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Front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race pledges respect for democracy and plurality - The Washington Post
Enrique Pena Nieto, the PRI candidate, said his 10-point “democratic presidency” pledge is aimed at intellectuals, non-governmental groups and students, many of whom protested over the weekend
120522  mexico  politicsandsecurity  humanrights  elections 
2 hours ago by isacson
FRONTERA.INFO - Calderón defiende labor del Ejército
Recalcó que no por unos cuantos se puede generalizar a toda una institución como es el Ejército mexicano
120522  mexico  corruption  civilmilitaryrelations 
2 hours ago by isacson
Más de mil 200 familias sinaloenses desplazadas por violencia y sequía
El Gobierno de Sinaloa informó que son mil 203 familias las que a consecuencia de la sequía, la búsqueda de mejores oportunidades de estudios e ingresos, así como la violencia y la inseguridad, han tenido que abandonar sus comunidades
120522  mexico  publicsecurity  Displacement  economyandsecurity 
5 hours ago by isacson
Asesinan en Sonora a Luís Rodríguez Soqui, director de policía. Excélsior
El director de Seguridad Pública de San Luís Río Colorado, Luís Rodríguez Soqui, fue asesinado por un grupo de hombres armados a pocos metros de su casa
120522  mexico  publicsecurity 
5 hours ago by isacson
Hunde mayor del Ejército a los tres generales
Arturo González Rodríguez, mayor del Ejército mexicano, es también pieza clave en la detención de Tomás Ángeles Dauahare, ex subsecretario de la Defensa Nacional, y de Roberto Dawe González, general de brigada de Estado Mayor
120522  mexico  corruption  civilmilitaryrelations 
5 hours ago by isacson
Mexico's Murder Rate Inches Down, while Massacres Grab Headlines
April was the fourth consecutive month with a negative growth in homicides at the national level (down 6.7 percent). There hasn't been a streak of this kind since 2007
120522  mexico  publicsecurity  newsemail 
5 hours ago by isacson
Ejército mexicano: primera vez en 70 años con tres generales presos
El arraigo de cuatro altos militares rompe con una tradición en la cual, la alta jerarquía militar no había sido involucrada en escándalos
120522  mexico  corruption  civilmilitaryrelations 
5 hours ago by isacson
Cinco lecciones de la “Marcha anti EPN” para los políticos y los partidos
¿Qué tienen que aprender los políticos y los partidos de una jornada en la que los ciudadanos, con pocos recursos, pero con un discurso articulado, creatividad y frescura llevaron la política y la democracia a la calle?
120522  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
5 hours ago by isacson
Masacre de Cadereyta fue ordenada por “El Lazca” y “el Z40”
Esta mañana fue presentado Daniel de Jesús Elizondo Ramírez, alias “El Loco”, señalado como presunto autor de la masacre de 49 personas en el municipio de Cadereyta, Nuevo León
120522  mexico  publicsecurity 
5 hours ago by isacson
U.S. lawmakers frustrated in Wal-Mart corruption probe - CNBC
Wal-Mart has not committed to briefing the panel on the substantive allegations raised by a New York Times report
120522  mexico  corruption  uspolicy 
5 hours ago by isacson
Mexico: Freedom of expression still under attack as six journalists killed | Amnesty International
Six journalists have been killed in less than a month in Mexico, highlighting the authorities’ ongoing failure to uphold freedom of expression
120522  mexico  pressfreedom  [x]ngodocument 
6 hours ago by isacson
Mexico should investigate murder of abducted journalist - Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporting on crime is the most dangerous work for Mexican journalists
120522  mexico  pressfreedom  [x]ngodocument 
6 hours ago by isacson
The Barbados Advocate - CARICOM’s concerns to be heard
The CARICOM/Mexico Summit has been hailed as a most productive and beneficial meeting and the regional grouping has been given the assurance, that their concerns will be raised at the upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit
120522  mexico  CaribbeanRegional  diplomaticrelations 
6 hours ago by isacson
Suspect arrested in Mexico massacre - Houston Chronicle
Daniel de Jesus Elizondo - known to friends and enemies as "El Loco," or Crazy One - was arrested in the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe last Friday and presented to the news media Monday
120522  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 hours ago by isacson
Mexican army says Zetas behind killing of 49 in northern Mexico - latimes.com
Army officials paraded suspect Daniel de Jesus Elizondo Ramirez before the news media, saying he was one of those assigned by Zeta bosses Heriberto Lazcano and Miguel Angel Treviño Morales to kill the 43 men and six women
120522  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 hours ago by isacson
Mexico risks return to corrupt past with PRI presidential candidate - latimes.com
