Experts gather and share opinions for the seventh National Week of Transparency hosted by IFAI
08/25/10 – The president commissioner of the Federal Institute of Access to Information and Protection of Data (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos – IFAI), Jacqueline Peschard, kicked off the seventh National Week of Transparency – hosted by IFAI – by stating that it is “an obligation of the … Read more
Tlaxcala submits implantation project for criminal justice reform
08/24/10 – The President of the Superior Court of Justice of the state of Tlaxcala (Tribunal Superior de Justicia del estado – TSJE), Justino Hernández Hernández, said he is waiting for the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación—SEGOB) to accept the Criminal Justice Reform implantation project, in order to receive part of the 196, … Read more
Judicial reform advances to be assessed at the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas
08/24/10 – The Technical Secretariat of the Coordinating Council for the Implementation of the Criminal Justice System (Secretaría Técnica del Consejo de Coordinación para la Implementación del Sistema de Justicia Penal –SETEC), visited the Law and Social Science Department of the Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas) in order to asses the advances … Read more
Ex-president of the National Action Party will defend himself against possible expulsion from the political party
8/19/10 – The ex-president of the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional – PAN), Manuel Espino, came out in his defense after the PAN’s National Executive Committee (Comité Ejecutivo Nacional – CEN) – the maximum authority within a Mexican political party – decided to begin the process of expulsion and turn him over to the … Read more
The brother of slain activist, Josefina Reyes Salazar, is murdered
08/19/10 – According to the ministerial police, Rubén Reyes Salazar, 49-year-old brother of slain activist Josefina Reyes Salazar, was executed and found Wednesday morning at approximately 8:30 on the principal street of the town of Guadalupe, Distrito Bravos. Armed individuals fired at him at least 19 times with an AK-47. His body, which was found at … Read more
Three were decapitated overnight in Nuevo León
08/18/10 – Three people were found dead at the side of a highway in the municipality of Reynosa, Nuevo León. All three of the bodies had been decapitated; the heads were left a few meters away. An anonymous tip led local police to investigate the claim sometime after midnight on Wednesday. One of the victims … Read more
Activist leader in Oaxaca was shot and killed
08/17/10 – A leader from of the Service Workers Union at the College of Bachelors in the state of Oaxaca was murdered at around 10:00am local time in a town just north of the state’s capital. Tomas Matus Matus was shot four times as he walked down the street. The killer fled the scene before … Read more
Same-sex marriages and adoption rights in Mexico
08/16/10 – On Tuesday of last week the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación –SCJN), the highest federal court in Mexico, ruled by a majority vote that marriages between people of the same-sex currently celebrated in Federal District (Distrito Federal –DF) are valid in the entire Republic. … Read more
Eight men executed in the municipal of Loma Bonita, Oaxaca
08/16/10 – Unknown assailants in the municipal of Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, shot eight young adults to death while they were on their way to hunt. The bodies were found last night near a pineapple plantation in the community of Tierra Alta. They were piled on top of each other inside of a black Chevrolet truck. … Read more
The first meth lab is discovered in Puebla meanwhile 17 people are detained
08/13/10 – Through the collaborative effort between the Directorate of Special Investigations on Organized Crime (Dirección de Investigación Especializada en Delincuencia Organizada – DIEDO), the Mexican Army, and Ministerial Police, 17 people, including two minors, were detained through a series of operations that took place in Puebla. A methamphetamine laboratory – the first of its … Read more
