02/25/12 – On Friday, February 17, President Felipe Calderón kicked off the annual Employment Fair (Feria del Empleo) in Ciudad Juárez. This day also happened to mark the second anniversary of …
President Calderón claims 57% reduction in homicides in Ciudad Juárez since 2010 Read More »
02/24/12 (by cmolzahn) – A massive prison riot broke out in the Apodaca medium security correctional institution near Monterrey, Nuevo León on February 19, killing 44 inmates. Officials reported early on …
Deadly prison riot in Nuevo León points to official complicity Read More »
02/19/12 – A mob lynching in the State of Mexico (Estado de México, Edomex) last week has exposed some of the strengths and weaknesses in Mexico’s public security and criminal justice …
Lynching in Mexico highlights mistrust of institutions, advancements in oral trials Read More »
02/18/12 (by mwserrano) – The past two months, the judiciary in the state of Yucatán has been busy with reforms, swearing ins, inaugurations, and more. Most recently, in February, the …
Judicial Developments and Updates in the state of Yucatán Read More »
02/14/12 – The President of the State Court of Oaxaca (Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado, TSJE), Justice Alfredo Rivera Lagunas, expressed that in May of this year the new …
Implementation of “jucios orales” in Oaxaca will move forward this year Read More »
02/18/12 – According to information published by news outlet Reforma, a General of the Sixth Military Zone based in Coahuila– a state in northern Mexico– was on the payroll of the …
02/18/12— All parties of the Mexican Senate were in support of an initiative that was presented by Senator Fernando Baeza Meléndez of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) …
Senate Proposes the Creation of a Special Auditor for the Federal Police Read More »
02/18/12 – Coahuila took a big step towards the implementation of the new criminal justice system with the approval of the new Code of Criminal Procedure. The code, enacted by Governor Ruben Moreira in a …
Coahuila approves new Code of Criminal Procedure Read More »
02/18/12 – The Tamaulipas State Judiciary is continuing to work towards opening a Criminal Justice Center (Centro de Justicia Penal), the first of its kind in Mexico, and where the first oral trials …
Advances in Tamaulipas towards oral trials despite lack of resources Read More »
02/16/12—In a Mexico City press conference last week, the European Union (E.U.) reaffirmed its commitment to its Strategic Partnership with Mexico, pledging increased support for anti-drug and human rights efforts. …
