Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Elecciones letales en México

...Sinaloa braces for more violence ahead of elections in Mexico Mexico is preparing for the largest general election in its history, with 97 million people expected to vote on 2 June 2024. Although the country is no stranger to election-related violence, i...

Posted on 31 May 2024

Author(s): Luis Félix

Assassination Witness, Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Journalism still deadly in Mexico

...Four years after the murder of María Elena Ferral, being a journalist in Mexico remains a deadly business. The international community must step up its support for much-needed reform. As a journalist in Veracruz, Mexico, María Elena Ferral knew her life was in danger. ‘My mo...

Posted on 28 Mar 2024

Author(s): Siria Gastelum Felix

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime

Mexico’s avocado boom and organized crime

Violent and vibrant

...The contemporary boom of global avocado consumption has drawn attention to Mexico’s industry and the expanding criminal networks that surround it. In fact, avocado production and exports – both to the United States and the European Union − display worrying signs of criminal ...

Posted on 05 Jan 2024

Author(s): Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison, Paul Frissard Martinez

UN-TOC Watch

Colombia and Mexico lead key UNTOC CoP resolutions

... that interested parties pay attention to what states agree through CoP resolutions on these topics, which can sometimes fly under the public radar. At this year’s UNTOC conference, Colombia and Mexico led the way in tabling texts on trafficking in persons and firearms trafficking – unsurprisingly, as both countries are facing acute crises due to these illicit markets. Colombia focused on human t...

Posted on 21 Dec 2022

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Mexico’s organized corruption scourge

...The 2021 Global Organized Crime Index findings show that large-scale systemic corruption in Mexico has enabled criminal networks to thrive, and more must be done to address this. The Global Organized Crime Index results place Mexico among the four most vulnerable countries to organized crime in t...

Posted on 09 Nov 2022

Author(s): Norma Sánchez

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Mexico’s war with itself?

...The strategic use of violence by criminal organizations is becoming a concerning new trend in Mexico. In August 2022, the country witnessed one of its most violent weeks in recent history. The criminal landscape in Mexico has changed over the last two decades. Whereas, in the past, a handful of car...

Posted on 21 Oct 2022

Author(s): Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada, Luis Félix

#GIDisappearances, Assassination Witness, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Murder of journalists in Mexico a threat to democracy

...Mexico has become notorious as one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists, who risk their lives doing their work. Another string of recent media killings highlights the culture of impunit...

Posted on 18 Feb 2022

Author(s): Siria Gastelum Felix

#GIDisappearances, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund

Commemorating the victims of enforced disappearances in Mexico

...Commemorating the victims of enforced disappearances in Mexico...

Posted on 07 Oct 2021

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics, CAM-Obs

Voting amid violence in Mexico

...Mexico’s mid-term elections on 6 June 2021 were marred by violent attacks against candidates, journalists and law enforcement officers. With support from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organi...

Posted on 08 Jun 2021

#GIDisappearances, Assassination Witness, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund

The forgotten ones: Relatives of murdered and disappeared journalists in Mexico

The forgotten ones

...Mexico is considered one of the most high-risk countries for journalism, a place where denouncing organized crime costs people their lives. Journalists there are harassed, threatened, ‘disappeared’ and ...

Posted on 14 May 2021

Author(s): Griselda Triana

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

New strategic partnership highlights community voices and evidence-driven analysis on organized crime in Mexico.

...owledge and understanding of transnational organized crime dynamics while challenging traditional notions of violence. It will contribute to public policy research and dialogue on citizen security in Mexico and the United States. The data and analysis collected through the MVRP will be used to strengthen the work of GI-TOC’s civil society observatories and programmes in Latin America. Investigations ...

Posted on 04 Mar 2021