14Feb2017
Practice of Torture Will Be on Agenda of the Mexican Congress This Month
Human Rights Watch
Torture's impact on Mexico has been devastating, not only for the many individual victims, but also for the credibility of the criminal justice system itself.

14Feb2017
Blocking Deportation with Your Life: A Conversation with Arizona Activist Maria Castro
Truthout
Maria Castro - a community organizer for People United for Justice and a member of Puente Arizona - was one of the people putting her body on the line to try to prevent Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos's deportation to Mexico last week.

14Feb2017
Internal Cartel Conflict Could Be Behind Recent Spike in Western Mexico Violence
InSight Crime
Although the apparent attempted assassination of El Chapo's sons is a sign that feuds within the Sinaloa Cartel may be on the rise, internal struggles within the organization were occurring well before El Chapo's capture.

14Feb2017
Job Creation in Mexico Breaks January Record Despite Feud with US, Gas Hike
PanAm Post
Last January, 83,922 jobs were created in Mexico, according to figures from the Mexican Social Security Institute - the most since January of 2008.

14Feb2017
Website Lets You Virtually Build the Mexico Border Wall
Hindustan Times
Buildthatwall.tech is a virtual reality website created by Ashish Limaye, a VR developer based in Portland. The website enables viewers to get a 360 degree, on-ground view of what The Wall might look like.

14Feb2017
President Pena Nieto Calls for National Unity in Face of 'America-First' Strategy
WSWS.org
Last week, Enrique Pena Nieto issued a call for “national unity” during a brief televised address. It was clearly a bid to redirect social anger from the crisis-ridden PRI government and deflect it onto to the Trump administration, which is reviled in Mexico in roughly equal measure.

14Feb2017
More Central American Migrants Staying Put in Mexico, Abandoning Efforts to Reach U.S.
Catholic News Service
An increasing number of migrants are thinking about Mexico as a more appealing option because of U.S. restrictions on refugee resettlement. For the migrants, it's more about finding somewhere safe.

14Feb2017
Children with Disabilities Benefit from Recycling
The Yucatan Times
More than one million bags of snacks were collected by the community in the city of Merida and raised over $80,000 pesos.


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