This is the main news today, February 16, in Mexico: Minister Yasmín Esquivel filed an Amparo lawsuit aimed at challenging the integration of the UNAM committee investigating the plagiarism of the dissertation. Meanwhile, journalist Abisaí Pérez Romero was found dead in Hidalgo.
News from Mexico
- Strike at Aeromar: Pilots and flight attendants begin strike at AICM
Aeromar pilots, flight attendants and workers began a strike at Mexico City International Airport (AICM) a day after the airline announced it was permanently ceasing operations.
Airline employees decided to go on strike over alleged wage arrears that were not being covered.
- Journalist found dead: Abisaí Pérez is found lifeless in Hidalgo
The death of journalist Abisaí Pérez Romero, who was allegedly murdered in the state of Hidalgo, was confirmed this Thursday in a statement by the Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM).
The remains of the communicator were found in the municipality of Tula last Tuesday, February 14, according to the university circular.
- Morena’s ‘Guates’: Q4 Brings Allies to Committee to Select INE Directors
The National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party bench in the Chamber of Deputies, along with its Labor Party (PT) and Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) allies, have appointed their profiles to integrate the Technical Evaluation Committee that will do so Selection of the best candidates for National Electoral Institute (INE) advisers.
This Thursday afternoon, the Political Coordination Council (Jucopo) announced the names of its best profiles who will be in charge of electing the four members of the INE General Council for the period 2023-2032.
- García Luna risks his future: the jury begins to consider to reach a verdict
The moment of truth has arrived for Genaro García Luna in the United States: henceforth the jury began deliberating whether he is guilty or innocent in the trial brought against him for links to drug trafficking, specifically with the Sinaloa cartel.
According to journalist Arturo Ángel, at 12:40 p.m. in New York (11:40 a.m. CDMX time), the final phase of the trial began after three weeks of witnesses and evidence presented by both the prosecution and the defense
- Yasmin Esquivel vs. UNAM: Minister absconds to stop committee investigating plagiarism
The Minister of the Supreme Court of the Nation (SCJN) Yasmín Esquivel submitted a request to Amparo to challenge the integration of the Committee of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) investigating the plagiarism of the dissertation of degree in which it is related.
According to the Reforma newspaper, the administrative affairs judge, Sandra de Jesús Zúñiga, granted the minister a provisional suspension, which is part of the amparo that sets out the guidelines for the integration, adaptation and registration of UNAM’s ethics committees.
- AMLO’s “Revenge”: Preparing a lawsuit against García Luna’s lawyer for moral damage
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said he was holding a consultation to determine whether to charge Genaro García Luna’s lawyer, César de Castro, with moral harm.
According to reports by journalist Arturo Ángel, the defense of the former secretary of state for public security mentioned the Mexican president – during the interrogation of Jesús “El Rey” Zambada – for allegedly paying bribes for a campaign.
- Aeromar bankruptcy: Government to sue owners for Treasury debts and more
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) assured that when companies go bankrupt, as in the case of Aeromar, the owners are – almost always – protected; Because of this, he reiterated that the government would report them to government agencies for debts.
He also said the complaint would initially be made by the workers concerned.
CDMX messages
- AMLO has finally unleashed the AIFA: he flies from Santa Lucía to Sonora on his first trip
Last but not least! President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) used Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) for the first time to fly on his weekend tour, almost a year after the airfield was inaugurated.
It was that Thursday afternoon when the general director “inaugurated” at his own expense the runways of Santa Lucía Airport, which he traveled to the municipality of Hermosillo, Sonora, as part of his activities.
- “Heat” in the CDMX: You warn at temperatures of up to 30 degrees
The government of Mexico City warned the population against the generation of UV rays and high temperatures as the weather will be very hot in CDMX today.
The Secretariat for Comprehensive Risk Management and Disaster Prevention (SGIRPC) activated the yellow alert due to the forecast of high temperatures in various communities of the entity, as these are expected to reach 28 and 30 degrees.
world news
- Peru vs. AMLO again: President accuses Mexico of not giving up leadership of the Pacific Alliance
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte assured this Wednesday that her Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) does not want to give up the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance, which would correspond to a transfer to the Andean country this year.
“Peru should have assumed the Pro Tempore presidency in January of this year. However, because of this political situation of the President of Mexico, until now he is harming the peoples that make up the Pacific Alliance because (…) he does not want us to give up the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance,” Boluarte said in one Statement that asked no questions.