Human Rights

NGO Rebellion against Appointment of New Chiapas Attorney General

“His administration was characterized by the excessive use of public force, repression of human rights defenders, arbitrary detentions and torture, events that remain unpunished. It is also added that he did not take the necessary measures to prevent violence against women, resulting in an increase in femicides, despite the Gender Violence Alert in Chiapas.”

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Mexico Has Had a “Failed Strategy” for 20 Years of Militarization: Amnesty International

”The report recounts hard data that demonstrates the “failed strategy” implemented intensively from 2007 to 2024, a period in which “at least 101,933 people have disappeared and 452,254 have been murdered, including 49,100 women, 140 journalists and 221 defenders of territory, land and the environment.””

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Migrant Caravans Speed up in Mexico as Donald Trump Set To Become President

”So far this year, the irregular entry of people into Mexico has doubled, compared to the same period last year. More than 925,000 migrants crossed the borders from January to August, according to official figures. Of the total, more than 108,000 were children and adolescents. Humanitarian organizations are preparing for the number of migrants to continue to increase in the coming months.”

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The Family of Lucio Cabañas, 50 Years after the Assassination of the Guerrilla Leader: “There Was a Clear Order to Exterminate Us”

In June of this year, an independent commission that had been charged by AMLO to investigate the so-called ‘’Dirty War’’ between 1965 and 1990 released a report that documented the atrocities committed by the Mexican government and armed forces. The same commission accused the military and other government bodies of obstructing their investigations.
The ‘’Dirty War’’ was the response of the PRI single-party government of the time to brutally repress all challenges by students, campesinos and indigenous peoples to the regime. One of the many emblematic cases was that of Lucio Cabañas. Less known is the persecution of his entire family, simply for having a surname in common with the legendary guerrilla leader.

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