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Mexican Firefighters Not Considered Public Security
1/27/12 – On January 25, the Supreme Court in Mexico (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, SCJN) established that firemen were not considered public security officers under Mexican law. Determining that firefighters’ principal functions include fire prevention, emergency response and mitigation, risk and disaster relief, and assistance and protection of the population, the Supreme … Read more
Mexico Denies Human Rights Watch Allegations
1/28/12 – Mexico’s Interior Ministry (Secretario de Gobernación, Segob) sent out a formal complaint to Human Rights Watch (HRW) stating that the accusations it makes about Mexico in its recent reports are untrue and “do not reflect the real status in Mexico.” On January 21, HRW released its annual “World Report,” which examines the status … Read more
Mexican Legislator Proposes Law Similar to U.S. SOPA Bill
01/26/12— In the midst of the U.S. Congress reviewing two pieces of anti-piracy legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Propety Act (PIPA), the Senate of Mexico has also been in the process of reviewing its own anti-piracy propostion made by legislator Federico Döring of the National Action Party (Partido Acción … Read more
Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Federal District’s Asset Seizure Law
01/26/12—Today Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld the Constitutionality of the Federal District’s new asset seizure law (ley de extinción de dominio), denying a property owner’s request for protective judicial redress (amparo) four to one. Prior to the current asset seizure law, Mexico’s constitution had only allowed the government to seize property after fairly compensating the owner … Read more
Investigations Open into Possible Spying in Chamber of Deputies
01/24/12– Accusations of illegal spying and tapping of public administration buildings have been reported in the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) this past week. Submitted to the Deputy Attorney of Specialized Investigations of Federal Crimes (Subprocuraduría de Investigación Especializada en Delitos Federales, SIEDF), the report claimed that a listening device was discovered in the San … Read more
1997 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Visits Mexico
01/23/12 – Jody Williams, the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner and president of the International Nobel Women’s Initiative Organization, visited Mexico this week to discuss and determine the state of high profile issues plaguing the country. During her visit, Williams met with Federal Attorney General (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) Marisela Morales Ibáñez on January … Read more
2011 Marks Highest Record of Auto Theft in Mexico
01/12/11 – The Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros, AMIS) announced that 2011 has marked a new high record for the number of auto thefts reported throughout Mexico. General director of AMIS, Recaredo Arias Jiménez , announced that in this past year, 85,510 insured vehicles were reported stolen, which is … Read more
Spillover Violence in Arizona and California
01/21/12— Two apparently unrelated killings in the Southwest region of the United States this month have brought the issue of ’spill-over violence’ back into the spotlight. On Friday, January 6, 2012, a man’s decapitated body was located west of the Tuscan Mountains in Arizona. The body was discovered missing its hands, feet, and head, none of which were … Read more
Top Sinaloa Arms Trafficker Captured
01/20/12 – The Mexican Ministry of Public Security (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública, SSP) announced today the capture of Eduardo Ávila Ojeda, 34, in Culiacán, which is in northern Mexico. Ávila, known as “El Lalo,” is one of the Sinaloa cartel’s top arms smugglers. SSP called Ávila “one of the main introducers to the country of firearms, cartridges and … Read more
Calderón Meets with CIA Director to Discuss the Security Agenda
01/18/12— Mexican President Felipe Calderón met in private today with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director General David Petraeus, U.S. ambassador to Mexico Anthony Wayne, Nobel Prize economist Nouriel Roubini, and members of his security cabinet. The meeting took place at the presidential residence in Los Pinos and focused on the security agenda between the two countries. According to a statement issued from the … Read more
