Mexican lawmaker stripped of immunity - CNN.com: "Mexico's lower chamber of Congress has voted overwhelmingly to strip a lawmaker accused of ties with drug traffickers of his legislative duties, opening up the possibility of prosecution.
Until Tuesday night, Julio Cesar Godoy was protected from authorities by a Mexican law that grants lawmakers immunity from prosecution. That protection was taken away in a 384-2 vote, with 21 abstentions." Dec. 15, 010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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