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Transparency & accountability

Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords

Mexico’s government has offered $2 million each for information leading to an arrest of the top 24 drug lords  in the country.  The drug cartels have killed over 9 million people ...
Transparency & accountability

Nothing had been done to Combat Drugs, Legislators Disagree

Senators argued the claim from the Pentagon that before Felipe Calderon’s Presidency, the Mexican government did very little to combat the drug trade.  They also rejected the idea of sending ...
Justice in Mexico

Oral Trials Modified

  In Zacatecas, standards are being modified from inquisitorial to oral trials, due to pressure from the international community.  The state of Zacatecas has entered the process of public hearings and ...
Transparency & accountability

Use of Technology to Combat Crimes in Ciudad Juárez

Within the coming days, Ciudad Juárez will recieve more personnel, and begin to use more advanced technology and intelligence in the police sector.  The hope is that the number of kidnappings, extortion, and ...
Transparency & accountability

Airport Security Program Begins

The objective of this new airport security program in the Mexico City airport is to ensure the safety of those who use the airport terminals and surrounding areas.  A primary goal ...
Transparency & accountability

Mexico a Dangerous Choice for Spring Break

As college students start planning Spring Break, the U.S. State Department has issued a warning about traveling to Mexico.  Drug violence remains high in border cities, and U.S. civilians can ...
Crime and Violence

Durango has Surpassed Sinaloa in Executions

For many years, border states have been the places with the highest amounts of violence.  So far this year, Durango has surpassed Sinaloa in the amount of executions in 2009.  ...
Transparency & accountability

IACHR, ACONUDH, and AI Condemn Death of Defenders

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations Organization of Human Rights (ACONUDH) and Amnesty International (AI) have condemned the murder ...
Crime and Violence

Death Threats to Policemen in Ensenada

The municiple police recieved threats over an emergency phone early Wednesday morning.  Police in this area have called a meeting because many are deciding to leave the police force.  “We ...
Crime and Violence

Drug Violence Creeping into Arizona

The drug war and escalating violence has spread into Arizona, leading to more kidnappings and shootings in the state.  Arizona for a long time has been a gateway for drugs, ...

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