Murky waters

On "expelled" narcos, polluted presas and film follies

Welcome to a news roundup edition of The Mexpatriate.

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In today’s newsletter, I cover the latest on the upcoming judicial elections, pollution in Mexico’s reservoirs and the year’s most Oscar-nominated (and least liked) film, Emilia Pérez.

But first, there’s been a wee bit of security news to catch up on: the U.S. State Department officially designated six Mexican cartels as FTOs; “El Mayo” is trying to get repatriated to Mexico; Sheinbaum is giving Trump ideas about fentanyl (recommend this take on it here); the U.S.-Mexico border continues to be where rumors and drones fly, and there was a “pirate” attack (no, really) on a Pemex offshore oil platform in Campeche Sound.

But the biggest news of the week came out yesterday afternoon: the Mexican government carried out a “historic” handover of 29 traffickers to the U.S., including the prize the DEA has been hunting for 40 years: Rafael Caro Quintero.