The PRI has not cleaned up its act or modernized over the last 12 years. To the contrary, it has deepened its networks of corruption and illegality in the territories it still controls
120522  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections  corruption 
6 hours ago by isacson
Proceso » Narcos pagan 30 MDP al mes a policías de Veracruz: líder zeta
Un líder del cártel de Los Zetas detenido el 12 de diciembre pasado, asegura que esa organización criminal paga una nómina de 30 millones de pesos al mes a policías ministeriales y municipales de Veracruz
120521  mexico  publicsecurity  corruption 
yesterday by isacson
Proceso » Ejecutan a cuatro en cancha de basquetbol en Acapulco
Al menos cinco hombres han sido ejecutados en lo que va de este domingo en distintos puntos de Acapulco
120521  mexico  publicsecurity 
yesterday by isacson
Declaran prisión preventiva a otros militares en México - América Latina - ElNuevoHerald.com
Las detenciones de militares de alto rango por nexos con el narcotráfico han sido poco frecuentes
120521  mexico  corruption  civilmilitaryrelations 
yesterday by isacson
49 headless bodies -- just another crime in Mexico drug war? - CNN.com
I don't think you can say this incident is a turning point. The drug war escalated significantly in 2008 to levels we'd not seen before, and in 2010 to levels we'd not seen before
120521  mexico  publicsecurity 
yesterday by isacson
Mexico’s drug war: Storm clouds with silver linings | The Economist
The unpopular war against the cartels may well cost President Felipe Calderón’s party the election, but it looks unlikely to end
120521  mexico  publicsecurity  politicsandsecurity  newsemail 
yesterday by isacson
Young Mexicans march against old ruling party, despite lead in polls - The Washington Post
The involvement of private university students in the forefront of Saturday’s protests was unusual in Mexico’s heavily class-conscious political sphere
120521  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
yesterday by isacson
Interview with Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador - The Washington Post
It is not true that Peña is 20 points above me. It’s part of the management of the regime. They have control of the media, with few exceptions
120521  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
yesterday by isacson
Interview with Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Peña Nieto - The Washington Post
Do you remember El Chapo [Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera], the biggest drug lord in Mexico? The PRI put him in jail. When the PRI left government, he was in jail. With the PAN government, he escaped
120521  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
yesterday by isacson
Interview with Mexican presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota - The Washington Post
We have a real possibility of winning, because I have a trajectory that comes from civil society
120521  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
yesterday by isacson
BBC News - Mexico arrests 'cartel leader' behind Monterrey deaths
The Mexican army says it has arrested a man suspected of ordering the brutal killing of 49 people a week ago
120521  mexico  publicsecurity 
yesterday by isacson
Journalist kidnapped and killed in northern Mexico – USATODAY.com
The 39-year-old reporter often wrote about organized crime for the sister newspapers Diario Sonora de la Tarde and El Regional of Ciudad Obregon
120521  mexico  pressfreedom  newsemail 
yesterday by isacson
Candidates' Proposals for Mexico Police Reform Could Drive Up Corruption
These reforms were carried out with the aim of combating endemic corruption. None succeeded. There is, therefore, no reason to think that establishing a mando unico would solve a problem
120521  mexico  publicsecurity 
yesterday by isacson
Encuentran muerto a reportero de El regional de Sonora
Marco Antonio Ávila García fue secuestrado ayer en Ciudad Obregón. Es el quinto periodista asesinado en lo que va de 2012
120521  mexico  pressfreedom 
yesterday by isacson
Detienen a cuarto militar por presuntos nexos con el narcotráfico
La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) informó que ya se detuvo a un cuarto militar por tener presuntos nexos con el cártel de los Beltrán Leyva
120521  mexico  civilmilitaryrelations  corruption 
yesterday by isacson
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Many of the most serious transnational criminal and terrorist threats to the United States may be more likely to exploit points of vulnerability at ports of entry (POE) and at northern and coastal borders, rather than to risk entry across the Southwest border
120521  mexico  bordersecurity  uspolicy  [x]uscongressdocument 
2 days ago by isacson
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DHS transitioned at the end of fiscal year 2010 from using operational control as its goal and outcome measure for border security to using an interim measure of apprehensions on the southwest border
