AMLO and US Clash Over Human Rights Report
The U.S. State Department’s 2023 Annual Report on Human Rights highlighted Mexico’s issues with impunity, violence and attacks on journalists and the federal judiciary
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Read moreAMLO Goes for the Judiciary’s Jugular as Plan B Payback
López Obrador’s outrage against the Supreme Court justice’s invalidation of his Plan B electoral reform has put a new enemy in his sights: the Supreme Court itself
Read moreEl Salvador Labels Lethal Juárez Fire as Massacre, State Crime
El Salvador has labeled the lethal fire in Mexico’s National Institute of Migrationin Ciudad Juárez as a “state crime”
Read moreMexico’s Political Parties Unite against Electoral Judiciary
The Impunity Law is intended to curtail the power of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Federation and severely limit its ability to issue judgments against Mexico’s political parties and deputies’ individual actions
Read moreMexico’s Blame Game over Juarez Fire Tragedy Begins
López Obrador is the one who decided that Mexico could house tens of thousands of migrants that the United States sends every year
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 moreWomen Take to the Streets for Mexico City’s 8M March
The barricade was announced by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a way to deter vandalism and violence from the protesters onto the National Palace
Read moreEdoMéx, Baja California among Mexican States with Highest Impunity
By MARK LORENZANA The State of Mexico (EdoMéx), Baja California, Veracruz, Puebla and Querétaro are the Mexican states that lead the 2022 Impunity Index in Mexico, which was prepared by the Center for Studies on Impunity and Justice (CESIJ), the University of the Americas Puebla and the International Academic Council. The five aforementioned states are followed by Jalisco, Sinaloa, Aguascalientes, Chiapas and
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