02/27/13 — On Tuesday, February 26th, Mexican authorities arrested Elba Esther Gordillo Morales, one of Mexico’s most prominent political figures. Known in Mexican politics as “The Teacher” (La Maestra), Gordillo is charged […]
In one of his final executive acts as president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón has chosen his nominees to fill the two vacancies in Mexico’s Supreme Court (Suprema Corte de Justicia […]
7/30/2012 – On Monday, July 30, the Justice in Mexico Project at the Trans-Border Institute released a new report titled Armed with Impunity: Curbing Military Human Rights Abuses in Mexico, which […]
(03/02/12)- On Friday, March 2, the Trans-Border Institute released its the third annual special report on drug violence in Mexico. The authors of the study, Cory Molzahn, Viridiana Ríos, and […]
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. […]