120521  mexico  uspolicy  bordersecurity  [x]uscongressdocument 
2 days ago by isacson
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The 2012 Strategic Plan, applying the principles of risk management, sets a strong foundation for the continued evolution of the Border Patrol
120521  mexico  uspolicy  bordersecurity  [x]usgovtdocument 
2 days ago by isacson
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Much more needs to be done to ensure that these reforms are fully implemented, to establish a more effective and transparent Mexican judicial system, and to address the pervasive problems of corruption and impunity
120521  mexico  humanrights  [x]uscongressdocument 
2 days ago by isacson
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Withholding the conditioned funds until meaningful progress on these areas is made would send a clear message that the United States is concerned about the gravity of the human rights violations
120521  mexico  humanrights  uspolicy  [x]ngodocument 
2 days ago by isacson
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It is clear that President Calderon’s effort to combat organized crime, with the military as the centerpiece, is not the solution to the crisis of violence but rather it has contributed to the violence itself
120521  mexico  humanrights  [x]ngodocument 
2 days ago by isacson
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What we have found is a public security policy that is badly failing on two fronts. It has not succeeded in reducing violence. Instead, it has resulted in grave human rights violations
120521  mexico  humanrights  [x]ngodocument 
2 days ago by isacson
Mexico Drug Prosecutors Detain 2 Army Generals
An official at the Attorney General's Office said the officers are being investigated for alleged links to a Mexican drug cartel, but he would not say which cartel
120517  mexico  corruption  civilmilitaryrelations 
5 days ago by isacson
Mexican presidential candidates mostly mute on drug wars – USATODAY.com
But none of the four candidates issued statements on the tragedy or posted comments on their Twitter accounts
120517  mexico  publicsecurity  politicsandsecurity  elections 
5 days ago by isacson
Mexican generals detained over alleged drug gang links | World news | guardian.co.uk
Traditionally, the military has been seen as less susceptible to cartel bribes and intimidation than badly paid local and state police forces
120517  mexico  corruption  civilmilitaryrelations 
5 days ago by isacson
El Mañana de Nuevo Laredo decide ya no cubrir temas del narco
“Este periódico apelando a la comprensión de la opinión pública se abstendrá, por el tiempo necesario, de publicar cualquier información que se derive de las disputas violentas que sufre nuestra ciudad"
120516  mexico  publicsecurity  pressfreedom 
6 days ago by isacson
Mayoría de mexicanos quiere que EU apoye a combatir la violencia: encuesta
52% de los encuestados cree que Estados Unidos debe ayudar a México, incluso con tropas y agentes antidrogas
120516  mexico  politicsandsecurity  uspolicy 
6 days ago by isacson
Masacres (o las consecuencias de perseguir la pelota) | | Plata o Plomo
Han aprendido que las autoridades (federales y estatales) siguen a la pelota, no al hombre: van a donde aparecen los cadáveres y no a donde se ordenan las muertes
120516  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 days ago by isacson
Poll Suggests Calderon's Drug War Hurt by Lack of Coherent Strategy
Aside from prioritizing large troop deployments in Mexico's most violence-racked cities, including Ciudad Juarez, the government's strategy has been mostly reactive
120516  mexico  politicsandsecurity  publicsecurity 
6 days ago by isacson
Tamaulipas: Agresión contra El Mañana, la séptima en 6 años | | Animal Político
La agresión contra el diario El Mañana representa el séptimo ataque con explosivos o armas de fuego en contra de medios de Tamaulipas en sólo seis años
120516  mexico  publicsecurity  pressfreedom 
6 days ago by isacson
Mexico: UN and regional experts urge government to take action to protect journalists
The Mexican Government should implement a new law to protect journalists and human rights defenders, a group of United Nations and regional experts stressed today
120516  mexico  pressfreedom  [x]ngodocument 
6 days ago by isacson
The tragic consequences of Mexico's failure to tackle organised crime | Luis Hernández Navarro | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
The story of the Calderón administration is being told in the crime pages of the papers, not in the articles and speeches of its officials
120516  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 days ago by isacson
Official in north Mexico says banners signed by Zetas deny responsibility for massacre of 49 - The Washington Post
An employee of the prosecutors’ office in northern San Luis Potosi state says the banners were hung from overpasses in the city of Ciudad Valles
