dw.de reported…Not many experts in Mexico are willing or brave enough to discuss the country’s recently amended anti-money laundering laws, designed to hamper the drug cartels from trying to legitimize their ill-gotten gains. Banned transactions, in national or international currencies, include the sale of real estate or property valued at more than 520,000 pesos ($40,000). Boats, cars or planes over 200,000 pesos are on the list, which also includes anything from jewellery, precious metals, gems, watches to artwork. Insurance and retail services, credit cards, pre-paid cards or a travellers’ checks, when not offered by financial institutions, also fall under this category. Read Article
DW.DE reported – Literally translated Mordida means “bite.” In Mexico, it means bribe – the backhander, normally involving the greasing of palms via a small exchange of cash to avoid a traffic infraction or to untie red tape. It’s the thin edge of the wedge in bribery and corruption, which certainly isn’t confined to Mexico, […]
eluniversal.com.mx reported that of the total cases, 519 have been classic type and 128 hemorrhagic. In this year at Sonora 647 cases of dengue, have accumulated said epidemiology director of the Secretariat of health of the State, Francisco Javier Navarro Galvez. Of those cases, 519 have been classic type and 128 bleeding, he added. Read […]
octavodia.mx reported that the number of cases of dengue fever in Baja California Sur now exceeds 2 000 in so far this year, including 78 were of the hemorrhagic type, according to health authorities. According to the Ministry of health in BCS, there have been a total of 2 024 cases of dengue, of which […]
diariorespuesta.com.mx reported thatbBehind bars Municipal Police were two transvestites aparar Thursday morning after substantive consideration two thousand dollars, a foreign tourist on 12th Street with 10th Avenue Colony Center. Being at 06:00 am on Thursday, when the foreign tourist, who gave his name, Donald Patrick, 38 years old, originally from the U.S., ending the spree […]
AP reported that Mexican drug cartels looking to diversify their businesses long ago moved into oil theft, pirated goods, extortion and kidnapping, consuming an ever larger swath of the country’s economy. This month, federal officials confirmed the cartels have even entered the country’s lucrative mining industry, exporting iron ore to Chinese mills. Such large-scale illegal […]
thecourierexpress.com reported (AP)The family of a Washington state woman who leads a vigilante police force in Mexico has enlisted a Seattle human rights group to help push for her release after three months in custody on kidnapping allegations. Nestora Salgado, a U.S. citizen from the Seattle suburb of Renton, was arrested Aug. 21 in the […]
A package with 40 kilos of marijuana were found early in the morning by the security guard of a vacation center of the hotel zone of Cancun, who gave notice to the Municipal Police. According to the police report, Andrés Altamirano Ambrosio, chief security Solarys Royal Hotel, located at kilometer 19 Boulevard Kukulcan, gave notice […]
Limón Carlos Pineda, representing the Association of Tourist Spa Playa del Carmen Zone AC, said that in recent years have relaxed the requirements for installing a spa business and verifications, what has caused it a secret that some providers offer massages on the beaches “happy ending”, ie with sexual services. “There is confusion as to […]
Members of the newest police force in the colonial city of Oaxaca can’t hear or speak. A group called the Angels of Silence operates the city’s surveillance cameras to look for crimes being committed on its streets. Cynthia Zepeda, director of Oaxaca state’s emergency services, said the officers have a highly developed visual sense and […]
High number of cases in Mitla. Migrants at high risk of being victimized. The priest Alejandro Solalinde said that in the central valleys of Oaxaca have been located bodies of migrants and settlers of the body without organs, so alerted on the trafficking of organs in this region. n Forum TV interview, he said that […]
According to telegraph.co.uk, Mr Thompson, 58, a father of two originally from Wishaw near Glasgow, had been in Cancun for a family wedding when his round of golf came to a rather abrupt end. He told the Daily Mirror how he was attacked just after clipping a shot from a bunker onto the green. “My […]
Agence France-Presse reported…Authorities have detained a former US soldier accused of leading a gang of kidnappers in northern Mexico, officials said Monday. The 32-year-old suspect spearheaded a band of 16 people who operated in the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the past four years, said Nuevo Leon security spokesman Jorge Domene. He […]
