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Crime and Violence

“Los Zetas” Supply Arms to Tepito

Members of the “Los Zetas” not only supply drugs to mid-level drug dealers or ‘narcomenudistas’, of Tepito, but also arms for their gunmen. According to La Reforma citing a report …

Transparency & accountability

Official Crime Figures Do Not Add Up

In the past year, the country’s prison population increased by almost 9,000 inmates, 70% of them connected to drug trafficking. However, this statistic contrasts with the arrests of the suspected …

Human Rights and Civil Society

New Chairman of the CNDH, Plascencia Villanueva, Makes Statement on his Strategy

According to La Reforma, on November 10, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva produced protest in the Senate as the new Chairman of the National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH) for the period …

Crime and Violence

The Drug Business Offers What Society Does Not

From Édgar Ávila of the newspaper, El Universal, is an article summarizing comments made by officials in the signing of the “Boca del Rio” commitment letter, a collaborative effort to …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Encouraging Public Action in Combating Crime

During the opening of the citizen and media congress: Joint Action, the national President of the Integral Development of the Family(DIF), Margarita Zavala, asked citizens to overcome fear, have confidence, …

Human Rights and Civil Society

The CIDH Urges for the Investigation of Assassinated Journalist

According to La Jornada, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned the assassination of journalist, José Bladimir Antuna García, writer for the newspaper, Tiempo de Durango. The commission called on …

Crime and Violence

Soldiers Kill Public Ministry Agent

According to El Universal, soldiers of the Mexican army bombarded an agent of the Federal Public Ministry with bullets after a chase that led to confrontation. Up to the time …

Transparency & accountability

Ex-Police Chief Finds Benefits in Collusion with Organized Crime

Édgar Enrique Bayardo del Villar is currently the only former police chief at the federal level who was accused of corruption and connections with organized crime, fought the charges against …

Transparency & accountability

Municipal police forces: weakest link aganist organized crime

According to El Universal reporter, Francisco Gómez, of the various police bodies that exist in the country, the municipal force is considered the first and most important contact in relation …

Crime and Violence

Guerrro’s new public security chief

Major Valentin Diaz was named director of the Guerrero State Ministerial Police on October 7th. Diaz is a native of Veracruz and retired air force major who spent the past …

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