Day: August 21, 2012

At least 25 Killed in Recent Wave of Violence in San Luis Potosí, Including PRI Mayor-Elect

August 21, 2012 August 28, 2014 / Crime and Violence, Human Rights and Civil Society, Transparency & accountability

08/20/12 – In the San Luis Potosí town of Matehula last weekend, the state Attorney General’s Office (Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado, PGJE) detained five police officers in connection …

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Jalisco’s Congress Legislates against Femicide, Human Trafficking

August 21, 2012 August 28, 2014 / Crime and Violence, Human Rights and Civil Society, Transparency & accountability

08/20/12—This past week the Congress of the state of Jalisco unanimously approved an initiative to modify state Penal and Procedural Codes to make femicide—the murder of a woman motivated by …

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