Nuevo Laredo Killings Were Military Executions, Says SeGob
Eyewitness testimonies from the crime scene say the killings occurred after seven young people leaving a Nuevo Laredo nightclub ran into a military convoy
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Army Supporters March in Defense of Tamaulipas Soldiers
Shortly after the deaths of the youths in Tamaulipas, the country’s National Human Rights Commission announced that it will investigate the case
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Mexico’s Ever-Eroding Freedoms
More than financial strength, freedom, in this amplified definition, allows for social stability and political continuity
Read moreArmed Forces Face Rise in Abuse Allegations, Civilian Deaths
Currently, 318 members of the Armed Forces are under investigation for purported human rights abuses
Read moreHuman Rights Commission to Investigate Army Killings in Tamaulipas
If the soldiers are charged with the deaths of the youths, under Mexican law they must be tried in a civil, not a military, court
Read moreAlgerian Envoy Marks Nation’s Revolution Anniversary
By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Algerian Ambassador to Mexico Belkacem Belgaid offered a diplomatic reception at his residence on Thursday, Nov. 24, to mark the 68th anniversary of the start of that African nation’s 1954 revolution. During the reception, Belgaid explained that the Algerian Revolution, which cost the lives of one and a half million people before it ended eight years later,
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Read moreMexico’s Supreme Court under Seige
OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER The course taken by Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) last week on the issue of preventive detention (pre-trial detention without bail) is one more example of how the country’s highest court has been tainted by politics and how its justices have abdicated their responsibility to politicians. The debate over the use of preventive detention,
Read moreNational Guard Absorption Highlights Armed Forces’ Human Rights Violations
OPINION By KELIN DILLON As Mexico’s civilian policing body the National Guard prepares to be integrated into the Mexican Secretariat of Defense (Sedena) as decreed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), experts have expressed concerns about the move’s potential to exacerbate the Armed Forces’ repeated human rights violations – especially considering that the National Guard has, too, been
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