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Crime and Violence

Seven family members are executed in Jalisco

Seven men, all related to each other, were killed execution-style near Jalisco, Cihuatlán. The seven men were at a family gathering when they were approached by at least 15 armed …

Transparency & accountability

Nine individuals accused of killing two agents are detained in Nayarit; six others in Huixquilican

The Federal Police (Policía Federal – PF) detained nine people in the state Nayarit accused of killing two agents as well as having close ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. Six …

Transparency & accountability

The Secretary of the Interior calls for the creation of new reforms

The Secretary of the Interior (Secretario de Gobernación), Fernando Gómez Mont, called upon the political class and the citizens of Mexico, as a whole, to create a new national security …

Crime and Violence

Federal Police accused of terrorizing community of Zitácuaro

Community members belonging to the municipal of Zitácuaro, Michoacán, congregated in front of City Hall, protesting actions by the Federal Preventative Police force (Policía Federal Preventiva—PFP), saying they fear them …

Human Rights and Civil Society

200 small-scale drug sites located in Cuauhtémoc

In conjunction with the capital police the demarcation chief (jefe de la demarcación), Agustín Torres, was able to recover at least eighteen public spaces. According to Torres, at least two …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Central American migrants robbed by federal police officers

The National Commission on Human Rights (Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos—CNDH) issued recommendation 32/2010 to the federal Secretariat of Public Security (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública—SSP) in the case of six …

Crime and Violence

Delegate for the Jalisco State Attorney Generals Office killed

Alfredo Terrones Cervera, a delegate for the Jalisco State Attorney Generals Office (Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado de Jalisco—PGJEJ) in the municipal of Mascota was shot to death early …

Crime and Violence

Esteban Luna Luna, alias El Chachis, “Los Zetas” leader in Monterrey captured

Yesterday the Mexican Army captured Esteban Luna Luna, alias El Chachis, the leader of Los Zetas in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Luna is tied to the disappearance of soldiers from the …

Crime and Violence

Oaxaca mayor kills one man and critically injures another

The mayor of San Pedro Totolapan, Oaxaca, Gerardo Jarquín Díaz, killed a man and wounded another after they mocked him for the defeat suffered by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido …

Crime and Violence

Agua Dulce mayor candidate, Alejandro Torruco Vera, attacked after win

Yesterday at midday, a group of armed men fired at the house of the National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional—PAN) mayor candidate for Veracruz, Alejandro Torruco Vera. At least six …

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