By KELIN DILLON According to a new report published by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, Mexico is the fourth-most crime-ridden country in the world for illicit trades like drug and weapon trafficking, and takes the position of possessing the most intricate human trafficking network throughout North and South America. In its overall ranking, the Global Organized Crime Index
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XINHUA A Mexican federal judge sentenced two men to nine and 12 years in prison, respectively, for transporting 118 undocumented Central American migrants via cargo truck through southeastern Mexico, the federal Fiscal General’s Office said on Saturday, Dec. 5. According to the Mexican prosecutor’s office, the judge, based in the state of Chiapas, ruled that the two individuals were guilty
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XINHUA Five men were sentenced to six and a half years in prison each for trafficking 785 undocumented migrants in cargo trucks, the Mexican Fiscal General’s Office said on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Two of the men were convicted of transporting 396 migrants and three of transporting 389 migrants, the office said in a press release. All five were arrested in
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican social worker and advocate against global human trafficking Rosa María de la Garza Ramírez – better known as Rosi Orozco – was nominated as a candidate for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, the national senate announced on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The announcement was made by Jorge Olvera García, president of the Senate State Human Rights
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A total of 43 indentured Mexican workers who were brought to Canada by human traffickers last year were rescued by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP officials announced on Monday, Feb. 11. The Mexicans, mostly men between the ages of 20 and 45, had been forced to work as cleaning staff at various hotels in
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By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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