Mes: agosto 2015

Movilizaciones, pese a todo - La Minuta

En Oaxaca, «estado de excepción no declarado», acusan organizaciones

* Exigen el retiro de las fuerzas federales.  Ciudad de México, 18 de agosto de 2015. Decenas de organizaciones sociales estatales, regionales y nacionales acusaron que en Oaxaca se vive un estado […]

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Este 18 de agosto los medios destacan

Este 18 de agosto los medios destacan

Masacre de Apatzingán: Los desplazados de Castillo/ Aristegui Noticias Esta es la tercera entrega de la reportera Laura Castellanos sobre la masacre de Apatzingán, donde se difunde cómo en la persecución contra […]

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En el albergue La 72, recuerdan a las 72 personas migrantes masacradas hace cinco años

En el albergue La 72, recuerdan a las 72 personas migrantes masacradas hace cinco años

“72 personas masacradas, 72 familias que siguen llorando la ausencia, 72 muertes que nos han arrebatado el sueño. Desde el albergue La 72 en Tenosique, Tabasco, preparando el quinto aniversario”. (La 72)

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Rubén Aguilar - ADN Político

Radiografía de la policía en México/ Rubén Aguilar en Animal Político

Los policías estatales suman 132,715 y los municipales 135,138. En total 267,853, que da un promedio de 2.23 policías por cada 100 mil habitantes, según el informe ¿Tenemos la policía que merecemos? […]

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“Hay un México bárbaro que a todos nos da miedo”: Francisco Toledo

“Hay un México bárbaro que a todos nos da miedo”: Francisco Toledo

La situación de violencia contra los migrantes y la existente por el tráfico de drogas ha ocasionado un país bárbaro que “a todos nos da miedo”, manifestó el pintor oaxaqueño Francisco Toledo […]

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This photo was taken on 7 May 2015 at the prison where Yecenia is, city of Culiac?n, Sinaloa state, Mexico. 

Yecenia Armenta Graciano was taken by plain clothed police in Culiac?n, Sinaloa state, in July 2010. She was detained and tortured ? including through asphyxiation, being hung upside down, and sexually assaulted. She was forced to sign a confession and charged on the basis of it.

Medical forensic staff from the Federal Attorney General?s Office examined her months later. However, they concluded that Yecenia had not been tortured because initial medical examinations, carried out by staff from the same forced which detained her, did not mention any signs of torture or other forms of ill-treatment. 

In contrast, two independent expert examinations in line with international standards such as the Istanbul Protocol have confirmed that the medical and psychological evidence coincides with Yecenia?s testimony. The National Human Rights Commission has also issued a recommendation on this case. 

Yecenia remains in prison pending the outcome of the judicial process. Apart from her own tortured testimony, the prosecution arrested three men who make direct or indirect reference to Yecenia?s possible involvement in the murder. The Sinaloa State Human Rights Commission corroborated that at least two of these men gave their testimonies under torture or other forms of ill-treatment. The prosecution seems to have failed to gather any further evidence against Yecenia.

??When they threatened to hurt my children, in that moment I wanted to die, I just wanted it all to stop. I wanted them to just give me a bullet to the head so that it would all stop.?? (Yecenia, September 2014)

Suprema Corte fijará protección ante tortura con fines de «investigación»

* El caso de Yecenia Armenta, sobreviviente de tortura sexual, es considerado paradigmático por organizaciones.  Ciudad de México, 16 de agosto de 2015. En una decisión que fijará los alcances de un amparo […]

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