Military General Accused of Ordering Executions in Ojinaga
01/30/2012 – Major General Manuel de Jesús Moreno Aviña has been accused of systematic abuses between April of 2008 and August of 2009 in front of the military garrison of Ojinaga, Chihuahua. According to Reforma, General Moreno Aviña is responsible for at least seven extrajudicial executions. According to Reforma, one such execution was that of … Read more
Federal Government Will Spare No Expense to Protect Journalists
01/30/12 – The Assistant Attorney General of International Affairs (Subprocurador Jurídico y de Asuntos Internacionales), Alejandro Ramos Flores, announced at a meeting with the organization PEN International that the Federal Government of Mexico will spare no expense to protect journalists and will not tolerate those who commit crimes against them. PEN, which is currently headed … Read more
Mexican Legislator Proposes Law Similar to U.S. SOPA Bill
01/26/12— In the midst of the U.S. Congress reviewing two pieces of anti-piracy legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Propety Act (PIPA), the Senate of Mexico has also been in the process of reviewing its own anti-piracy propostion made by legislator Federico Döring of the National Action Party (Partido Acción … Read more
Reforma: Murder Impunity at 90% in Some Areas of Mexico
01/13/12–According to a new study on rule of law in Mexico, impunity runs rampant throughout the country. Guillermo Zepeda, a professor at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), was stirred by the lack of response to investigations of murders in Mexico. To combat the culture of acceptance to impunity, Zepeda authored a … Read more
Cuidad Juárez: No Longer Most Dangerous City in the World
01/13/12– The Citizen Council for Public Safety and Justice (Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal) recently released the 2011 list of the 50 most violent cities in the world. 12 Mexican cities were included on the list while five were in the top ten, including Ciudad Juárez, Acapulco, Torreón, Chihuahua, and … Read more
News Sources Report More Than 12,000 Deaths in 2011 as a Result of Drug Related Violence
01/03/12 —Primary newspapers such as Reforma, El Milenio and La Jornada have reported varying numbers between 11,890 and 12,359 deaths in 2011 as a result of drug related violence. The roughly 12,000 deaths last year adds to a suspected death toll between 49,969 and 51,918 persons since 2006, which is when the Mexican government began … Read more
3 U.S. Citizens Killed in Veracruz Violence
12/23/11 – 16 people were killed in Veracruz on December 22 when five armed gunmen went on a killing spree. The killings began when gunmen opened fire on four people in the small town of El Higo and then attacked three passenger buses on a rural highway by Tampico. The death toll has been reported … Read more
Guadalajara Murders Reveal Violent Student Organizations
12/17/2011- Five bodies were found buried in clandestine graves in the yard of the Federation of Guadalajara Students (FEG) headquarters on Friday. Jalisco State Attorney General Tomas Coronado confirmed that the five bodies found were identified as missing high school students and the father of one of the students. Armando Gomez, his son, and three of … Read more
Mexican Military Seizes More than 4,000 radio communication devices
12/10/11 - On December 1, the Mexican Military announced that they had found and seized a significantly large amount of radio communication technology used by the Zeta Cartel to conduct drug trafficking operations. These technology apparatuses were found in the states of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and San Luis Potosí. According to TelesurTV, the Ministry of National … Read more
Mérida Initiative under evaluation as $900 million to be distributed by year’s end
12/8/11 – The Mérida Initiative, a $1.6 billion initiative to support Mexico in its fight against drug trafficking and drug related violence, has been a discussion point lately as President Felipe Calderón’s ‘war on drugs’ enters its fifth year, having been started in December 2006 when the president took office. The Initiative’s implementation has been … Read more
