, former mayor of the municipality of Chínipas, Chihuahua, for his probable participation in the murder of journalist Miroslava Breach in 2017.

  • S2020E255 12/21/20: Red traffic light in Valley of Mexico; new strain of Covid in England; the Army will operate the Mayan Train, and more

    • December 21, 2020

    With about 80% of hospital occupancy in CDMX by Covid, the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico entered a red traffic light, which implies closing non-essential activities of the economy to try to stop the increase in infections; the detection of a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus in England has put the world on alert; A company of the armed forces will manage three sections of the Mayan Train, from Tulum to Palenque; as well as the airports of Tulum, Chetumal, Palenque and Santa Lucía, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

  • S2020E256 12/22/20: They misrepresent hospital data: NYT; variant of Covid; Delfina to the SEP; conjunct planets and more

    • December 22, 2020

    A report in The New York Times newspaper affirms that the Mexican Government distorted statistics of the occupation of hospital beds with ventilators and the percentage of positivity to prevent the epidemiological traffic light from turning red since December 4, the authorities deny it; what science says about the threat of a new variant of Covid in the UK; Delfina Gómez replaces Esteban Moctezuma in the SEP; yesterday the planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn could be seen, a phenomenon that will not be repeated until 2080.

  • S2020E257 12/23/20: Anti-Covid vaccines arrive in Mexico; the PRI-PAN-PRD alliance; Analysis Table and more

    • December 23, 2020

    This Wednesday, the first shipment of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 arrives in Mexico City, the doses will be kept in a secret location and will begin to be applied this Thursday, December 24 to medical personnel in the capital; under the name of Va por México, the leaders of the Institutional Revolutionary, National Action and Democratic Revolution parties presented a partial coalition to contest the federal elections of 2021; At the Analysis Table, Anabel Hernández, Alfredo Figueroa and Gabriel Reyes Orona address the topics of the week.

  • S2020E258 12/24/20: Vaccination begins; they insure properties of García Luna; seal post-Brexit trade pact and more

    • December 24, 2020

    With an initial batch of 3,000 doses of Pfizer destined for health personnel, the vaccination program against Covid-19 begins this December 24 in three locations in the country: the General Hospital of Mexico and two military units, in Toluca and in Queretaro; The Jalisco Prosecutor's Office confirmed the arrest of an alleged implicated in the murder of former PRI governor Aristóteles Sandoval and the recovery of surveillance videos; Sergio Aguayo and Ricardo Raphael debate the topics of the week.

  • S2020E259 12/28/20: Manzanero dies; second batch of vaccines arrives; arrested for the death of the Moreno Valleys and more

    • December 28, 2020

    The Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero died this Monday due to complications from the Covid; With 42,900 doses, the second batch of anti-Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Biontech arrived in Mexico, and on Sunday, the second day of vaccination began at Sedena facilities in Tlalpan for health personnel; Four people from the Rotor Flight Services company were arrested for the death in 2018 of the then governor of Puebla, Martha Erika Alonso, Senator Rafael Moreno Valle and three other people, who died after the fall of the helicopter in which they were traveling.

  • S2020E260 12/29/2020: Blackout affects 10.3 million users; goodbye to Manzanero; gender parity and more

    • December 29, 2020

    On Monday, a massive blackout was registered in 16 entities, including Morelos, Nuevo León, Jalisco, the State of Mexico, Tamaulipas and Mexico City, which affected 10.3 million CFE users for two hours; amid tributes and memories, they say goodbye to the Yucatecan singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero, emblem of romantic music; This Wednesday the deadline to present the seven women who will run for governorships in 2021 expires.

  • S2020E261 12/30/20: They point to ‘causes’ of the mega blackout; violent year for journalism; Covid report and more

    • December 30, 2020

    The Federal Electricity Commission explained that the mega blackout on Monday, December 28, was caused by the fire in some grasslands in Padilla, Tamaulipas, but the fact was denied by the government of that state; the year that is ending was deadly for journalists, as Reporters Without Borders recorded 50 murders, 8 of them in Mexico; In the country, there are already one million 401 thousand 529 cases of contagion and 123 thousand 845 deaths due to Covid-19.

