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The GIEI’s Tsunami
By: Magdalena Gómez The second and last report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI, the Group’s initials in Spanish) opened with the assertion that there is no evidence that the normalistas had links with organized crime and discards…
Read MoreGIEI: there was no cremation in Cocula
FINAL AYOTZINAPA REPORT By: Emir Olivares Alonso and José Antonio Román The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) for the Ayotzinapa case did not find “one single piece of evidence” for assuring that the 43 students of that rural teachers…
Read MoreForensic anthropologists publish report on Cocula garbage dump
* The objective is to encourage scientific and informed debate about the students’ whereabouts By: José Antonio Román The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF, its initials in Spanish) decided to place at the disposition of public opinion the entire report…
Read MoreThe Anti-War Caravan from Honduras to New York
By: Journalists on Foot (Periodistas de a Pie) The Caravan will tour more than 5, 000 kilometers from this country (Honduras) to New York. Photo: PieDePágina Text and photograph: Ximena Natera. Text: Daniela Pastrana Honduras, the largest expeller country of…
Read MoreRigorous questioning from the IACHR of the Mexican government
Washington, DC In a harsh and unpleasant session, members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) severely questioned the Mexican government not only because of the direct attacks against one of its functionaries, but also because of the negative…
Read MoreGustavo Castro: Foreign Relations delayed his return
GUSTAVO CASTRO REPROACHES THE SRE’S DELAY IN ATTAINING HIS RETURN FROM HONDURAS By: José Antonio Román Gustavo Castro, the Mexican activist held almost a month in Honduras due to being a witness to the murder of Berta Cáceres, reproached the…
Read More20 Years of millions of dollars and Chiapas remains poor
MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF A MILLION-DOLLAR ECONOMIC SPILL AND CHIAPAS REMAINS JUST AS POOR By: Isaín Mandujano Chiapas is the state that has received the most resources to combat poverty in the whole country during the last 20…
Read MoreIACHR condemns campaign against experts
By: Emir Olivares Alonso The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) categorically rejected “the defamation campaign that takes place in Mexico” against the Grupo Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), which works on the Ayotzinapa Case, and against its Executive…
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