120516  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 days ago by isacson
No end to violence in Mexico, experts say | Fox News Latino
"I don't see a way out in the short term," Chabat said, noting that the state lacks effective instruments and institutions to deal with the problem
120516  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 days ago by isacson
Mexicans Unflinching in Face of Drug War’s Carnage - NYTimes.com
The official term is “learned helplessness,” and case studies are appearing all over Mexico
120516  mexico  publicsecurity 
6 days ago by isacson
An appreciation of Carlos Fuentes: Mexico’s elegant man of letters, social commentary - The Washington Post
I asked if he had a preference for any of his books. “They are all my children. Maybe some are cross-eyed, but I love them all”
120516  mexico  essaysandanalyses 
6 days ago by isacson
EU lanza licitación para que SSP aumente capacidad de espionaje
El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos, mediante la Oficina Internacional de Asuntos Antinarcóticos y Procuración de Justicia, lanzó una licitación para comprar equipos que permitan mejorar el Centro de Monitoreo de Comunicaciones
120515  mexico  uspolicy 
7 days ago by isacson
Kidnapping Can Be a Family Affair in Mexico's Drug War | PBS NewsHour | May 14, 2012 | PBS
Now, once territorial control is established, then peace sets in. And now the cartel, the dominating cartel, can turn to the real business at hand
120515  mexico  publicsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
NAFTA key to economic, social growth in Mexico - Washington Times
A 40 percent jump in Mexico's per capita gross domestic product since the inception of NAFTA has brought with it an increasingly robust middle class
120515  mexico  economyandsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
In Mexico, Cartels Target Journalists : NPR
Mexico has gotten to the point where unless there's a lot of, you know, there's a massacre with a lot of people being killed, it doesn't make much news
120515  mexico  publicsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
The Rise of Legal Immigration From Mexico - Shannon K. O'Neil - International - The Atlantic
The vast majority of these came on "family reunification visas"--spouses, parents, children, or siblings of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents
120515  mexico  uspolicy  migration 
7 days ago by isacson
Priest who denounced abuse, kidnapping of migrants in southern Mexico flees death threats - The Washington Post
Solalinde has become widely known in Mexico for publicly denouncing corruption and abuse of mainly Central American migrants
120515  mexico  humanrightsdefenders  migration 
7 days ago by isacson
Corruption flows freely along US-Mexico border - U.S. - Stripes
Last year, black sedans and hatchbacks loaded with federal agents poured into Columbus, a town of 2,000 people, arresting the mayor, the police chief, a city trustee and nine others
120515  mexico  uspolicy  bordersecurity  corruption 
7 days ago by isacson
Mexico violence: Police find body of journalist in car | GlobalPost
He had left the newspaper to start a group to help elect Institutional Revolutionary Party presidential candidate Enrique Peno Nieto
120515  mexico  pressfreedom 
7 days ago by isacson
Vázquez Mota drops in Mexican poll - FT.com
Monday’s poll showed Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing candidate who came a close second in the 2006 election, passing her for the first time with 20.9 per cent
120515  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
7 days ago by isacson
Mexico candidate blames opposition as bodies pile up | Reuters
Vazquez Mota sharpened her attacks on his Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, saying it had made life easy for brutal drug traffickers in Mexico
120515  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
7 days ago by isacson
Mexican drug cartel massacres have method in their brutal madness | World news | guardian.co.uk
As well as displays of bravado, both events could also be seen as efforts to calentar la plaza, or heat up the turf, of their rivals
120515  mexico  publicsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
World News - Mexico's drug war: No sign of 'light at the end of the tunnel'
I think those resources should be concentrated on fighting the effects of violence and crime that hurt people –- kidnapping, extortion, holdups, automobile thefts, etc. –- and basically not concentrated on drug trafficking
120515  mexico  publicsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
Mexico massacre highlights unknown drug war victims | Reuters
The failure to find and identify victims of massacres and murders has spurred criticism of the war on drug gangs waged by President Felipe Calderon
120515  mexico  publicsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
