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Six dismembered bodies found in Zapopan and Tlajomulco

Early this morning six dismembered bodies were found in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara. According to a news article by Milenio all six bodies seem to have been mutilated by …

Crime and Violence

Seven injured after confrontation between authorities and Atenco residents

Elements from the Municipal Police in San Salvador Atenco clashed with residents from the neighborhood of Constitución El Salado, opposing the continuation of a 1,300 meter drain that would unload …

Justice in Mexico

13 tons of marijuana seized in Jalisco

On Monday, General Genaro Fausto Lozano Espinosa, reported the seizure of 13 tons of marijuana in the state of Jalisco, which according to the news article by Milenio is the …

Crime and Violence

Mexican Armada seizes 640 kilograms of cocaine

On Monday, the Mexican Secretary of the Navy (Secretaría de Marina) reported that the Navy stopped three Ecuadorians that were transporting 640 kilograms of cocaine in international water at an embarkation …

Justice in Mexico

Death of Paulette Gebara ruled an accident

In a press conference Lizette Farah, the mother of Paulette Gebara, requested that authorities explain the results of the investigations and the surveys done by the Mexico State Attorney General …

Crime and Violence

Influential PAN leader kidnapped from his ranch in Querétaro

In the most recent case of apparent aggression against politicians, “El Jefe,” Diego Fernández de Cevallos, disappeared in Querétaro on May 16, sparking a multi-state search, spanning Querétaro, México, Hidalgo …

Justice in Mexico

President Calderón visits Washington in his first state visit during Obama administration

With the recent Arizona immigration law taking center stage in the state meeting that took place between Presidents Obama and Calderón on May 18, the Mexican president found himself having …

Transparency & accountability

Jalisco’s webpage rated number one in transparency

The Jalisco government portal obtained first place at a national level amongst the state administered internet sites in a transparency evaluation done by the Política Digital. The analysis included seven …

Crime and Violence

Former Governor of Quintana Roo extradited

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) applauded the extradition of former governor of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Mario Villanueva Madrid, to the United States as an international …

Crime and Violence

New penal system in Chihuahua criticized

The Secretary of the Interior (secretario de Gobernación), Fernando Gómez Mont, pointed at the penal system in Chihuahua as being one of the main causes of the misgovernment that is lived there, and …

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