Jorge Antonio Rocha

Mexico City, Mexico — Local populations and human rights defenders are facing increased violence on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala as the state of Chiapas reels from clashes between warring drug cartels and the Mexican military, according to a new report released by rights groups. According to the report, “Siege to Daily Life, Terror for Territorial […]

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Mexico fears for the safety of national and foreign migrants after US Supreme Court ruling on Texas border enforcement bill

Mexico City, Mexico—- A special report published on March 19 by United States media outlets LightHouse Reports, El Paso Matters, as well as Mexico’s La Verdad revealed new evidence about the fire at a migrant detention facility in northern Mexico last year that killed 40 migrants trapped in the building. The report reveals the appalling […]

Mexico City, Mexico—- A special report published on March 19 by United States media outlets LightHouse Reports, El Paso Matters, as well as Mexico’s La Verdad revealed new evidence about the fire at a migrant detention facility in northern Mexico last year that killed 40 migrants trapped in the building. The report reveals the appalling […]

Mexico City, Mexico — Mexico filed an amicus curiae — or friend-of-the-court brief — with the Fifth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals on Thursday in response to Texas SB 4, Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott’s measure that empowers Texas law enforcement to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. […]

Mexico City, Mexico—– Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on local authorities to provide security to candidates for the upcoming general elections amidst a spate of 22 murders of candidates for public office thus far. Mexico’s 2024 general election is making history; both for being the largest election in recent memory, as well as for […]

Mexico City, Mexico — A police officer on the run for allegedly shooting a student from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College was arrested on April 10, according to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. On April 11, “David R” was arrested and remanded in custody. The two other police officers implicated in the murder were […]

Mexico City, Mexico — Following a series of international court rulings, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently sparked a political debate over the Mexican Supreme Court’s obligation to enforce Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) rulings on the country’s use of pretrial detention. The judicial mechanism allows a suspect to be jailed for up to […]

Natural disasters accounted for 196,000 internally displaced people in 2023, of which 187,000 resulted from Hurricane Otis, says Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre