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Detainees Claim Mexican Police Threatened to 'Disappear' Them Like the Ayotzinapa Students
Mexican judicial police are accused of beating and threatening 11 people who were held for 9 days after the chaotic evacuation of a protest at the Zocalo in Mexico City.
In Photos: No Police, No Violence at Memorial March for Massacre in Mexico
Unlike in 2013, when police beat journalists and made arbitrary arrests, few uniformed officers were present as an estimated 25,000 protesters gathered for the annual march recalling the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.
Market-Friendly Changes at Mexico's Top Technical School Spark Massive Protests
Reforms at the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City prompted normally straight-laced students to take to the streets in huge numbers.
Mexico's Official Independence Day Fiesta Was a Disaster
The government literally had to pay people to attend, small children received pat-downs, and protestors blocked the arrival of one of the president's daughters.
World Cup Racism in Brazil: Bad or No Biggie?
From fans in blackface to Twitter memes showing Colombians snorting field chalk, the 2014 World Cup is fertile ground for racial shittiness.
The Case That Shows How Far Indigenous Mexicans Are from Achieving Equality
It is the first time that a Mexican citizen held the government accountable for a wrongful incarceration and won reparations and an apology.
A Protest Site Gets Shut Down in Mexico, and All Fingers Point to U.S. Homeland Security
The U.S. and Mexico governments conspired to shut down a Mexican protest site.
Paramilitaries Are Still Murdering Zapatistas in Mexico
Galeano, a Zapatista teacher, was killed in an attack on May 2. His death has caused a wave of anger, solidarity, and calls for justice.
Fightback Continues Against Sexual Brutality by Mexican Police
A group of Mexican women who were sexually tortured by police at protests have started a campaign to bring attention to the issue.
Sex Workers to Mexican Government: Stop Screwing with Us
Inflation has caused Mexico’s minimum wage to decrease over the years, and many of the country’s citizens have turned to the sex trade.
Justice Is Scarce for Female Murder Victims in the State of Mexico
A report in 2013 found that 6.4 women were murdered every day in Mexico and that femicides increased 40 percent between 2006-2012.
Mexico Is a Killing Ground for Journalists
Journalists in Mexico are finding themselves the target of death threats, physical attacks, arbitrary detentions, and assassinations.