Mexico

Report Accuses Mexico of Crimes Against Humanity in Drug War

Report Accuses Mexico of Crimes Against Humanity in Drug War Elisabeth Malkin, The New York Times  6 June 2016 Image: Jorge Parral Gutiérrez and Alicia Rabadán Sánchez at their home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Jorge Antonio Parral Rabadán, their son, was kidnapped by a criminal gang and then killed by soldiers in a raid in 2010.CreditAdriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times MEXICO CITY — Two days after Jorge Antonio Parral Rabadán was kidnapped

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Mexican Military Runs Up Body Count in Drug War

Mexican Military Runs Up Body Count in Drug War AZAM AHMED and ERIC SCHMITT, The New York Times May 26 2016 Image: In a 2011 shootout in Yurécuaro, Mexican soldiers killed four men said to be members of a drug gang. A bystander was also killed, the local news media reported. CreditLeovigildo Gonzalez/Reuters  MEXICO CITY — In the history of modern war, fighters are much more likely to injure their enemies than kill them. But in Mexico, the

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Mexico: Few Political Consequences Despite Outrage Over Abductions

Few Expect Mexico’s Government to Suffer at Polls, Despite Outrage Over Abductions Azam Ahmed, The New York Times 25 April 2016   Video: Mexico’s deputy attorney general and an independent panel of investigators spoke on Sunday about the investigation into the 2014 disappearance of 43 students. By REUTERS on Publish DateApril 25, 2016. Photo by Yuri Cortez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. MEXICO CITY — In a drab white tent along Reforma

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Country Profile: Mexico

Mexico Country Profile   (Leer reporte en español) During the twentieth century, Mexico had a long series of military dictatorships followed by one-party dominance by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which finally ended in the election of 2000. The PRI has returned to power in the 2012 elections.  Since 2000, the government’s war against drug cartels has made Mexico one of the most dangerous countries in the world.   Past

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Articles

Neuf policiers tués dans une embuscade dans le sud du Mexique. Le Monde.fr 06.02.2013 Neuf policiers mexicains ont été tués mardi 5 février dans une embuscade tendue par un groupe d'hommes armés à Apaxtla de Castrejon, dans le sud du Mexique. La zone de l'attaque, isolée par la police pour les besoins de l'enquête, se situe dans une région de production et de transit de drogue, aux confins des Etats de Guerrero, de Michoacan et de Mexico.

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Archived Updates

14 November 2012 "5 Found slain outside Mexican capital" By Fox News Latino 31 July 2012, "Para tres de cada 10 mujeres los golpes ''se curan'' en casa", By El Informador 12 July 2012, " Border city killing plunge this year", By The Assocaited Press 23 June 2012," Encuentran 14 cuerpos cerca de supermercado en México", Por Terra Noticias 18 June 2012, "Mexican security forces kill 7 in Veracruz state", by Chris Covert 14 June 2012, "Amnistía Internacional

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