Judicial Reform

Mexican court indicts 26 Zetas in San Fernando mass-graves case
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican authorities on Wednesday announced the indictment of 26 Zetas in connection with the murder of 193 bus passengers who were buried in clandestine mass graves.
Drug war bodies expose flaws in Mexican forensics
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 00:00
Physical evidence is used in less than 8 percent of Mexican convictions in closed-door hearings based on written affidavits. More than 70 percent of homicides go unsolved.
"Parece que el presidente Funes es un poquito sordo"
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 00:00
Los cuatro magistrados de la Sala de lo Constitucional contra quienes la Asamblea emitio el decreto 743, lamentan el papel del gobernante en esa coyuntura, insisten en llamarse "rebeldes" por potenciar los derechos politicos ciudadanos.
Insuficiente, dichos de testigos para condenar a dos presuntos narcos, determina tribunal
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 00:00
Al absolver a dos presuntos miembros del cartel de Sinaloa, un tribunal federal definio que deben ir acompanados de otras pruebas.
Eleccion de jueces abriria las puertas a otra reeleccion de Morales
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 00:00
La inedita eleccion en las urnas de 56 magistrados sera el 16 de octubre, entre una lista de 125 candidatos.
Colombia: aplazan lectura de fallo condenatorio contra militares
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 00:00
Se produjo luego de que uno de los uniformados implicados argumentara "a ultima hora" un cambio de su abogado defensor.
'Falsos positivos' de Soacha: continua la espera por la primera condena
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 00:00
Faltaba poco para dar inicio al que se esperaba fuera el ultimo capitulo de uno de los dolorosos casos de ejecuciones extrajudiciales de Soacha, cuando las victimas se enteraron de un nuevo aplazamiento. ¿Hasta cuando?
Measuring Reforms to Mexico's Broken Justice System
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 00:00
The Trans-Border Institute has carried out a study, entitled "JusticiaBarometro: Survey of Judges, Prosecutors and Public Defenders in Nine Mexican States," which surveyed legal professionals in Mexico.
Drug lords are put on parade, but Mexico violence continues
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
Federal security forces have arrested more than 100,000 people on organized-crime charges since Calderon took office in December 2006. But judges have thrown out many of the cases — especially in arrests made by the military — and others are still bei
El testigo
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
Asi como me atrevi a defender a Plazas Vega en su momento, ahora debo decir que esta en marcha una campana infame contra la exfiscal Ángela Buitrago.

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