Reuters reported – Mexican armed forces have taken charge of security in the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, a major cargo hub in a part of the country struggling to contain violent drug gangs. The government said on Monday that units of the army, navy and federal police were moving in to oversee access to […]
US authorities have shut a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel recently dug under the US-Mexican border. The tunnel – said to be 2.4 miles long – linked a warehouse in Tijuana to another in San Diego, California. Derek Benner, head of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said it was equipped with lights, ventilation and an […]
theguardian.com reported that the President calls for hour of exercise per day and a ‘change of culture’ as Mexico has higher rates of adult obesity than the US. Mexico has become the standard bearer in the global fight against obesity, after parliamentarians passed a law imposing significant new taxes on junk food and sugary drinks. […]
yucatan.com.mx reported that an anonymous tip led to an operation in the “table dance” Aztec Men’s Club, located on Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas, Colonia Centro, near the junction with Izazaga, where they were found 42 alleged victims of trafficking and 54 people were arrested. The Attorney General of the Federal District held the device in […]
Bbc.co.uk reported that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will pardon an indigenous teacher serving a 60-year jail term. Alberto Patishtan, 41, was convicted in 2002 for the murder of seven policemen in southern Chiapas state during the Zapatista rebel uprising. Read Article
Authorities evacuated about 5,000 people in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by a leaking gasoline pipeline, apparently caused by oil thieves. Images of the leak in the town of Tlajomulco, near the state capital Guadalajara, showed what looked like a gas jet that rose into the air in a field near a housing development. […]
theguardian.com reported that over the past year, vigilante groups like this have sprung up in towns and villages across Mexico, especially in the Pacific coast states of Guerrero and Michoacán. They make no pretence to be interrupting drug trafficking itself but they do claim to have restored a degree of tranquillity to daily life. In […]
france24.com reported that unidentified assailants armed with guns and Molotov cocktails attacked power stations in a violence-torn western Mexican state Sunday, leaving 11 towns without electricity in a suspected drug cartel attack. The interior ministry said in a statement that national power company equipment, six gas stations and a convenience store were targeted in 11 […]
nextvlatam.com reported that Sky Mexico, Televisa subsidiary, plans to finish 2013 with 6 million subscribers. This figure would place approximately 40% of the pay TV market in Mexico, according to the Director of Marketing at Sky, Marco Rojas Kuri, NexTV Summit in Mexico 2013 (1 and 2 October in Mexico City). Read Article
THEATLANTIC.COM REPORTED …On a recent afternoon, Daniel Soto, a 36-year-old chef and entrepreneur, scrutinized the pedestrians passing in front of his brilliant orange food truck a few blocks away from the white, ultramodern, glass-paneled Reforma 222 mixed-use shopping center, at the border between Mexico City’s downtown financial district and the city’s trendy Roma Norte neighborhood. […]
EFE.com reported that Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos said Friday it signed an agreement with Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine to jointly build and operate a shipyard in the northeastern Mexican town of Altamira.Some 4,000 jobs will be created and there will be an initial economic benefit of $150 million,” Pemex said in a […]
The accident took place on a highway that links the Mexico state capital of Toluca to the Mexico City’s northwestern suburb of Naucalpan at around 6:38 am local time (1130 GMT) on Friday. The bus, which was packed with morning commuters, hurtled down a hillside and left 14, including a child, dead. Read Article
Mexican private pension managers, known locally as Afores, saw assets under management grow by an average of 3.5% in real annual terms in August, compared…Mexico’s private pension growth plummets in August. Read Article – Subscription
bbc.co.uk reported….Riot police have clashed with protesters in Mexico City during a demonstration commemorating the 45th anniversary of a student massacre. Protesters, some of them masked, threw firebombs, bottles and rocks at police who battled to disperse the crowd. At least 40 people were injured, Mexico’s El Universal newspaper reported. The rally marked the anniversary […]
Mexican police freed 73 people thought to have been kidnapped and held for ransom in a house near the US border, authorities said Monday. State and federal agents rescued the migrants from a home in Reynosa, which lies just across the Mexican border from McAllen, Texas. Read Article
