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Tag: Mexico

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Mexico: HRW blasts National Human Rights Commission

In a new report, Human Rights Watch charges that Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is adept at documenting abuses—but has failed to prevent them. Said HRW Americas director Jose Miguel Vivanco: “While it does a decent job documenting abuses… Read moreMexico: HRW blasts National Human Rights Commission

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Chiapas: paramilitaries freed from prison —attack bus route?

On Feb. 11, ski-masked gunmen stopped a bus on the road between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Ocosingo in the conflicted southern Mexican state of Chiapas, threatening passengers and robbing them of cameras, cell phones, ID documents and other… Read moreChiapas: paramilitaries freed from prison —attack bus route?

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Mexico: paramilitaries assassinate indigenous activist in Guerrero

Lorenzo Fernández Ortega, a 38-year-old bricklayer and member of the Organization of the Indigenous Mepha’a People (OPIM), was stabbed to death Feb. 10 in Ayutla de los Libres, a village in the conflicted Mexican state of Guerrro. The group had… Read moreMexico: paramilitaries assassinate indigenous activist in Guerrero

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Mexico: Oaxaca top cop shot

A group of five men armed with AK-47 and AR-15 rifles and 9mm pistols shot and killed Alejandro Barrita Ortiz, director of the Auxiliary, Industrial, Bank and Commercial Police for the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, on Jan. 30 as… Read moreMexico: Oaxaca top cop shot

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Detentions, torture and violence in Chiapas

Local schoolteacher Felipe Hernández Yuena was detained Feb. 5 in the municipal government building at Venustiano Carranza, a conflicted town in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, accused of “sedition and riot.” Showing bruises on his face, arms and abdomen,… Read moreDetentions, torture and violence in Chiapas

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Calderón to demilitarize Mexican drug war?

After meeting with UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour, Mexican President Felipe Calderón announced Feb. 6 that he would gradually remove army troops from drug enforcement duty, replacing them with newly-trained police units. Use of the military in Mexico’s war… Read moreCalderón to demilitarize Mexican drug war?

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Mexico: mine union set to deal?

As of Jan. 29 Mexican officials and representatives of the National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMRM) said they had agreed on a “no aggression” pact and were ready to negotiate starting on Jan. 30…. Read moreMexico: mine union set to deal?

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Mexico protests US tear gas attacks

Mexico formally protested use of tear gas by the US Border Patrol, the Exterior Secretariat sending a letter to the US Embassy requesting a probe of an incident last month in which Cristian Saldana, 15, was struck in the nose… Read moreMexico protests US tear gas attacks

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Mexico City “mega-march” against NAFTA

In a “megamarcha” against the dropping of trade barriers under the terms of NAFTA, thousands of small farmers filled the streets of Mexico City’s historic district Jan. 31. A caravan of 100 tractors that traveled 2,000 kilometers from Ciudad Juarez… Read moreMexico City “mega-march” against NAFTA

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Crime, water wars rock Chiapas Highlands

Mexico’s federal Public Security Secretariat (SSP) announced the detention of 13 “delinquents” at Rancho San Isidro, in San Andrés Larráinzar, a highland municipality in conflicted Chiapas state Jan. 30. The SSP said 45 stolen vehicles were confiscated, as well as… Read moreCrime, water wars rock Chiapas Highlands

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Mexico: Atenco activists freed

On Jan. 25, seven adherents of the People’s Front in Defense of the Land (FPDT) from the central Mexican village of San Salvador Atenco were liberated from the Mexico State prison at Molino de Flores, after a federal judge cleared… Read moreMexico: Atenco activists freed

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Mexico: NAFTA protests continue

Hundreds of Mexican campesinos, accompanied by 40 tractors, marched in Ciudad Juarez, in the northern state of Chihuahua, on Jan. 18 to launch the “Chamizal to the Zocalo” caravan, a 2,000-km ride to protest the elimination of tariffs on staples… Read moreMexico: NAFTA protests continue

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