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Transparency & accountability

Veracruz: 46 Transit Officers Arrested for Possible Connection to Kidnapping of MX Customs Official

On Tuesday June 2 elements of the Army and Federal Police- in conjunction with authorities from Veracruz- took over the Traffic Directorate at the port of Veracruz and arrested 46 …

Justice in Mexico

Human rights group alleges torture, arbitrary detention of eight suspected of assault in Chiapas

The Chiapas-based human rights group Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (Frayba) has filed an injunction to halt legal proceedings against eight men accused of robbing vehicles traveling on the Ocosingo-Palenque …

Justice in Mexico

Tlaxcala Supreme Court president criticizes legislators for ignoring justice reforms

The president of Tlaxcala’s Supreme Court Luis Aquiahuatl Hernández has criticized state and federal legislators for not budgeting sufficient resources for the changes and modifications needed for implementing justice reforms, …

Justice in Mexico

Federal District legislator denounces crimes against women in nation’s capitol

Carla Sánchez Armas local deputy from the leftist Social Democratic Party alleged in late-April that there are serious crimes against women in the nations capital, citing the 244 “femicides” (feminicidios) …

Justice in Mexico

Federal District seeks to apply local asset forfeiture laws nationwide

The government of the Federal District (DF) will seek to seize assets and properties located in any state of the nation if they are deemed to be used for criminal …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Journalist investigating official corruption assassinated in Durango

Tiempo de Durango reporter Carlos Ortega Melo Samper was killed by gunmen as they attempted to kidnap him as he was returning to his home in the Santa María El …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Human Rights Watch accuses Mexican military of systematic abuses

Human Rights Watch (HRW) appealed to the Mexican government to hold the military accountable for what it characterized as systematic human rights abuses against detainees, contradicting previous official statements that …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hears Juárez femicide case

Hearings in the Inter-American Human Rights Court, known as CIDH by its Spanish acronym, on the case of three young women murdered in Ciudad Juárez in 2001 concluded on April …

Transparency & accountability

Carlos Ahumada levies allegations against Salinas, Fox, and Fernández de Cevallos

Carlos Ahumada has released a new book levying charges against former-President Carlos Salinas, former-President Vicente Fox, and former-Senator Diego Fernández de Cevallos. Amuhada is an Argentine-born businessman whose family moved …

Transparency & accountability

Zacatecas senator takes a leave of absence on allegations of family drug-ties

Ricardo Monreal Ávila, former-governor of Zacatecas (1998-2004), took leave of his senatorial position in response to charges that his brother, Cándido, is involved in drug trafficking. Rumors about the Monreal …

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