According to infolaam.com, the crime rate in Mexico increased 16.9 percent in 2012 compared to 2011 and one in three Mexican households were affected, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). During the past year there were 27.7 million crimes, which represents a rate of 35,139 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, according to […]
WORST SINCE 1997 7/10 OF THE VICTIMS ARE MEN THREE OUT OF TEN VICTIMS ARE KILLED informador.com.mx REPORTED that During the first six months of government of Enrique Peña Nieto, kidnappings have tripled compared to those perpetrated in the past two administrations. According to the National Observatory Citizen Security, Justice and Legality, December 2012 to […]
At 1pm on Monday, Rocio Hernandez Perez and 29 other young people will walk in a convoy across the bridge over the Rio Bravo and head for the Nuevo Laredo border crossing between Mexico and the US. Dressed uniformly in graduation caps and gowns in the style of American students, which most of them once […]
Human nature is sharing the blame with Mother Nature in Mexico for the destruction spawned by twin storms, with critics pointing to shoddy construction, endemic corruption and political wheeling-and-dealing. The country was thrashed last week by a rare tag team of tropical storms on opposite coasts, Manuel and Ingrid, that killed at least 123 people, […]
Sadly the reality right now is that thousands of exhausted travellers are lining up in the mud, relying largely on military personnel and muster points to get out. Tourists are being taken to Mexico City by air but very limited flights mean long waits and priority for the elderly and families with young children. Meanwhile […]
Startling new numbers show that despite valiant efforts to show the dangers of crossing the border, hundreds are chancing it and dying. This year is proving deadlier than last year. As U.S. Border Patrol has more success catching crossers in urban areas, coyotes are taking the migrants farther out into rougher terrain. Through Wednesday, the […]
At least 80 people have died in Mexico in recent days due to the pair of tropical storms that simultaneously hit the country last weekend, according to a new casualty count released Wednesday by the government. Most of the deaths – 48 – have been in the southern state of Guerrero, which was drenched with […]
washingtonpost.com reported that the communications revolution that swept the globe missed the Zapotec village of Talea de Castro high in the mountains of southern Mexico, where making any sort of call meant trudging to a community telephone line and paying what could be a day’s wages for a crackly five-minute conversation. All that has changed, […]
Armed men in a Mexican state that is struggling to contain gang violence hacked a local congressman to death with a machete while he was being interviewed by a journalist, authorities said on Thursday. State prosecutors in the western state of Michoacan said the politician, Osbaldo Esquivel Lucatero, was giving the interview in his car […]
Clashes erupted in Mexico City on Wednesday as riot police faced striking teachers protesting against President Enrique Pena Nieto’s attempts to reform the country’s education system. Riot police tried to hold back protesters as they marched on the main Reforma Avenue in a massive protest, one day after Pena Nieto signed in a controversial law […]
A total of 2 kilos 900 grams of “crystal” and $ 10,000 in drugs hidden compartment in a vehicle were seized by agents of the State Preventive Police (PEP) in addition to the arrest of two people, in response to an operation in the Otay Mesa delegation. Read Article
milenio.com reported the seizure occurred when two men tried to enter the United States with 14 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a van. Nuevo Laredo • Agents Customs and Border Protection arrested two people in possession of more than 14 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine valued at nearly a million dollars, they tried to enter the […]
milenio.com reported tThis year, there have been in Matamoros, a total of 418 cases of dengue, of which 131 are related to bleeding, also this week, were recruited 24 new cases reported, Victor Garcia Fuentes, head of the Third Sanitary District in this border. These cases have been laboratory confirmed state of dependency on the […]
Gum production shifts to Latin America, says Leatherhead Global gum production is moving to two major Latin American nations. Brazil gum market worth $825 million dollars in 2012. Trident and Orbit most popular brands. Forecasts for Mexico’s chewing gum market estimates growth of 8.9 percent in sales between 2012 and 2017. Read Article
