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Eight die in confrontation between Navy and the Zetas
On Monday SEMAR (Secretaría de Marina-Armada), Mexico’s Navy, reported that at least eight presumed narco-trafficking assassins died in a confrontation with naval forces on “La Lagunilla” ranch in the municipal …
IFE cuts staff, drawing concerns
Congressional members of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) expressed their concern over the reduction in personnel by the Federal Electoral Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral, IFE). These layoffs …
Three linked to US Consulate killed in Ciudad Juárez
Three people linked to the US Consulate in Ciudad Juárez were killed in two separate attacks on Saturday. In one incident, a consulate employee and her husband (Lesley A. Enríquez …
Supreme Court halts municipal dissolution in Oaxaca
The ministers of the Supreme Court of National Justice (Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional, SCJN) unanimously voted to annul the legislature’s decision to dissolve two municipalities: San Pedro Jicayán and …
Members of Cartel Del Norte detained
Federal police agents detained four members of the Cartel del Norte, a Colombian cartel, in Mexico City today. In a press conference at the command center of Iztapalapa, Ramón Eduardo …
Supreme Court: Prosecutors can withhold information from human rights commission
The country’s Supreme Court voted to approve changes to the federal criminal law that would allow the federal attorney general office (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR) to withhold information …
Chihuahua set to pass new anti-crime laws
The Chihuahua state legislature is set to pass certain laws on Thursday as part of its fight against drug trafficking organizations. These include the “Ley Estatal de Extincion de Dominio” …
Journalism censored by violence in the border state of Tamaulipas
According to The Dallas Morning News, an almost complete news censorship has been imposed along much of Mexico’s border with Texas, specifically in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas and the …
Turf war in Tamaulipas hurts state
In late February, the state of Tamaulipas experienced several incidents of violence in several of its municipalities, including Reynosa, Valle Hermosa, Miguel Aleman, San Fernando, Matamoros, and others. These incidents …
Transparency panel orders that firearm information be disclosed
The Federal Institute for Access to Public Information (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información, IFAI) ordered the Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Sedena) to disclose …
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