05/06/2024 (written by cahtoong) – On February 15, 2024 Judge Manuel Alejandro Martínez Vitela acquitted a man who was accused of sexually abusing his four-year-old niece. The judge’s acquittal shocked …
Man Acquitted of Sexual Abuse of Four-Year-Old Niece Read More »
04/08/2024 (written by cahtoong) – According to Central Electoral, the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) will begin early voting for over 93,000 people in preventive detention centers in early May. Preventive …
Voting Rights for Preventive Prisoners in the 2024 Election Read More »
03/13/2024 (written by rthompson) – On February 22, New York Times journalists Natalie Kitroeff, bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and Alan Feuer released a publication named …
02/28/2024 (written by rthompson) – Angelita Meraz León, activist and president of the collective Unión y Fuerza por nuestros Desaparecidos (Unity and Strength for our Disappeared People) in Tecate, was …
Missing Persons Activist Killed in Tecate, Baja California Read More »
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, …
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 …
Especially Dangerous Week for Journalists in Mexico Read More »
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 …
First Non-Binary Electoral Magistrate Killed in Mexico Read More »
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 …
Spike in Migration Straining U.S.- Mexico Relations Read More »
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 …
New Study Identifies Cartels as the Fifth Largest Employer in Mexico Read More »
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 …