Juarez’s murder rate may be dropping, but the ripple effect from years of record-setting lawlessness continues. (As do the crimes themselves, at a rate of about ten times America’s homicide rate.) A woman calling herself “Diana, the hunter of bus drivers” is taking credit for the murder of two bus drivers in Ciudad Juarez — […]
The derailment of a cargo train, which killed 11 migrants hitching a ride across southern Mexico, was caused by the theft of railroad parts, authorities said yesterday. The accident was due to the “lack of continuity of the rail,” the transport ministry said in a statement. Authorities also updated an earlier toll of nine dead. […]
On August 26, 2013 Unomasuno Noticias reported a police operation involving several bars in Tlaxcala. The police operation is reportedly aimed at fighting human trafficking, drug dealing and other suspected illegal acts within the establishments. During the operation, police closed the “Very Good” bar due to safety code violations as well as for violating the […]
On August 26, 2013 NSS Chiapas Noticias reported the rescue of fifteen female sex trafficking victims from Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico. The women had been forced into prostitution at different bars in Pijijiapan Township, located on the coast of Chiapas. Authorities also found the women living in unsanitary and inhumane conditions. During the operation, police […]
Mexico, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Five suspected members of the Gulf Cartel were arrested during an operation in the state of Guerrero, state prosecutors announced today. Local authorities said the four men and a 20-year-old woman, are linked to the murder of five people from January to August this year. The operation also involved seizure […]
On August 23, 2013 Excelsior Noticias reported the arrest of four suspects accused of sex trafficking in the Iztapalapa and Cuauhtémoc neighborhoods of Mexico City. The suspects were identified as Carlos Murrieta Argüelles, Alfredo Delgado Arteaga, Julio César Aguilar Delgado and Raúl Flores Castro. During the operation, police also rescued 18 women aged between 25 […]
On August 22, 2013 Yucatanall Noticias reported the case of David Mondragón Zamora who has been imprisoned since 2010 on charges of extortion and sexual abuse. Mondragón Zamora has since appealed his sentence, claiming the charges were an act of political vengeance after he accused local authorities of sexually exploiting women and children. It is […]
On August 19, 2013 Dominio Ciudadano Noticias reported the identification of 13 “hot spots” in Mexico City with a high concentration of sex trafficking activity. The sites include La Merced, Garibaldi, Sullivan, Avenida de los Insurgentes, Reforma, Tlalpan, Plaza de la Soledad, the Santo Tomás and Manzanares alleyways, Zona Rosa, Buenavista, Roma and Condesa. This […]
From Peru.com on August 18, 2013- Mexican authorities have reported the arrest of Armando Ramirez Trevino, leader of the Gulf Cartel. Ramirez Trevino is linked to armed attacks against police, organized crime, kidnappings, and drug trafficking. The U.S. Justice Department had warrants issued for Ramirez Trevino’s arrest on charges of drug trafficking, and offered a […]
On August 16, 2013 Quadratín Oaxaca Noticias reported the rescue of four female teenagers exploited in bars and brothels in several municipalities near Oaxaca. The police operation included raids on the “La Peña Dorada” and “El Milagro” bars. At the first raided bar, police arrested the owner Elvira López Lorenzo. They also rescued two female […]
On August 5, 2013 Unión Jalisco Noticias reported the arrest of Joel García López on charges of human trafficking. The arrest was made possible by an anonymous complaint that informed police the suspect had forced a woman to sell candy from seven in the morning until six in the afternoon without pay. Police later determined […]
On August 12, 2013 Criterio Hidaldo Noticias reported that PAN Rep. Olivia Garza has filed a complaint with the local attorney general alleging that teens are being forced to sell sexual services at two intersections in Mexico City. According to the complaints, two citizens claimed the female teens were attempting to sell gum to drivers […]
On August 10, 2013 Zócalo Saltillo Noticias reported the rescue of 26 foreign women and six Mexican women, the apparent victims of sex trafficking, from the Zona Rosa neighborhood of Mexico City. The rescued foreign victims include Russian, Ukrainian, Venezuelan and Colombian nationals. Police also arrested three of the suspected traffickers, while not ruling out […]
On August 8, 2013 Página Ciudadana Noticias reported that during the recent International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Rep. Miriam Saldaña spoke on the necessity to strengthen policies to improve the lives of Mexico’s indigenous peoples, as they continue to live in deplorable conditions of discrimination, social exclusion, marginalization, poverty, labor exploitation and sexual […]
