04/08/2024 (written by cahtoong) – According to Central Electoral, the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) will begin early voting for over 93,000 people in preventive detention centers in early May. Preventive …
Voting Rights for Preventive Prisoners in the 2024 Election Read More »
02/28/2024 (written by rthompson) – Angelita Meraz León, activist and president of the collective Unión y Fuerza por nuestros Desaparecidos (Unity and Strength for our Disappeared People) in Tecate, was …
Missing Persons Activist Killed in Tecate, Baja California Read More »
12/13/2023 (written by tfaris) – According to Reporters Without Borders, eleven journalists were killed in 2022 in Mexico, accounting for 20% of journalists killed in the world in 2022 in …
Especially Dangerous Week for Journalists in Mexico Read More »
11/16/2023 (written by tfaris) – Two students at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) Javier Francisco Arredondo Verdugo and Jorge Antonio Mercado Alonso were killed 13 years ago on …
Extrajudicial Killing of Students From 13 Years Ago Finally Gets a Sentence Read More »
11/15/2023 (written by lcalderon) – On Monday, November 13th, Magistrate Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo (they/them) and their partner Dorian Daniel Nava Herrera were found dead inside their apartment. Baena’s body …
First Non-Binary Electoral Magistrate Killed in Mexico Read More »
10/19/2023 (written by tfaris) – According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), immigrant encounters, (the sum of all people not legally permitted to be in the United States and …
Spike in Migration Straining U.S.- Mexico Relations Read More »
04/17/2023 (written by jcarrillo) – On March 27th, a fire at the National Institute of Migration (INM), in Ciudad Juárez, broke out after detained migrants protested their deportation within a …
Fire breaks out at migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez Read More »
04/05/2023 (written by abrizuela) – On March 10, 2023, Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), admitted for the first time that his government monitored the phone of a human …
AMLO Admits to Monitoring Phone of Human Rights Activist Read More »
03/27/2023 (written by abrizuela) – The staff of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) has been ordered by the head of the organization, Francisco Garduño, to separate the children of …
Mexico’s National Institute of Migration Ordered to Separate Migrant Families Read More »
02/24/2023 (written by abrizuela) – On January 27, 2023, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) condemned Mexico for its practice of arraigo and preventive detention. After examining a case …
The Inter-American Court for Human Rights Condemns Mexico for Human Rights Abuses Read More »
