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ACNUR wants Mexico to consider refugee status for minor migrants
ACNUR WANTS MEXICO TO CONSIDER MINORS TRAVELING TO THE U.S. AS REFUGEES By: Blanche Petrich ** They cannot be forcibly returned to their country if there is a risk: commissioner ** From January to June they have deported 8,239 without…
Read MoreMoisés Reports on Zapatista Reconstruction Account
RECONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY MEXICO July 2014. To the compas of the Sixth in Mexico and the World: To all those who have cooperated or contributed to the reconstruction of the clinic and school in La Realidad: The…
Read MoreDr. Jose Manuel Mireles and 69 more arrested
[On Friday, June 27 around 5:30 PM, members of the federal police and the Mexican Army arrested Doctor José Manuel Mireles and 69 other autodefensas that were accompanying him, in the administrative district (tenencia) of La Mira. Around 30 federal…
Read MoreGuerrero: the siege against the CRAC-PC
GUERRERO: THE SIEGE AGAINST THE CRAC-PC By: Luis Hernández Navarro Relentlessly pursued by the government and internally divided, the community police and the systems of community justice of Guerrero are living through a grave crisis. Arbitrary arrests of its leaders…
Read MoreChiapas: militarization and looting threaten Indigenous
Below is an interview with Victor Hugo López, Director of the Frayba Human Rights Center in Chiapas. It gives a good overview of the current situation the Indigenous Peoples are facing. CHIAPAS: MILITARIZATION AND LOOTING THREATEN INDIGENOUS By: Nancy Flores…
Read MoreSecuring Mexico’s Border with Central America
SECURING MEXICO’S BORDER WITH CENTRAL AMERICA By: Mary Ann Tenuto-Sánchez As the current wave of immigrant women and children from Central America brings more public attention to the issue of migration, we take a look at what’s happening to Mexico’s…
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