June 19, 2017

From June 5 to June 16, six professors and six students from the UNAM Law School (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Derecho) participated in the first of three 2017 study trips to the United States in order to learn about the...

June 8, 2017

Since Valdez’s death, public backlash concerning the pattern of violence against journalists in Mexico has only grown. Several public protests have specifically demanded that perpetrators be identified and held responsible for their crimes...

May 30, 2017

Justice in Mexico: An Agenda for the Years Ahead August 11, 2017 University of San Diego, Hahn University Center Reception-5:00pm          Dinner- 6:30pm   Please join us for a special reception and...

May 30, 2017

ensued between huachicoleros and federal police and military forces in at least two different cities in Mexico. On March 30th state and military forces and a group of huachicoleros were caught in an armed conflict in the city of Cuesta Blanca...

May 11, 2017

05/11/17- Justice in Mexico will present findings from their 2017 Justiciabarómetro report which provides a comprehensive measure on the perspectives of judicial operators in Mexico on a variety of topics including judicial system effectiveness,...

May 8, 2017

By September, Mexican authorities believed that Duarte used false identities and phantom companies to relocate public funds for personal benefit, which included acquiring over a dozen vacation homes. One month later, local congressional...

May 4, 2017

Written by Jose Luengo-Cabrera & Tessa Butler, Institute for Economics and Peace. The failure or inability to penalize criminals in Mexico is a widespread phenomenon. In 2016, it was estimated that only 9 out of every 100 crimes resulted in...

April 19, 2017

Justice in Mexico, a research and public policy program based at the University of San Diego, created in 2016 a Data Center to make publicly available data and analysis to evaluate trends related to crime, violence, drug trafficking and...

April 13, 2017

04/13/17 - Justice in Mexico, a research and public policy program based at the University of San Diego, released the English version of the latest publication in the Justiciabarómetro series, Justiciabarómetro 2016- Perspectives on Mexico’s...

April 4, 2017

04/04/17-The Justice in Mexico Project, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), and the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership are pleased to host a discussion for the release of the 2017 Mexico Peace Index on the challenges and...