Operation Safe Veracruz Destroys Zeta Financial Cell
10/28/11– Two days after the capture of the Veracruz leader of the Zeta Cartel, Carlos Arturo Carrillo Pitalua, another high profile Zeta member was arrested under Operation Safe Veracruz. The head accountant of the Zeta Cartel, Carmen del Consuelo Saenz, along 10 other alleged Zetas members who worked beneath her, were captured on Thursday, October … Read more
Javier Sicilia Visits Washington D.C.
10/28/11 – Poet and activist Javier Sicilia visited Washington D.C. on October 27, in order to participate in a forum on his peace movement in Mexico. Invited by the Institute of Mexico in the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Sicilia discussed the release of his new book, Estamos Hasta … Read more
Amparo filed against DF Human Rights Commission, High Court of Justice
10/26/2011 - Isabel Miranda de Wallace, president of the Organization to Stop Kidnapping (Alto al Secuestro), and the 2010 National Human Rights Prize winner, and Alejandro Martí, president of the México SOS organization, are taking action by filing an amparo against a Federal District Human Rights Commission case (Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal, CDHDF) … Read more
Data Shows Declining Violence in Guerrero Due to Military Operation
10/26/11 – 18 days after a military operation called Coordinated Operation for a Secure Guerrero (Operación Cordinado Guerrero Seguro) was launched on October 6 to control the escalating violence in the resort city of Acapulco, murder rates have declined 42% said Mexican President Felipe Calderón at the inauguration of a Guerrero mining convention. According to … Read more
Military Operations begin in Guerrero and Veracruz
10/25/11— At the beginning of October, two military operations were launched in Veracruz and Guerrero called Operación Cordinada Veracruz Seguro (Coordinated Operation for a Secure Veracruz) and the Operación Cordinada Guerrero Seguro (Coordinated Operation for a Secure Guerrero). The Veracruz operation was announced on October 4, 2011, with the main goal to ensure that current police and … Read more
New York Times: DEA Infiltrated Cartels
10/25/11 – The New York Times reported early this morning an announcement by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) that over the last five years the agency had increased their networks of informants in Mexican cartels and fully infiltrated several cartels with information ranging from where leaders sleep at night to their favorite eateries. This … Read more
Forced disappearances in Mexico raise significant concern
10/24/11 – The rising number of forced disappearances in Mexico over the past few years has gained significant attention recently as officials are taking note at the state, federal, and international levels. In September, a group in the Federal District (Distrito Federal) called “We Want to See their Faces” (Queremos ver sus caras), protested in the … Read more
Operation Laguna Segura Launched in Coahuila and Durango
10/24/11– Last week, Interior Secretary (Secretario de Gobernación) José Francisco Blake Mora announced at a government press conference the launch of Operation Laguna Segura, a bold investment of federal police forces and machinery to combat organized crime in the northern Mexican region, specifically in the states of Coahuila and Durango. The governors of Coahuila and … Read more
Accusations Made Against Women’s Shelter in Ciudad Juárez
10/21/11 - There have been a series of accusations made in regards to the Women United Against Violence (Mujeres Unidas Contra La Violencia) shelter in Ciudad Juárez, that was run by director Soledad Griensen. The shelter was designed to help and protect women who were victims of domestic violence and who were rehabilitating from substance abuse. According to … Read more
Javier Sicilia: demands to the government, capture of son’s murderer
10/22/11– Poet and activist Javier Sicilia, the leader of the “Movement for Peace in Mexico,” continues his protest of the Mexican government’s militarized approach to combating drug trafficking and his demands for a peaceful and safe Mexico. Sicilia’s activism began after the murder of his son, Juán Francisco Sicilia, on March 28 earlier this year. … Read more
