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Justice in Mexico

US decries near-monopoly for telecommunications in Mexico

On Monday April 5, the United States Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) urged Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission (Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Cofetel), to take action against a company often accused of …

Crime and Violence

Calderón targets monopolies

On Monday, April 5, President Calderón presented to the Chamber of Deputies a 10-point proposal that targets monopolies, trusts, and other anti-competitive business in Mexico. The President stated that this …

Crime and Violence

Gulf Cartel defends its territory from Zetas

The criminal organization known as the Zetas used to be the enforcement wing of the Gulf Cartel, a powerful drug trafficking organization. The Zetas were mostly former Mexican military trained …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Raped pre-teen denied abortion

A 10-year-old Mayan girl has become the center of a controversy regarding abortion under exigent circumstances in Mexico, where the procedure is more restricted than in the United States. The …

Crime and Violence

Cd. Juárez security no longer Army’s job; goes to Federal Police

The last day of March brought an important announcement from the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación, SEGOB) regarding the presence of the army in the important border city …

Crime and Violence

The leader of Los Zetas of Cancún captured

On Saturday the 27, military intelligence officials detained the leader of Los Zetas of Cancún, Erick Alejandro Martínez Lopez, alias el Motokles, at the Mexico City airport. The National Defense …

Crime and Violence

Six individuals found dead in Morelos

Yesterday morning the municipal police of Morelos found the bodies of six individuals who were murdered in two separate occasions. Authorities stated that the bodies were found in different areas …

Crime and Violence

Five myths about Mexico’s drug war

The Justice in Mexico Project collaborated with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on this article from the Washington Post.   In Mexico last week, Secretary of State Hillary …

Justice in Mexico

March 2010 news report

For a more in-depth look and follow up on many of the stories that appear on the blog and other news in Mexico, check out the Justice in Mexico Project’s …

Crime and Violence

U.S identifies 54 members of the cartel groups Cartel del Golfo and Los Zetas under the Kingpin Act

On Wednesday, the U.S Department of the Treasury identified and formally classified fifty-four drug trafficking members of the Cartel del Golfo and Los Zetas cartels as “Specifically Designated Narcotics Traffickers” …

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