Fr. José Francisco Magaña Aviña, provincial superior of the Jesuits in Mexico, appointed Santiago Aguirre Espinosa new Director of the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center (Center Prodh), to take over from current Director Mario Patrón Sánchez. In his announcement, the provincial superior recognized Santiago Aguirre’s abiding identification with and commitment to the [...]
Justice, Clamor, and a Promise: The Public Apology to the Families of the Tierra Blanca Case Mexico City, March 4, 2019. With a clamor for justice and the promise that this event is only the beginning in the path to truth, the Act of Recognition of Responsibility and Public Apology by the Government of [...]
The National Human Rights Commission issues a recommendation on the case of three survivors of sexual torture represented by Center Prodh. The recommendation confirms a pattern of illegal detentions, concealment, and torture by members of the Mexican Navy. Mexico City, February 21, 2019. Yesterday, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH, by its Spanish acronym) published its Recommendation [...]
Today, February 19, 2019, is the 13th anniversary of the disaster that deprived 65 workers of their lives in the Pasta de Conchos mine in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. For this reason, the families conducted a religious ceremony in front of the counter-monument located at the corner of Paseo de la Reforma and [...]
News Release #12 February 12, 2019 Fourth National Search Brigade The National Search Brigade for the Disappeared announces the continuation of its search in the state of Guerrero. The Secretary of the Interior pledges to follow up the requests of the Brigade and the Guerrero Front for Our Disappeared, including the requests derived from [...]
Accepting the order would be a sign of political commitment to change in favor of victims of enforced disappearance’s rights. The recognition of the competence of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances reinforces victims of enforced disappearance's access to justice. Due to an unprecedented order commanding the Federal Executive and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
A federal judge issues a writ of amparo for the Trujillo Herrera family, who searches for their relatives without success since 2008. He orders the Mexican federal government to complete the procedure for accepting individual cases. Mexico City, 28 January 2019. In recent days, Martín Adolfo Santos Pérez, Third District Judge of the Administrative Court [...]
Download the sentence (Only in Spanish) “What’s most important is initiating the investigations. We won’t settle for less,” say survivors of sexual torture in Atenco The judgment of the Inter-American Court is an invaluable opportunity to tackle impunity and other key structural human rights problems. [...]
Speech of Olga Sánchez Cordero, Ministry of the Interior. Speech of Santiago Aguirre, Deputy Director of Center Prodh. Speech of Cristina Bautista, mother of Benjamín Ascensio Bautista. Speech of Emiliano Navarrete, father of José Ángel Navarrete González. [...]
A Federal Judge considers that the internal control investigation of the Attorney General's Office was neither exhaustive nor congruent, as it did not address several irregularities. The judge orders a new investigation into all the irregularities committed in the investigation of the Ayotzinapa case. Mexico City, 13 January 2019. The writ of amparo 195/2017 issued [...]
