Several weeks ago, we documented how murders in Mexico jumped in 1H19 to the highest on record, despite President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s initiative to reduce crime in the cartel-ravaged country. From January to June, there were 14,603 murders, versus the 13,985 homicides recorded in 1H18. At the current rate, Mexico is expected to register […]
Honduras, El Salvador Expected to Follow After Guatemala, Mexico Make Immigration Deals with Trump…
Shortly after overseeing the signing of a “safe third country” asylum agreement with Guatemala at the Oval Office on July 26, President Donald Trump told reporters that he expects to soon sign similar deals with Honduras and El Salvador. Prior to the pact with Guatemala, Trump had already secured help from Mexico to tackle the […]
Supreme Court Allows $2.5 Billion Transfer of DoD Funds to Build Border Wall…
A major win for the Trump administration as the Supreme Court has just ruled to stay a lower court ruling that blocked the President from using $2.5 billion in defense funds to build border security wall. This means the Department of Homeland Security can now use $2.5 billion in defense appropriations to build the border […]
Trump Strikes Safe Third Country Agreement With Guatemala…
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he struck a deal with Guatemala for the Central American country to serve as a safe third country for asylum seekers. Under a safe third country agreement, Guatemala would be required to accept some asylum seekers within its own borders, helping to stem the overflow of migrants headed toward […]
Mexican Authorities Find Migrant Smuggling Ring Using Delivery Trucks…
Mexican authorities announced Monday they discovered a smuggling ring using tractor-trailer trucks disguised as freight deliveries to transport migrants. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated that authorities had found a tractor-trailer rig disguised with the logo of Soriana, one of Mexico’s largest grocery store chains. However, this truck was carrying migrants instead of groceries, […]
Now It Makes Sense – Beijing Assigned Hardline Trade Handler to Vice-Premier Liu He…
We had to wait a few weeks to see how the Beijing communists and Xi Jinping hardliners were positioned for new trade talks; and now things make sense. Initially it seemed at odds with Beijing’s prior position to restart U.S-China trade negotiations with Vice-Premier Liu He. The prior three months of negotiation came to a […]
Now That Mexico Is Finally Plugging the Sieve of Immigrants on THEIR Side of the Border, 28 Percent Drop in Border Apprehensions…
NEC Director Larry Kudlow Discusses U.S.-China Negotiation Restart…
White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow on the U.S.-China trade talks where recontact has been established and now officially restarted. As noted, President Trump is in no hurry; the status-quo is leverage in our favor. Additionally Director Kudlow discusses the potential benefits of the USMCA trade deal and whether the Federal Reserve should […]
Looks Like Mexico’s Deployment of National Guards Is Working: Leaked Border Arrest Figures Reveal Dramatic Drop…
It appears that Mexico’s act of good faith to avoid tariffs may have begun to pay off. According to leaked figures, US Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants dropped precipitously in June, weeks after Mexico announced the deployment of 15,000 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border and froze the bank accounts of 26 human […]
Mexico’s Senate Approves Trade Deal with U.S., Canada…
Mexico’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on June 19 to ratify a new free trade agreement with the United States and Canada, making it the first of the three countries to gain legislative approval. Mexico’s upper chamber voted 114 to four with three abstentions in favor of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. U.S. President Donald Trump had […]
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