On August 9, 2013 UPI Español Noticias reported that police in Tlaxcala have arrested 16 people on charges of human trafficking, including prostitutes and sex customers. The arrests were made following the State Attorney General’s decision to shut down two brothels operating in the city. Authorities believe that both of the brothels were actively involved […]
On August 9, 2013 El Siglo Noticias reported that the Durango State Attorney General, Sonia Yadira de la Garza Fragoso, reported that she has obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect accused of human trafficking. As the suspect is currently residing in another country, an extradition request has also been submitted. The suspect’s victim was […]
On August 8, 2013 Unomasuno Noticias reported the arrest of Noel Águila Varela, accused of forcing his girlfriend to work as a prostitute at several bars and nightclubs in Tlaxcala and Puebla. According to a statement by the victim, the suspect not only forced her into prostitution but also beat her “to the point of […]
Page 1 PRESS RELEASE NO. 288/13 JULY 30, 2013 AGUASCALIENTES, AGS. PAGE 1/7 SOCIAL COMMUNICATION IN 2012 ARE REPORTED KILLINGS 26 MIL 037 The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) discloses the preliminary information, nationally and by state, of homicides registered in the country in 2012. In order to facilitate comparison with previous years, […]
On August 7, 2013 El Mexicano Noticias reported two cases of human trafficking involving sexual and labor exploitation. Ángel Rafael Pérez Parker and his wife Elizabeth Rodríguez Navarrete were each sentenced to 12 years prison after being found guilty of sexually exploiting an underage female student and two young girls from Agua Prieta, Sonora. Meanwhile, […]
On August 6, 2013 UPI Español Noticias reported the arrest of Sergio Pérez García on charges of trafficking women for labor exploitation. Sergio Pérez García, a deaf and mute Mexican man, allegedly used social networks to contact three women with similar physical disabilities, one from Guadalajara and two from Queretaro. After the victims fell in […]
On August 6, 2013 La Prensa Noticias reported that the Federal Justice has reopened the criminal case against former Ministry of Intelligence agent Raúl Martins, accused of sexual exploitation of women including pimping and sex trafficking. Martins was originally denounced to police by his daughter, Lorena Martins. However, after the court originally closed the case […]
On August 5, 2013 Noticaribe News reported that the state of Quintana Roo, with two of the top tourist destinations in Latin America (Cancún and the Riviera Maya), has been identified as a hot spot for human trafficking in Mexico. However, the government of Quintana Roo so far seems to be doing little to address […]
On August 5, 2013 Noticaribe News reported the arrest of taxi driver Fabián Yair Hernández Jaimez on charges he raped a 15-year-old girl in Cancún. The victim, a gum salesman in the El Crucerco area, was returning home in the suspect’s taxi when the driver instead drove her to a secluded area and raped her. […]
On August 4, 2013 El Universal Noticias reported the arrest of Joel García López, accused of exploiting people to sell candy in the Guadalajara metropolitan area. Seven victims from Veracruz and Hidalgo were also rescued during the operation. Police responded to an anonymous tip reporting that the suspect was forcing a woman to sell candy […]
On August 4, 2013 OEM Noticias reported that police in Morelia have apprehended six human trafficking suspects after raiding two popular nightclubs located in the city, “Bar Kueros” and “Bar Continental.” The operation occurred after police responded to an anonymous tip. Three male and three female suspects were apprehended during the police operation. Read Article
On August 3, 2013 Quadratin Noticias reported that the situation of human trafficking in Mexico is becoming increasingly serious. According to PAN Senator Luisa María Calderón Hinojosa, around 20 thousand people are affected by this crime each year, including 16,000 children. The senator added that trafficking is still viewed as socially acceptable in Mexico and […]
On August 3, 2013 SIPSE Noticias reported that the Puebla Congress has unanimously approved a state penal code reform to eliminate female abductions, forced marriages and human trafficking. Under current legislation dealing with rape and kidnapping, if a woman forgives and marries her abductor, this cancels out the crime (a practice prohibited by international law). […]
On August 2, 2013 Maya Sin Fronteras Noticias reported alarming figures in Quintana Roo in terms of violence against women, particularly within Cancún. According to figures provided by the government, almost 7 women are killed every month in the state, the majority of cases in Cancún. The state ranks first nationally in terms of rape, […]
