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.
Mar 13, 2012
Mexico Drug War: 35 Arrested For Involvement in Murder of Nuevo León Police Chief
Justice in Mexico: "Members of the State Agency of Investigation (Agencia Estatal de Investigación, AEI) in Nuevo León have arrested 35 individuals for acting as “halcones” (hawks) in the murder of Chief Antonio Montiel Álvarez, a life-long police officer who was killed on March 2, 2012 by hit men (“sicarios”). In addition to planning the murder of Montiel Álvarez, these individuals are likely to have participated in further rights violations, kidnappings, and other homicides outside of the one that targeted Montiel Álvarez, sources say." read more
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