Inter-American Court hears indigenous woman’s rape case
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (an autonomous entity of the Organization of American States) is set to hear the case of an indigenous woman who claims she was raped […]
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Struggle over Cd. Juárez may have winner
US officials stated that the long-standing struggle between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Juárez Cartel (also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes organization, after the group’s leader) may be tilting […]
Officials confirm crime groups’ alliance against Zetas
On April 12, Ramón Eduardo Pequeño García, the head of a section of the Federal Police (Policía Federal), announced that they had confirmed that there had indeed been an alliance […]
No death penalty for kidnappers
The Justice Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Mexico’s lower house, finished working on a bill that would increase the criminal penalties for kidnapping, but would not include capital punishment. […]
US decries near-monopoly for telecommunications in Mexico
On Monday April 5, the United States Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) urged Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Cofetel), to take action against a company often accused of […]