On August 2, 2013 Al Momento Noticias reported that the Federal District Attorney General has brought criminal charges against two alleged trafficking suspects, identified as Karen “A” aka Yazmín “A” and Jesús “G”. The two are accused of selling sexual services in a house advertised as a massage parlor. According to testimony by three sex […]
On August 2, 2013 El Observador Noticias reported that this morning police conducted a search in a Juárez neighborhood following reports of missing women. Unofficial reports suggest the search was part of an investigation by the State Attorney General. The reports also mentioned that the body of a person appearing to be a woman was […]
On July 31, 2013 Notisistema Noticias reported that, according to the A.C. Social Welfare and Humanitarian Assistance Foundation (ASAHAC), Mexico currently ranks second worldwide among exporters of human trafficking victims, after Thailand. According to ASAHAC director Diana Evelyn Mata Monreal, the country ranks at the top of victims of human trafficking, including child and sex […]
On July 30, 2013 Milenio Noticias reported the rescue of a 14-year-old trafficking victim in the municipality of Yahualica. The child had been missing from his native town of Ocosingo, Chiapas since last December, when she left to work in the state of Sonora. According to prosecutor Francisca Ruiz Sántiz, on July 7th the victim […]
On July 30, 2013 El Mundo de Tehuacán Noticias reported that an arrest warrant has been issued against Yaret Emery Elox Coate, Armando Machorro Reyes and Miguel Limón Hernández for their alleged responsibility in the trafficking of a minor. According to information gathered during the police investigation, last month Yaret Emery Elox Coate and her […]
From El Cronista Digital on July 29, 2013- According to Gema Santamaria, a Mexican academic, the policies of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will have no positive changes for Central American countries dealing with the continued expansion of Mexican cartels. Pena Nieto’s strategy has been to limit drug trafficking violence and crimes of high impact […]
From Siwissinfo.ch on July 29, 2013- The capture of the Zetas leader, Miguel Angel Trevino also known as Z-40, could lead to a Sinaloan attempt to consolidate border control. Leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin Guzman, who has been at large since his prison escape in 2001, could take advantage of the situation and seek […]
On July 28, 2013 Noroeste Noticias reported the case of a Tzotzil boy recently found in Tabasco, Mexico. While it was initially believed that the boy was an orphan, the Human Rights Commission of Tabasco is now investigating the situation as a possible human trafficking and child exploitation case. The Commission is also initiating a […]
On July 26, 2013 El Sol de Mexico Noticias reported that the Human Trafficking Division of the Central Investigation Office has filed criminal proceedings against José Luis Castillo Ronco and José Antonio González España. The two are accused of operating a brothel disguised as a massage parlor in Colonia Roma. During the police operation in […]
On July 24, 2013 Diario La Verdad Noticias reported that the Municipal Citizen Participation Committee was formed this Wednesday to assist other organizations in the fight against human trafficking in Cancún. Currently, the Prosecutor’s Office Child Advocacy Division has only one trafficking case, while last year it reported four cases. However, it is estimated that […]
On July 23, 2013 Animal Político Noticias reported that human trafficking for prostitution remains a very serious problem in Tlaxcala, with the current government doing little to address the issue. According to the Fray Julián Garcés Human Rights Center, more than 150 human trafficking complaints have been reported during the current administration, which has been […]
On July 22, 2013 Provincia Noticias reported the arrest of a suspected trafficker who for five years forced his lover into prostitution in bars and hotels in Tlaxcala and the capital of Puebla. Óscar Rojas was arrested after the victim managed to escape and filed a police complaint. The suspect is being charged with the […]
On July 19, 2013 EL Nuevo Herald Noticias reported that New Jersey police have broken up an international network trafficking women from Mexico to the United States. The women were brought illegally to the US to work in prostitution, under false pretenses they would work as housemaids or nannies. During the operation, police arrested José […]
On July 16, 2013 Municipios Puebla Noticias reported that during the administration of the current mayor, Dolores Parra Jiménez, only 2 girls (ages 12 and 13 respectively) have been rescued from the sexual exploitation to which they were subjected in Tijuana. Authorities revealed that at least 8 underage females from communities belonging to the municipality […]
