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Chihuahua Police Officer Facing Trial Over El Paso Resident's Fatal Shooting

According to the Chihuahua Attorney General's Office, the decision to proceed with the trial was partly based on an autopsy revealing that Julian Alfredo Rodriguez, a 19-year-old, died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Latin Times

Trafficking Humans Into The U.S. Has Become A $100 Million A Year Business For Criminal Groups

Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) says Chihuahua has the second-largest number of human trafficking cases reported among border states

Latin Times

American Citizen Allegedly Shot Dead By Police In Mexico's Juarez; Investigation Underway

The officer involved was assisting a state prosecutor, who was serving a warrant in the area. Chihuahua Deputy Attorney General Jesus Manuel Salas explained that prosecutors often face risks in Juarez and were typically accompanied by municipal police, state agencies, or the National Guard for protection during such operations.

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Venezuelan Men Accused Of Killing Mexican Immigration Agent

While the INM did not share specific details, Chihuahua State Police reported that emergency responders found the agent dead, with a head injury and other signs of violence.

Latin Times

Clandestine Graves Found In Mexico Near The U.S. Border As Cartel Wars Rage On

Twelve skeletons have been found in Mexico's northern Chihuahua state near the U.S. border.

Latin Times

Tren de Aragua Gang Is Now Working Alongside Mexican Cartels To Extort Migrants

Information from local law enforcement says Tren de Aragua is now working alongside groups such as La Linea, an armed wing of the Juárez Cartel

Latin Times

Mexican Army Seizes Truck With Hundreds of Migrants Headed for U.S. as Officials Fear Rush Before Trump Takes Office

"It doesn't happen too often in our state that (smugglers) transport people in a trailer box as if they were cargo" said Chihuahua's Public Safety Secretary

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US imposes sanctions on top members of the armed wing of a Mexican fentanyl-trafficking cartel

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on senior members of the armed wing of a Mexican drug cartel that operates on border territories in and around Chihuahua, Mexico

The Independent UK

Top Sinaloa Cartel Leader To Be Released From Prison 15 Years After Being Captured

"El Flaco" is one of four brothers in charge of leading Gente Nueva, focusing on opium poppy and marijuana production in the southern part of Chihuahua

Latin Times

Juarez Police respond to cartel attacks on surveillance cameras: 'no stepping back'

The state of Chihuahua has invested in security cameras to fight high violent crime rates. Criminal groups are fighting back in Ciudad Juarez

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Increased cartel violence leads to four deaths south of the Texas border

Chihuahua state police said it's reinforcing security as a result

Latin Times

While migration is down since Biden's asylum restrictions, homicides at the border are rising

Authorities in Chihuahua reported a 33% increase in homicides in the state capital, coinciding with Biden's border actions

Latin Times

Cave of Crystals: The deadly cavern in Mexico dubbed 'the Sistine Chapel of crystals'

The Cave of Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico, is buried almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) beneath Earth's surface and contains giant gypsum crystal beams that are up to 37 feet (11 m) long.

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Immigrants in Ciudad Juárez Struggle for Survival

Migrants hoping to reach the U.S. are steering clear of government facilities—and facing a dangerous journey on their own.

Texas Observer

In Mexico, Tensions Rise Again over 1944 Water Treaty

After decades of negotiations and even protests, Mexico and the U.S. struggle to find a compromise over a 1944 water treaty.

The Guardian - UK

Mexican city of Chihuahua bans misogynist lyrics in live music venues

Fines of up to £55,000 could be imposed on musicians who sing songs deemed to promote violence against women

Manchester Evening News

UK Foreign Office issues travel warning to people heading to Mexico on holiday

It comes after warnings of hurricanes across the country have been issued

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The Independent UK

State immigration chief held for trial in migrant deaths

A judge in Mexico has ordered the immigration director of the northern border state of Chihuahua to stand trial on charges of homicide, injuries and failure to perform his duties, for a deadly fire at a migrant detention center

The Guardian - US

Arrest of Chihuahua migration chief spotlights abuses in Mexican system

Last month’s fatal fire in Ciudad Juárez is latest in a series of deaths and injuries dogging the country’s militarized migration agency

Texas Observer

Mexican Cotton Farmers Struggle Over Genetically Modified Seed Rules

Spurred by environmental and health concerns, Mexico has stopped approving modified cotton seeds which depend on the pesticide glyphosate.

Reuters

Mexico arrests state migration head for alleged role in deadly migrant fire

Mexican authorities have arrested the head of migration for the state of Chihuahua in connection with a fire last month at a migrant detention center which killed 40 people, according to the federal arrest database.

The Independent UK

Activists' network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions

A network of abortion-rights activists in Mexico is finding ways to offer assistance -- including shipments of abortion pills -- to women in the United States affected by recently imposed abortion bans in several states

The Independent UK

Ervil LeBaron: How a fundamentalist leader became known as the ‘Mormon Manson’

A new book investigates the 2019 killings of nine people with ties to the extended LeBaron family, Clémence Michallon reports, and delves into the LeBarons’ complicated history

Reuters

God's will or ecological disaster? Mexico takes aim at Mennonite deforestation

The largest tropical forest in North America yields to perfect rows of corn and soy. Light-haired women with blue eyes in wide-brimmed hats bump down a dirt road in a horse and buggy, past simple brick homes and a whitewashed schoolhouse: A Mennonite community in southern Mexico.

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