Mexico
Pressure on Mexico to free peasant ecologist
Mexican ecological defender Ildefonso Zamora is now in his seventh month behind bars, despite calls for his relase from Amnesty International and Greenpeace.
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Mexican judge approves Chapo extradition
A federal judge in Mexico ruled that drug lord "Chapo" Guzmán may be extradited to the US—where he faces numerous federal charges of trafficking, kidnapping and murder.
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Chiapas: municipal uprising against PRI ‘satellite’
An uprising in the indigneous municipality of Chenalhó ousted the mayor from Mexico's Green Party—assailed as a "satellite" of the ruling PRI linked to paramilitary groups.
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Chiapas: striking teachers occupy radio stations
Striking teachers took over radio and TV stations in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, capital of Mexico's Chiapas state, in an ongoing campaign against President Enrique Peña Nieto's government.
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Mexico: probe into missing students blocked
A panel of experts released its final report on the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, charging that the Mexican government has hampered the investigation.
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HRW: Mexico returning children to violence
Mexican immigration authorities are improperly returning children who might qualify for formal protection from violence in Central America, Human Rights Watch charges.
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Pressure on Mexico to free ‘community police’ leader
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a ruling that Mexico's imprisonment of Guerrero "community police" leader Nestora Salgado is illegal.
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Mexico: charges against Zapatista leader expire
A court in Chiapas ruled that charges of "terrorism, rebellion and sedition" against Subcommander Marcos and other leaders of the Zapatista rebels have officially expired.
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Mexico: body of abducted Veracruz journalist found
The body of Anabel Flores Salazar, a crime reporter abducted from her home in Mexico's Veracruz state, was found the following day in the neighboring state of Puebla.
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Was Chapo’s overture to Hollywood fatal?
Chapo Guzmán was apparently tracked down and apprehended after Mexican authorities intercepted his communications with Sean Penn and other show-biz heavies.
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Mexico: Zapatistas host Ayotzinapa families
The Zapatista rebels in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas marked the anniversary of their 1994 New Years Day uprising by hosting a national activist gathering in their territory.
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El Chapo re-capture: ‘Mission Accomplished’?
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto echoed George Bush's famously premature "Mission Accomplished" line in announcing the recapture of fugitive drug lord "Chapo" Guzmán.