  • S2020E262 12/31/20: They prevent AMLO from talking about elections; vaccines and abuse; goodbye to 2020 and more

    • December 31, 2020

    The INE Complaints and Complaints Commission ordered President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to refrain from interfering from his conferences in favor or against electoral political actors; While the doctor José Rogel Romero is being investigated for using influence to vaccinate his family, the authorities announce that there will be sanctions for those who abuse the program; an account of the most relevant events of the year that is ending.

Season 2021

  • S2021E01 01/04/21: Assange's extradition is rejected ... and AMLO offers him asylum; 2021 agenda; Trump's call and more

    • January 4, 2021

    A British judge ruled that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States, where he would face up to 175 years in prison; in his morning conferences, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked the United Kingdom to release the founder of Wikileaks and offered him political asylum; the political agenda for the year 2021; Donald Trump asked Georgia's Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger, to overturn Joe Biden's victory.

  • S2021E02 01/05/21: Asylum to Assange; The INAI disappear ?; they broadcast videos of the Sandoval case and more

    • January 5, 2021

    President Andrés Manuel López Obrador celebrated that Julian Assange's extradition to the US has not been approved, asked the United Kingdom for his release and offered political asylum to the founder of Wikileaks; for AMLO, INAI could be absorbed by the Ministry of Public Function; After being recovered by the Jalisco authorities, the videos of the place where former PRI governor Aristóteles Sandoval was assassinated were revealed.

  • S2021E03 01/06/21: Covid hospitals face crisis; admits CFE document falsification; Biden certification and more

    • January 6, 2021

    A total of 304 medical units in the country report occupancy equal to or greater than 70 percent in general care beds for Covid-19; The CFE acknowledged that the document attributed to the Tamaulipas Civil Protection is false but insists that the fire caused the mega-blackout; amid protests from supporters of Donald Trump, today the certification of Joe Biden takes place in the US Congress.

  • S2021E04 01/07/21: Assault on the Capitol; Biden is certified and Trump promises orderly transition

    • January 7, 2021

    In the early hours of Thursday, the US Congress certified the electoral victory of Democrat Joe Biden, after hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, in what is already considered an assault on democracy; Trump today pledged to an orderly transition, but said he disagreed with the results; the impact of the pandemic on children's rights in Mexico will have a domino effect that is still difficult to measure.

  • S2021E05 01/08/21: Trump promises smooth transition; They take up the case of Salgado Macedonio; renewable energy and more

    • January 8, 2021

    The president of the United States, Donald Trump, acknowledged yesterday that he lost the elections and that his challenges were not recognized, condemned the assault on the Capitol and assured that he will focus on ensuring a smooth, orderly and uninterrupted transition; Félix Salgado Macedonio, Morena's candidate for governor of Guerrero, was accused of raping a woman in 2016, although he denies it, the state prosecutor's office is reviewing the case; opinions found on the generation of solar and wind energy in the country.

  • S2021E06 01/11/21: Chaos by fire in the Metro; restaurants 'open or die'; accuse Trump of inciting insurrection

    • January 11, 2021

    One person died, material damage, six lines out of service and chaos that has affected more than one million transport users, was the result of the fire in the offices of the CDMX Metro early Saturday morning; Luis Donaldo Colosio Riojas, son of the PRI candidate assassinated in 1994, will fight for the mayor of Monterrey; Faced with the latent threat of a definitive closure, the restaurateurs launch the "open or die" despite the red light.

  • S2021E07 01/12/21: Hospitals at the top for Covid; disappearance of the self-employed; teleworking and INE vs. morning

    • January 12, 2021

    The Valley of Mexico registers the highest hospital occupancy since the start of the pandemic and is only 33 patients away from exceeding the worst scenario forecast to face saturation by Covid-19; While for the presidential agenda the incorporation into the government of autonomous organizations such as the INAI and the IFT is necessary, specialists see it as a setback; With the definition of the obligations for the employer and the employee, this Monday teleworking was regulated in Federal Law.

