The imminent liberation of Alberto Patishtán through a presidential pardon is nothing more than the reflection of the severe crisis of the justice system in Mexico, incapable of recognizing its failures, agreed activists and Héctor Patishtán, son of the bilingual teacher. Lawyers, activists and Héctor Patishtán, son of the professor from Chiapas, displayed at a press conference feelings brought about by the presidential decision that, they pointed out,...

Tijuana has now become the first city in Baja California to have a mosque, which is located in Playas de Tijuana under the name of Masjid Omar. Here the followers of Allah have a safe place where they perform their prayers and scheduled prayers as established in the Koran, from Fajr (dawn) to Isha (night). The center offers various activities including the teachings of the Koran and Arabic classes. You do not need to be Muslim to take these classes or attend the mosque. Islam is probably...

Mexico's government said Sunday it "categorically condemns" email spying, after a German news magazine reported that documents from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden say the U.S. gained access to the e-mail system of former Mexican President Felipe Calderon. A report posted by Der Spiegel said the documents describe an operation dubbed "Flat liquid" that claim to have accessed Mexico's "presidencia" domain, which was also purportedly used by members...

Salvadoran police say they have found a cache of more than 200 anti-tank grenades hidden in a rural carpenter's workshop, the BBC reported. Authorities believe the weapons may be connected with the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas, which has been working to expand operations to El Salvador and other Central American countries. Police reportedly become suspicious in early August after residents of El Congo, a village 30 miles north of San Salvador, reported seeing a group of heavily armed men...

TIJUANA, Mexico - Harsh conditions and persecution confront migrants in Mexico, many of whom have been deported from the U.S., according to a Salesian priest who serves the population in the border town of Tijuana. “This results in them being people with so many dreams that end up becoming nightmares,” Father Ernesto Hernández Ruiz, a member of the order founded by St. John Bosco to assist the young poor, told CNA in early June. Father Ruiz operates the “Padre...

Two people on opposite sides of the immigration debate find each other lost in the desert and discover their humanity and the true plight of migrants crossing the Arizona desert. Tickets for our World Premiere at LALIFF on October 11 at 5 PM at the Chinese Grauman Theater can be purchased at: THE MOVIE Detained in the Desert parallels two completely different people: Sandi, a second-generation dark skinned Latina and Lou Becker, an inflammatory talk show radio host, whose lives converge...

Mr. Andrew Standley, Head of the European Union Delegation to Mexico, attended to the first edition of the awarding of the "Gilberto Bosques" Human Rights Price, granted by the Embassies of France and Germany accredited in Mexico, which was carried out at the premises of the Commission of Human Rights in Mexico City. The Price, which seeks to acknowledge individuals or groups of Human Rights defenders, was granted to Mr. Tomás González Castillo, director of the...

Independent journalists Alejandro Amado Fraustro and Estela Morales were released on bail yesterday, along with other people who had been arrested arbitrarily during street demonstrations in Mexico City on 1 September. But the two other journalists who were arrested on 1 September, Gustavo Ruíz Lizárraga and Pável Alejandro Primo Noriega, have been transferred to a Mexico City detention centre until a judge sets bail for them. The trial for all four journalists is still...

At least seven corpses have been recovered so far from the grave in Tlalmanalco, Rodolfo Rios, the Mexico City prosecutor, told Radio Formato 21, and he said officials would run DNA tests to determine their identities. “We have to wait for the autopsies to know how long they have been dead,” he said. Authorities say they found the bodies in an area near Rancho La Mesa Ecological Park in the state of Mexico. “The prosecutor called me and said that nothing is confirmed...

Three more weapons used in Operation Fast and Furious have been recovered at crime scenes in Mexico, Fox News confirms. first reported earlier this week that the guns had been tracked down. According to Justice Department documents, all three are described as WASR-10.762-caliber Romanian rifles and all three were traced to a gun shop in Glendale, Arizona. The exact locations where the guns were recovered, and what crimes the guns may have been used in, was not immediately clear. The...