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Mexico remains in bottom half in Corruption Perceptions Index
12/28/14 – Transparency International released it annual Corruption Perceptions Index in early December, and once again Mexico finds itself in the bottom half of nations worldwide. Mexico ranks 103rd out of …
Mexico City chief of police resigns
12/12/14 (written by sramírez) — Mexico City Police Chief Jesús Rodríguez Almeida resigned on Friday, December 5 on his two-year anniversary as the Chief of Mexico City’s Public Security (Seguridad …
Criticisms surface against President Peña Nieto’s proposals for new reforms
12/11/14 (written by sramirez) — President Enrique Peña Nieto announced on Thursday, November 27 his proposal for anew security planthat would include dissolving municipal police forces and placing them under …
Mexico releases 11 prisoners after national and international outcry
12/07/14 (written by cissel) — The Mexican government has released 11 people who were detained at a November 20 protest in Mexico City amid condemnation from within Mexico and around …
Two migrants’ rights activists from Honduras targeted, killed in Mexico in late-November
12/07/14 (written by otawka) — In late November, two human rights activists from Honduras were killed in Tequixquiac in the State of Mexico (Estado de México, Edomex) for their work …
Protests mark President Peña Nieto’s two-year anniversary in office
12/03/14 (written by rorosco) — The two-year anniversary of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s election to office has been marred by protests throughout Mexico calling for his resignation. This coincides …
News Monitor Vol. 9 No. 11 now available!
We are pleased to announce the release of our latest Justice in Mexico News Monitor, covering the month of November 2014. The Justice in Mexico Project conducts original research, promotes public discourse, and …
President Peña Nieto proposes unified state police commands, among other reforms
11/30/14 (written by cmolzahn) — Following the disappearance and apparent murder of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero in late September by a local drug gang and the widespread protests that …
CNDH issues recommendations for Tlatlaya massacre as case moves to federal civil court
11/30/14 (written by cmolzahn) — The Mexican Army (Secretaría de Defensa Nacional, Sedena) announced that it would accept and implement recommendations issued by the National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional …
Mexican Senate appoints Luis Raúl González as new CNDH president
11/30/14 (written by cmolzahn) — The Mexican Senate has selected Luis Raúl González Pérez as the new president of the National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, CNDH). …