NYTimes: The Obama administration will soon issue new rules curtailing the use of profiling, but federal agents will still be allowed to consider race and ethnicity when stopping people at airports, border crossings and immigration checkpoints, according to several government officials.
The new policy has been in the works for years and will replace decade-old rules that banned racial profiling for federal law enforcement, but with specific exemptions for national security and border investigations. Immigration enforcement has proved to be the most controversial aspect of the Obama administration’s revisions, and law enforcement officials succeeded in arguing that they should have more leeway in deciding whom to stop and question. Read more.
The MexicoBlog of the CIP Americas Program monitors and analyzes international press on Mexico with a focus on the US-backed War on Drugs in Mexico and the struggle in Mexico to strengthen the rule of law, justice and protection of human rights. Relevant political developments in both countries are also covered.
Dec 5, 2014
Federal Police assume municipal security in Guerrero: Rubido
Translated by Americas Program
Excelsior: National Security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido García announced a security crackdown in Tierra Caliente, where he said the federal olice will assume control over several municipalities in Guerrero.
As of today, federal police and members of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), will assume control of Tierra Caliente, Acapulco and Guerrero.
Excelsior: National Security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido García announced a security crackdown in Tierra Caliente, where he said the federal olice will assume control over several municipalities in Guerrero.
As of today, federal police and members of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), will assume control of Tierra Caliente, Acapulco and Guerrero.
Mexico does poorly on corruption index
Mexico News Daily: Denmark, New Zealand and Finland are the least corrupt countries in the world, according to perceptions gathered in Transparency International’s (TI) annual Corruption Perceptions Index.
The index is based on how corrupt a country’s public sector is perceived to be, on a scale of 0 to 100, 0 being highly corrupt and 100 being very clean. Read more.
The index is based on how corrupt a country’s public sector is perceived to be, on a scale of 0 to 100, 0 being highly corrupt and 100 being very clean. Read more.
Dec 3, 2014
Protests hammer Mexican president's popularity as elections loom
Trust: The popularity of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has sunk amid concerns about his handling of security problems and corruption, polls showed on Monday, in a sign that his ruling party could lose ground in elections next year.
Polls noted the sharp drop in his approval rating since the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers students and a conflict of interest scandal involving a home being purchased by the first lady. Read more.
Polls noted the sharp drop in his approval rating since the apparent massacre of 43 trainee teachers students and a conflict of interest scandal involving a home being purchased by the first lady. Read more.
Mexico halts immigration inspection at Otay Mesa
UTSanDiego: Following protests from Baja California business and political leaders, Mexican immigration authorities on Tuesday suspended a program at the Otay Mesa border crossing requesting that foreign pedestrians show a passport and say how long they plan to stay in Mexico.
The head of the Baja California office of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, Rodulfo Figueroa Pacheco, confirmed that it was back to business as usual at the port, where some 6,000 visitors cross southbound on foot on any given day. Pedestrian visitors can voluntarily register with Mexican immigration authorities, but won’t be asked to do so, he said. Read more.
The head of the Baja California office of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, Rodulfo Figueroa Pacheco, confirmed that it was back to business as usual at the port, where some 6,000 visitors cross southbound on foot on any given day. Pedestrian visitors can voluntarily register with Mexican immigration authorities, but won’t be asked to do so, he said. Read more.
Castillo Reports Govt. Has Seized Four Hundred Thirty Million Pesos of Templar Leaders Real Estate
Borderland Beat: Los Caballeros Templarios' cartel leaders managed to accumulate a fortune of more than 430 million pesos ($35,000,000USD) in properties, authorities revealed yesterday.
The current leader of the criminal organization, Servando Gómez "La Tuta", added various properties for 195 million pesos. Read more.
The current leader of the criminal organization, Servando Gómez "La Tuta", added various properties for 195 million pesos. Read more.
Dec 2, 2014
What If Peña Nieto Resigns? Scenarios for Government Change in Mexico
Huffington Post: Since the resignation of Pascual Ortiz Rubio in 1932, Mexico has enjoyed uninterrupted presidential continuity, a streak that is unmatched by any major political system in the Western Hemisphere (and possibly among the longest in the world). Over the course of these 82 years, no presidential term has been cut short due to death, assassination, resignation, coup d'état or any other sort political upheaval and as a result, it has become difficult to imagine an interruption to this orderly succession that most Mexicans have taken for granted. However, the outbreak of social unrest from the Ayotzinapa crisis combined with the streak of scandals that have engulfed the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto over the past two months have perhaps made the unthinkable slightly less so. For those of us in the business of analyzing political and economic risk, the last few years have demonstrated that highly improbable events do in fact take place and therefore deserve a more nuanced look. Read more.
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