Fear Rises Amidst the Upcoming 2024 Election
02/12/2024 (written by cahtoong) – As election season approaches in Mexico, analysts fear that the 2024 election will be the most violent in the country’s history. According to Mike Ballard,
Crime and Violence
Especially Dangerous Week for Journalists in Mexico
12/13/2023 (written by tfaris) – According to Reporters Without Borders, eleven journalists were killed in 2022 in Mexico, accounting for 20% of journalists killed in the world in 2022 in
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Violence Against Police Officers Continues in 2023
12/01/2023 (written by tfaris) – On Monday morning, November 13th, Carlos Manuel Flores Amezcua, deputy operational director of the Zapopan Municipal police, was killed in a cafe in Zapopan in
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Extrajudicial Killing of Students From 13 Years Ago Finally Gets a Sentence
11/16/2023 (written by tfaris) – Two students at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) Javier Francisco Arredondo Verdugo and Jorge Antonio Mercado Alonso were killed 13 years ago on
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First Non-Binary Electoral Magistrate Killed in Mexico
11/15/2023 (written by lcalderon) – On Monday, November 13th, Magistrate Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo (they/them) and their partner Dorian Daniel Nava Herrera were found dead inside their apartment. Baena’s body
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Spike in Migration Straining U.S.- Mexico Relations
10/19/2023 (written by tfaris) – According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), immigrant encounters, (the sum of all people not legally permitted to be in the United States and
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New Study Identifies Cartels as the Fifth Largest Employer in Mexico
10/10/2023 (written by tfaris) – On September 21st, the online research journal Science published a study providing many insightful details on the size and recruitment of cartels in Mexico. This
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Tijuana mayor faces threats from organized crime groups
10/05/2023 (written by tfaris) – Tijuana mayor Monsterrat Caballero announced on June 12, 2023 that she would be relocating her and her family to an army base in the Tijuana
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The DEA’s mission against the Sinaloa Cartel
09/21/2023 (written by tfaris) – As Justice in Mexico reported in May, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a crackdown on the Sinaloa Cartel because of their key role in
International Day of Forced Disappearances recalls case of 43 disappeared students from Ayotzinapa
09/11/2023 (written by tfaris) – The International Day of Forced Disappearances, was observed August 30th, 2023 in Mexico and around the world. This day was started in 2011 by the