On July 16, 2013 Reuters España reported that Miguel Angel “El Z-40” Treviño, leader of the “Los Zetas” drug cartel, was captured following a Navy helicopter operation near the U.S. border. Treviño was captured along with two other cartel members in the early hours of Monday, while traveling by van along a dirt road 27 […]
From El Mundo on July 16, 2013- On Monday, Mexico’s navy captured the leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40), in the U.S.-Mexico border city of Nuevo Laredo. Trevino was captured alongside three other Zetas members, $2 million, rifles, and 500 bullets. Trevino was responsible for some of the worst atrocities […]
From Peru 21 on July 15, 2013- Two women from Mexico were arrested at the airport in Bogota for attempting to enter the country with $12,000 each hidden in their vaginas. In addition the two women, one Colombian and one Mexican, had $10,000 and $9,500 in their suitcases, respectively. The Mexican woman had entered Colombian […]
On July 13, 2013 Televisa Noticias reported the rescue of six female trafficking victims in Mexico City. The rescued women allegedly were required to perform sex services in a building located in the city’s Venustiano Carranza borough. Additionally, trafficking suspects Fernando González Valencia and Iván López González were arrested and sent to the East Men’s […]
On July 13, 2013 Zócalo Noticias reported that police in Mexico City have closed two bars on suspicion they were centers for human trafficking and because the bars lacked documentation permitting legal operation. The closed establishments, Levó and Voga, are located in the city’s Benito Juárez borough. Police have stepped up inspections of such establishments […]
On July 11, 2013 Milenio Noticias reported a police operation in Chiapas which resulted in the rescue of seven women and the arrest of three members of a trafficking gang. The seven adult women, five Mexican and two from Guatemala, were being held captive at the “Cantina Alex” bar in the town of Comitán. The […]
On July 9, 2013 Ultra Noticias published an interview with journalist and writer Lydia Cacho, concerning the increase in human trafficking in Mexico. According to Cacho, one problem is that this situation is often confused with prostitution, especially as the police, along with government ministries and other agencies, continue to confuse trafficking with prostitution, which […]
From El Comercio on July 10, 2013- Italian police detained 49 people in Milan in relation to a drug smuggling operation that was using dogs to transport the drugs. According to authorities, 48 dogs were forced to swallow packets of cocaine in Mexico and would later be killed in Italy for the drugs to be […]
On June 30, 2013 Radio La Primerísima reported that 46 women were rescued from the “Cadillac” bar in Mexico City after apparently being victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation. According to authorities, of the 46 victims 27 were Mexican and the rest of foreign birth, including Venezuelans, Hondurans and Dominicans. 40 suspects were also arrested […]
On June 30, 2013 SDP Noticias commented on a recent expose published in El Pais (Spain) on the prevalence of human trafficking in Tenancingo, Mexico. According to the expose, entitled “The Village of the Children Pimps,” one of the main activities (and aspirations) of those living in Tenancingo is human trafficking. Moreover, the trafficker profession […]
From lainformacion.com on June 28, 2013- Dominican police arrested Mexico’s Antonio Avalos last week in Las Americas International Airport. Avalos was wanted by Peruvian authorities on charges of drug trafficking. The Secretary General of Interpol had already warned Dominican authorities of Avalos arrival in the Dominican Republic, so the Dominican police were able to make […]
From lainformacion.com on June 29, 2013- Police in Costa Rica captured two suspected members of the Mexican drug cartel, the Knights Templar, and seven Costa Ricans who were working with the cartel. The murder of a Guatemalan and a Costa Rican model last November sparked the investigation into Mexican cartel activity in Costa Rica. The […]
On June 27, 2013 El Hidalgo reported that police in Hidalgo, Mexico have arrested 9 Hondurans and 2 Salvadorans suspected of being linked to human trafficking and migrant smuggling. The group of 11 suspects was allegedly led by a Salvadoran who goes by the alias “El Fantasma.” A Mexican allegedly working with the suspects was […]
From Animal Politico on June 26, 2013- According to the recently released World Drug Report from the UNDOC, for the first time Mexico has surpassed the United States in the amount of methamphetamine seized. By more than doubling the amount of methamphetamine seized in a year, from 13 to 31 tons, Mexico also seized more […]