Financial Times Highlights Violent Cartel Expansion Under AMLO
“The cartels control more territory than ever before, about a third of the country, according to an estimate by the U.S. military,” read the report
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Cartel Confrontations Explode in Chiapas with Mass Kidnapping
Territory disputes between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel over the strategically located southern Mexican state exploded this Tuesday with the kidnapping of 16 Chiapas security agents
Read moreBiden Border Rush Fueling Bloody Cartel War in Chihuahua
At 247,455 square kilometers, Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico and one of the most prosperous in the country, rated “high” on the United Nations Human Development Index. Unfortunately, it is now also one of the bloodiest
Read moreLópez Obrador Labels US State Department as ‘Liars’
The report levied allegations against Mexico of widespread torture, extrajudicial killings, human trafficking, gender violence femicide, forced disappearances and limits on freedom of expression across the country, trends that the U.S. Department of State claim are only exacerbated by the Mexican government’s impunity toward criminals and failure to properly investigate crimes
Read moreU.S. State Department Releases Report on Mexico’s Human Rights Issues
The enmeshment of the Mexican Armed Forces in Mexico’s daily violence was also highlighted by the State Department, especially considering the growing number of military human rights abuse reports across the last several years
Read moreCuban Doctors in Mexico May Be Victims of Human Trafficking
By MARK LORENZANA The arrival of Cuban doctors in Mexico will continue as long as there is a demand for specialists, said Zoé Robledo, director of Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS), as more Cuban physicians were deployed in the country on Tuesday, Aug. 19 — this time in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Campeche. Around 50 Cuban doctors arrived
Read moreUndocumented Migration Feeds Human Trafficking, Forced Labor
XINHUA Mexican-born Flor Molina was once a victim of modern slavery, condemned to forced labor in the garment manufacturing industry in the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, after emigrating there with the help of a person who turned out to be a human trafficker. For 40 days, she was coerced into working 18 hours a day at a garment
Read moreBiden to AMLO: Immigration Issue Must Be a Joint Effort
By MARK LORENZANA The immigration issue needs to be a joint effort between Mexico and the United States, U.S. President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), during their conversation at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday, July 12. López Obrador urged Biden to adapt an aggressive program to resolve immigration
Read moreCharity Chat: Breaking Women Free from the Human-Trafficking Cycle
By CAROLINE BRENNAN Rosi Orozco grew up in a “loving family” where she said she “received so many blessings.” And it was this fortunate personal history that she said embedded in her a sense of giving back to the community. For the past 16 years, Orozco has devoted her time and energy to an afflicted segment of society that has
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Mexico’s Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking
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