Navi Pillay Plans an Upcoming Visit to Mexico to Discuss Human Rights
06/30/11 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will be visiting Mexico from July 3 through July 9 to discuss issues concerning human rights with authorities at both federal and local levels of government. Pillay will be making the visit at the invitation of the Mexican government. She will be welcomed … Read more
Federal District Legislature Approves Femicide Reforms
06/30/11 — The Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal, ALDF) recently approved reforms that focus on the prevention and punishment of femicide by further defining and criminalizing the act, which is the targeting and killing of women based on their sex. The ALDF approved the proposed reforms on June 29 with … Read more
New Program is Created to Prevent Kidnappings
06/30/11 – A new national program designed to combat kidnapping in Mexico was approved today on June 30. The program, known as the National Program to Prevent and Sanction Kidnappings (Programa Nacional para Prevenir y Sancionar el Secuestro), was announced by Attorney General Marisela Morales during the 30th session of the National Security Conference (Sesión … Read more
Mexican Police Officers Are Investigated After Death of Police Chief
06/29/11 – Seven police officers from Santa Catarina, Nuevo León are currently being investigated after the death of police chief Germán Pérez. Authorities reported that two vehicles containing about a dozen gunmen total arrived at the Santa Catarina station on Monday afternoon, stormed their way into Pérez’s office, and shot him to death. Nuevo León State … Read more
Bi-National Group Will Be Created To Reduce Drug Consumption
06/29/11 – The United States and Mexico hosted its Ninth Bi-national Conference on Reducing Drug Demand (Novena Conferencia Binacional sobre la Reduccíon de la Demanda de Drogas) in which they have made plans to create a new group that will be responsible for reducing drug consumption. Both countries also signed an agreement to exchange scientific … Read more
Mexican Army Discovers an Underground Drug Lab in Sinaloa
06/28/11— The Mexican Ministry of Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Sedena) stated today that the Mexican army discovered a drug lab in Sinaloa used to prepare methamphetamine and fully equipped with two underground levels, a metal structure, an elevator, and a ventilation system. On Sunday June 26, soldiers patrolling the area found the lab “hidden … Read more
Tijuana Signs Social Pact Against Drug Violence and Drug Use
06/27/11 – The National Chamber of Industry of Transformation of Tijuana (Cámara Nacional de la Industria de la Transformación de Tijuana, Canacintra) along with various civic organizations signed a pact this Monday morning to reduce both drug-related violence and drug use in Tijuana, Baja California. The agreement is known as “Tijuana Letter: Tijuana, I want … Read more
Priest Alleges That More Than 60 Migrants Were Kidnapped in Veracruz
06/27/11— Roman Catholic Priest Alejandro Solalinde, who runs the Oaxacan based Brothers Along the Road (Hermanos en el Camino) migrant shelter, has stated that more than 60 Central American migrants were kidnapped on Friday June 24, suspecting that most of them had travelled from Guatemala and Honduras. He received notice of the incident from a few … Read more
Calderón’s Visit with Sicilia Sparks Discussion on Justice and Human Rights
06/25/11— President Felipe Calderón’s televised meeting with poet and activist Javier Sicilia on Thursday has sparked a public discussion regarding justice and human rights in Mexico, including a call on Mexican citizens to recognize their responsibility to uphold the law. Sicilia previously organized a caravan of protestors that marched from Mexico City to Ciudad Juárez … Read more
Aguascalientes Approves Judicial Reforms; Advances Towards Oral Trials
06/25/11— As part of the New System of Penal Justice to be implemented throughout Mexico, the state of Aguascalientes approved a number of reforms in June that will help create positions for execution and sentencing judges, reported El Heraldo. The series of reforms, which were presented in front of the full legislature on June 19, seek to … Read more