BBC News - Mexico violence: Fear and intimidation
"It's partly a message to the presidential candidates, most of whom have said they won't negotiate with the drug cartels"
120515  mexico  publicsecurity 
7 days ago by isacson
Andres Oppenheimer: PRI win in Mexico is far from certain | Dallas Morning News Opinion and Editorial Columns - Opinion and Commentary for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News
Despite the current conventional wisdom, Peña Nieto will not be able to maintain his lead in the polls, and the election will be much tighter than it now seems
120514  mexico  politicsandsecurity  elections 
8 days ago by isacson
49 headless bodies found along highway in Mexico | Mexico News - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News
The fighting that’s so far taken the lives of more than 50,000 people across Mexico will probably continue through the July 1 presidential elections as cartels try to position themselves with the new administration
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8 days ago by isacson
Police Find 49 Bodies by a Highway in Mexico - NYTimes.com
Mr. de la Garza said the victims might have been migrants headed for the United States, though he pointed out that some of the bodies had tattoos of the “Santa Muerte”
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8 days ago by isacson
Dozens of bodies, many mutilated, dumped in Mexico - latimes.com
The violence is part of a war of retribution between Sinaloa and the Zetas, Alejandro Hope, a former Mexican intelligence officer, said
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8 days ago by isacson
The Associated Press: 49 headless bodies dumped on north Mexico highway
A white stone arch welcoming visitors was spray-painted with black letters: "100% Zeta"
120514  mexico  publicsecurity 
8 days ago by isacson
Massacre in Mexico deepens country's violent image - CSMonitor.com
Events like that in Monterrey make it hard for Mexico to erase its image, no matter how many statistics are thrown out there
120514  mexico  publicsecurity 
8 days ago by isacson
In Mexico, rising tension at shelter for migrants - Wire - Lifestyle - bellinghamherald.com
The San Juan Diego Migrant House is hundreds of miles from any frontier, but in many ways it crystallizes the wider border-crossing drama
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14 days ago by isacson
Border Patrol Gets First New Strategy in 8 Years - ABC News
The new strategy draws on intelligence to identify repeat crossers and to try to determine why they keep coming
120508  mexico  uspolicy  bordersecurity 
14 days ago by isacson
Mexico's Pena Nieto draws fire but survives debate | Reuters
Polls have shown Pena Nieto could win as many votes as his two rivals combined in the July 1 presidential contest, and analysts said Sunday's attacks had not done enough damage
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14 days ago by isacson
Mexico’s telegenic presidential front-runner survives debate - The Washington Post
Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, survived, even as he was called a liar and a fraud by Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling conservative National Action Party (PAN) and leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD)
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14 days ago by isacson
El Universal - Nación - Nuevos ‘guardias’ de EU en frontera con México
Los drones que están apoyando las labores de la Patrulla Fronteriza han tenido resultados que les permiten mejorar las investigaciones en términos de modus operandi, rutas, miembros, equipo, armas, intervenciones
120504  mexico  uspolicy  bordersecurity 
18 days ago by isacson
BBC News - Two charged after illegal immigrants found in Texas houses
It follows the discovery of 115 people locked inside three small houses in Edinburg, close to the Mexican border
120504  mexico  bordersecurity  migration 
18 days ago by isacson
FRONTERA.INFO - ‘Me quieren quemar’, asegura jefe militar
El militar responsable del 28 Batallón de Infantería del Ejército, con base en el Aguaje de la Tuna, manifestó que los policías municipales podrían estar “desquitándose” con él por acciones emprendidas por los militares
120504  mexico  civilmilitaryrelations 
18 days ago by isacson
Ejército recibe 132 mil quejas de ciudadanos contra el "narco"
En los primeros cuatro meses de 2012, el número de denuncias ciudadanas realizadas ante el Ejército en contra del narcotráfico y la delincuencia organizada registró 10 mil 712
120504  mexico  publicsecurity  civilmilitaryrelations 
18 days ago by isacson
El desempleo y la pobreza en México pueden empeorar: BM
La capacidad de respuesta de la política fiscal nacional es mucho menor que en 2007, aunque se cuente con estabilidad financiera, dice funcionaria del organismo
120504  mexico  economyandsecurity 
18 days ago by isacson
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