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Justice in Mexico

12 killed in confrontation between armed group and military

08/13/10 – A confrontation between military personnel from the tenth military zone and criminals from the municipality of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, left a total of 12 individuals dead, all of …

Justice in Mexico

Felipe Calderón asked state governors to create a new police and justice system

08/12/10 – Mexican president Felipe Calderón asked 30 out of the 32 governors from states throughout México to consider the idea of completely reconstructing their police and justice systems in …

Justice in Mexico

Nephew of a former president of the PAN party is shot to death

08/12/10 – The nephew of Manuel Espino Barrientos, former president of the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional – PAN), was shot to death early Wednesday morning in Ciudad Juárez. …

Justice in Mexico

Charred bodies were found inside the trunk of a car in Tlajomulco

08/12/10 – Two charred bodies were found inside a car left abandoned near a Wal Mart in Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco.  The finding was made early Thursday morning when authorities …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Critical issues discussed for the 2012 electoral process

08/11/10 – The head of the Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral –IFE), Leonardo Valdés Zurita, affirmed that there are conditions in place to implement the electronic voting system at …

Crime and Violence

42 judges and magistrates in México have been sanctioned since 2007

08/11/10 – The Minister President of the Supreme Court’s Office and Chairman of the Judiciary, William I. Ortiz Mayagoitia, announced that 42 judges and magistrates have been sanctioned since 2007. …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Government transparency sought regarding intentional homicide statistics

08/11/10 – A week after the Center for Investigation and National Security (Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Nacional) reported that the war against organized crime has left more than 28 …

Justice in Mexico

More than $17 million pesos seized in Monterrey

08/11/10 – Forces from the 7th Military Zone entered a house in Monterrey, Nuevo León and seized more than $17 million pesos (roughly $1.3 million USD) in cash along with …

Justice in Mexico

Armed men entered a mortuary and execute the owner and four others

08/11/10 – A group of armed men entered the mortuary known as Funeraria Satélite and killed five people, including an agent of the Attorney General of the State. The mortuary, …

Transparency & accountability

DF to implement “Pink taxi” program for women

08/10/10 – On an official publication by the state government of the Federal District (Distrito Federal—DF ) a notice stated that as of September of this year the execution of …

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