Petition filed at International Criminal Court against Calderón, El Chapo
11/29/11- Last Friday, Mexican human rights lawyer Netzai Sandoval filed a petition with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s war crimes tribunal, to open an investigation into the actions of the Mexican government and top cartel leaders over the past four years as crimes against humanity. The petition, filed by Mexican human rights activists, calls … Read more
Guadalajara Massacre Victims Identified, Sinaloa Massacre Raises Questions
11/27/11 – In a new surge of cartel violence, the city of Guadalajara was shocked last Wednesday when vans full of bodies were found in the center of the city. Local hotspot and cultural attraction Millennium Arches was abuzz with police activity when a circle of parked vans loaded with 26 corpses was discovered in … Read more
Mexican Military Seizes 15 million dollars from “Chapo Guzmán”
11/23/11 - Mexico’s Ministry of National Defense (Secretaría de Defensa Nacional, SEDENA) announced the administration’s second major seizure in the battle against drug trade. On Friday November 18, the Mexican Military in conjunction with state authorities, seized 15.3 million dollars believed to belong to the Sinaloa Cartel. In the well-coordinated “Operación Zorro” (Operation Zorro), with which drug … Read more
Alejandro Poiré Named New Interior Minister of Mexico
11/18/11 – On Thursday November 17, President Calderón announced Alejandro Poiré Romero, former spokesperson to the president and current intelligence chief, as the new Interior Minister (Secretario de Gobernación) to the fallen former minister, Francisco Blake Mora. Blake Mora was killed along with seven others in a helicopter crash in Chaleco on November 11. Mexico has … Read more
Pending amendments would criminalize inciting crime through music, media
11/17/11 – Last Thursday, November 10, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies’ Justice Commission (Comisión de la Cámara de Diputados) unanimously approved a proposal to criminalize the incitement (apología) of crime through music, banners, video, live shows, or the media, reports El Universal. Such incitement would become illegal only in cases where a person or entity publically … Read more
Leader of Los Zetas branch in San Luis Potosí arrested
11/17/11 – Members of the Mexican Special Forces (Fuerzas Especiales) announced the arrest of another leading member of Los Zetas drug cartel on November 15. Alfredo Alemán Narváez, also known as “Alfredo N” and “El Comandante Alemán,” was detained in the state of Zacatecas during a horse racing event that he had coordinated. At Alemán … Read more
UNAM Professors Killed
11/16/2011- Ernesto Méndez Salinas, a professor of Biotechnology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) was killed while driving in his truck on Tuesday, November 8. At about 8pm, Méndez was driving past a signal when he was accosted and shot multiple times. Targeting violence towards academics is an example of … Read more
Fourth homicide linked to posting of information through social networks
11/14/11 – With the escalation of violence against citizens in general and journalists in particular, the state of Tamaulipas has been going through a series of changes in regards to the way in which news about drug trafficking and drug cartels are distributed to the people. This has been the case in the past few … Read more
Mothers of Central American Migrants Search Mexico for Loved Ones
11/14/11- Thirty three mothers from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Costa Rica arrived in Mexico City Tuesday November 8, on a mission to find their children and denounce the Mexican government’s inaction towards the disappearances of Central American migrants in Mexico. These mothers are easily recognized by the giant pictures of their lost sons or … Read more
Mexican Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora and Staff Die in Helicopter Crash
11/12/11–Mexican Secretary of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación) Francisco Blake Mora (45) died in a helicopter crash that killed seven others, including the flight crew and key members of his staff. The helicopter had departed Mexico City en route for the nearby city of Cuernavaca, and crashed at approximately 11:00am after losing radio contact. Those on board … Read more