  • S2021E08 01/13/21: Pence Refuses to Remove Trump from Office; Chamber urges to apply amendment 25; Covid deaths and more

    • January 13, 2021

    In his final days as president, Donald Trump faces not only defeat and the abandonment of his team, but the threat of a second impeachment; This Tuesday 1,314 new deaths from Covid-19 were reported in Mexico, the highest number in a single day since the pandemic began, which already adds 1,556 thousand 28 diagnoses and 135 thousand 682 deaths in the country; Anabel Hernández, Gabriel Reyes Orona and Alfredo Figueroa at the Analysis Table.

  • S2021E09 01/14/21: Trump makes history ... by his double impeachment; mass vaccination; Lozoya case and more

    • January 14, 2021

    For his role in the assault on the Capitol by his supporters and "inciting insurrection", Donald Trump became the first president in the history of the United States to be brought to impeachment twice, following the resolution of The House of Representatives; This Wednesday, 94,395 people were vaccinated against Covid in Mexico, a record number; Two months after the expiration of the complementary investigation, the file on the Emilio Lozoya-Odebrecht case remains incomplete and awaiting the information requested from seven countries.

  • S2021E10 01/15/21: They declare Cienfuegos free of guilt; restaurant crisis; social networks vs. censorship and more

    • January 15, 2021

    The Mexican judicial authorities decided not to bring criminal action against General Salvador Cienfuegos, since it was determined that he never met or communicated with members of a criminal organization investigated by the United States, nor did he protect or help them; CDMX is analyzing a possible agreement with the restaurant industry, which is going through an economic crisis derived from the pandemic and which has generated a wave of closures and layoffs; The cancellation of Donald Trump's social media accounts has sparked the debate on censorship and freedom of expression.

  • S2021E11 01/18/21: They disseminate files from Cienfuegos; INE, AMLO and the morning; Censored Trump and More

    • January 18, 2021

    The Ministry of Foreign Relations published the evidence against Salvador Cienfuegos sent by the US and, although the US Department of Justice condemned the incident, the FGR also released its investigation against the former Secretary of Defense; In order not to violate principles of impartiality and neutrality in the 2021 electoral contest, the INE ordered President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and other officials not to pronounce on the process; experts weigh in on Trump's closed social media accounts.

  • S2021E12 01/19/21: Dosage delivery of vaccines to Mexico; interview with Gertz Manero on the Cienfuegos case; death of the son of 'El Azul' and more

    • January 19, 2021

    Today, 200,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrive in Mexico, half of what was expected. In addition, the shipment was delayed for the next three weeks, as part of the distribution mechanism proposed by the UN; the case of General Salvador Cienfuegos raised Mexico's diplomatic conflict with the United States to the highest and unusual levels; Members of the migrant caravan clash with Guatemalan security forces in their attempt to continue on their way to the US.

  • S2021E13 01/20/21: End of the Trump era; Biden begins; delay in vaccines and more of the Cienfuegos case

    • January 20, 2021

    In the midst of an unprecedented crisis, Democrat Joe Biden assumes the presidency of the United States today; the case of Salvador Cienfuegos strained the US-Mexico diplomatic relationship, while yesterday the public prosecutor, Alejandro Gertz Manero, defended in an interview the non-exercise of criminal action against the general and said he was willing to litigate in international instances; the vaccine delivery schedule has been postponed to February, but authorities say it does not affect the announced plan.

  • S2021E14 01/21/21: Biden Reverses Trump's Legacy; the witness accuses García Harfuch; Analysis table and more

    • January 21, 2021

    Upon assuming the presidency of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden called for an end to "the uncivilized war" and signed 17 executive orders that seek to reverse the migration policies implemented by Trump, such as the construction of the border wall and changes in the program. DACA; the influence of Biden's green agenda on Mexico's energy policy; A protected witness in the case of the 43 normalistas places the current secretary of Citizen Security in the capital, Omar García Harfuch, among the beneficiaries of the money from Guerreros Unidos.

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