New hopes rise for two Americans imprisoned in Mexico's drug war: "A new appeal and the endorsement of an anchor border city raises fresh hope for two Americans who say the Mexican army planted marijuana in their truck and then arrested them. The incident plunged the El Paso men into what they say is a saga of abuse and negligence, corruption and impunity in the notorious Mexican judicial system.
For US citizens and El Paso natives Shohn Huckabee, 23, and Carlos Quijas Ruiz, 36, the nightmare began in the early evening of December 18, 2009 when Mexican army soldiers ran them off the road, then illegally and violently detained them. Soldiers pulled the two out of their truck near the international bridge as they were leaving Juarez. Since that moment, they've been imprisoned in Juarez, a city sometimes called the most dangerous on earth."
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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