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Justice in Mexico

Three undocumented immigrants drown in the Río Bravo

Three Guanajuato migrants from the municipal of Juventino Rosa died after attempting to cross the Río Bravo last Saturday. They were trying to cross into the United States when they …

Crime and Violence

Daily newspaper building attacked in Torreón

The State Attorney General’s office of Coahuila (Fiscalía General del Estado de Coahuila—FGEC) reported an attack on the daily newspaper building of Noticias de El Sol de la Laguna, that …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Schools in Nuevo Leon begin training on how to be safe if shootings occur nearby

The Secretary of Public Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública – SEP) has begun training students and faculty members on the procedures to follow when shootings related to drug cartel and …

Crime and Violence

Social leader Ausencio Eng Miranda is murdered hours after staging a protest

Social leader Ausencio Eng Miranda was murdered in Tampico, Tamaulipas. Eng Miranda, leader of the National Movement Villista (Movimiento Nacional Villista), was placed in the back of a Jeep Grand …

Crime and Violence

Federal investigations increase nearly 300% during the first four months of the year

Between January and April of 2010, the number of investigations opened regarding federal crimes reached an all-time high of 46,000. This number is a 300% increased from 2009 when looking …

Crime and Violence

PRI and PRD installations attacked with Molotov cocktails

Unknown individuals threw Molotov cocktails at the Democratic Revolutionary Party (Partido de la Revolución Democrática—PRD) installations in Culiacán and at the offices of mayor candidate Ahome for the Institutional Revolutionary …

Crime and Violence

Five young adults shot down in Ciudad Juárez

Five young adults were killed last Thursday night. The attack was registered at 23:00 hours when an armed commando on the streets of Ejido Galeana and Aldama in the neighborhood …

Crime and Violence

Confrontation between authorities and presumed drug-dealers leaves 5 dead

A confrontation between Mexico’s army and an armed group of presumed drug-traffickers left a total of four drug-dealers and one soldier dead. Six other soldiers were injured as well, two …

Justice in Mexico

PAN leader asks Government to secure election in Oaxaca from corruption

The national leader of the Nation Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional—PAN), César Nava, solicited help from the Secretary of the Interior (Secretario de Gobernación), Fernando Gómez Mont, for the July …

Crime and Violence

Kidnapping group of seven is captured in Chihuahua; two of their hostages are released

The Commissioner of the Federal Police (Policía Federal), Facundo Rosas Rosas, announced that the Secretary of Public Security (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública – SSP) caught a group of kidnappers and …

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