31Oct2015
Death Penalty Has No Place in the 21st Century, UN Special Rapporteur
Cihan News Agency
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told reporters that the death penalty "has no place in the 21st century" and called on governments to do more to assist their citizens on death row abroad.

31Oct2015
Father of One of Mexico's 'Missing 43' Will Run the NYC Marathon with a Heavy, Hopeful Heart
Village Voice
Runner Antonio Tizapa wears a dark hoodie and drapes a white cotton shirt over it, sleeveless like a basketball jersey. There is the headshot of a solemn young man on the front and above it the words “My son is your son, and your son is my son.”

31Oct2015
Jalisco Tequila Distilled in Organized Crime's Shadow
VICE News
A little-known brand produced in the town of Tepatitlan and promoted at local cockfights and mariachi concerts, Onze Black was named as providing "financial support" to the CJNG, alongside four other Jalisco-based companies.

31Oct2015
Pulse of the Republic: Online Satirical Mexican News Show Goes Where TV Won't
The Los Angeles Times
Over the last three years, comedy star Chumel Torres has built himself into a web sensation doing the kind of satirical material online that wouldn't make it onto the airwaves in today's Mexico.

31Oct2015
United Nations Official Says Full Switch to Oral Trials in Mexico Unlikely in 2016
Daily Excelsior
Mexico will struggle to meet its deadline next year to have a new system of oral trials operating nationwide, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said this week.

31Oct2015
In Baja California Sur, Tortillas Come with Anti-Gay Marriage Messages
On Top Magazine
A package of corn tortillas sold in Baja California Sur, Mexico includes homophobic messages. The wrapper includes a call to action: “Is this the future we want for our children? Do not keep quiet!! Act!!”

30Oct2015
Museum of Memory and Tolerance Unveils Altar to Murdered Mexican Journalists
Democracy Now!
In Mexico City, the Museum of Memory and Tolerance has unveiled an altar to the journalists killed over the last decade ahead of this weekend's Day of the Dead celebrations.

30Oct2015
US Presses Mexico to Make Progress on Ayotzinapa Missing Students Case
International Business Times
Mexico must make headway on human rights cases such as an incident involving 43 missing students last year, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power to the United Nations urged Thursday.


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