02/28/14 (written by lcalderón) — A U.S. citizen wanted for drug trafficking activities in her hometown of San Diego, California was arrested just across the border in Tijuana by agents …
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Highlights from February 2014: “El Chapo” Guzmán arrested in Mexico, Peña Nieto signs new transparency bill into law, Congress approves new unified criminal code in Mexico, Mexican Senate eliminates military jurisdiction for forced disappearances of civilians…
(bycmolzahn) – President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law new guidelines governing transparency and access to information in Mexico, following Congress’s approval of the law in December and its subsequent approval …
Following the arrest of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Octavio Rodriguez, program coordinator of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego, said Guzman’s arrest is the Mexican government’s biggest …
Following the arrest of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, David Shirk, Director of the Justice in Mexico Project at the University of San Diego and Global Fellow at the Mexico Institute of …
02/26/14 – The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, SCJN) ruled that states could no longer legislate on arraigo and that state-level authorities are …
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02/25/14 (written by cmolzahn) — In the year following the emergence of the so-called self-defense groups (grupos de autodefensa) in Michoacán in February 2013, they have transitioned from fringe groups …
02/25/14 (written by cmolzahn) — A month into the operation launched by the federal government to restore order to Michoacán by targeting the Knights Templar (Caballeros Templarios) organized crime group …
02/24/14 — Nine months after the high profile kidnapping and killing of 12 youth from the Mexico City (Distrito Federal, DF) nightclub Heaven, officials have arrested 22 suspects in the …
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02/24/14 (written by feliciagomez) — Protection of indigenous populations in Mexico has been in the spotlight recently, with protests and marches organized in February to demand more action from the …
