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Is Tarrant County (pop. 2.1 M) really trying to send out 7 million mail-in ballots, as
@laralogan
claimed this morning? We asked county officials about it.
@startelegram
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Rep.
@NateSchatzline
said yesterday that Tarrant County should make voting more accessible to seniors and voters with disabilities. Here’s his Nay vote on a bill to accommodate voters with disabilities.
Sincerely yours,
The failed
@startelegram
😉
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In exclusive interviews with Courthouse News, navy soldiers incorporated into the National Guard described corruption, low pay and poor quality of services since the force initiated its transfer to the Army.
@CourthouseNews
@UcMexico
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As many as 8,500 people will die in the coming months in areas hit hard by Otis due to diseases from contaminated water and mosquitoes.
Disaster medics warn of infectious disease outbreaks in Hurricane Otis aftermath
@CourthouseNews
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AMLO's Mexico operates under the logic of Heller's Catch-22. Today's example: the army-owned airline hoping to see opening day next month has no airplanes.
@CourthouseNews
López Obrador postpones inauguration of Mexico’s army-owned airline
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Experts raised concerns that today’s ruling by the Supreme Court reveals AMLO’s undue influence over Mexico’s judiciary branch.
For
@CourthouseNews
Thanks to
@JesusSCarrillo
and
@GMonroyEnergy
for insight.
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Had the pleasure of meeting Catia Lattouf yesterday. She turned her apartment into a hummingbird hospital and has rescued hundreds over the last decade. She told me her fascinating story as the little shiny birds buzzed overhead.
@CourthouseNews
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@salomonj
Mientras tanto hay miles de personas en prisión preventiva oficiosa sólo por ser pobres y sin recursos. El Estado debería de tener vergüenza. Usted debería de tener vergüenza por esto
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The plant located at the city’s sprawling wholesale foods market produces over 830 gallons of biodiesel a day and keeps thousands of gallons of used cooking oil from polluting the soil and waterways.
For
@CourthouseNews
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Mexico decriminalizes abortion nationwide, but divisions still run deep among citizens | my first for the Courthouse News Service
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The
@newrepublic
cited my reporting on
@MariaBartiromo
's friend's friend's wife's account of a "massive line of immigrants" registering to vote in Weatherford.
Fox News Busted for Airing Blatant Election Lie Without Any Proof
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Let's play a game: Of the 53,000 voter registrations Tarrant County has processed this year, how many do you think have been rejected for not providing proof of citizenship?
@MariaBartiromo
, you go first.
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Mexico announced the return of one of the pieces in Austria’s collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts just hours after I published my piece on the subject for
@CourthouseNews
Coincidence? Just sayin’… 🤣
Alzar la voz da resultados. Anunciamos la recuperación de una pieza arqueológica desde Viena,
#Austria
. Se trata de una columna extraída de Santa Rosa Xtampak, Campeche que fue devuelta por un coleccionista. Esa es la ética a la que apelamos.
#MiPatrimonioNoSeVende
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Brooklyn subway shooting victim Ilene Steur, is suing gunmaker Glock, claiming it should have known that its “marketing, promotion, distribution, importation, and sale of firearms” would “likely result” in injuries such as she suffered.
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Mexico's Supreme Court finished off AMLO's 'Plan B' electoral reform, capping off one chapter in this bitter political rivalry, but opening doors to more drama for las mañaneras.
@CourthouseNews
@jmartinreyes
@enrique_gume
@carlosbravoreg
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The women of
@antimonumenta
gathered at the
#GlorietaDeLasMujeresQueLuchan
to assert their right to use the space as a site of memory, as Mayor
@Claudiashein
doesn't plan to recognize it as one under her new Law of Memory.
@CourthouseNews
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As Mexico's capital watches the drama of its palms dying off by the hundreds, the quiet crisis among the city’s trees goes unmonitored, untreated and largely unnoticed.
@CourthouseNews
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In a pair of decisions this year, the
@IACourtHR
ruled that mandatory pretrial detention violates human rights. But even before those landmark rulings,
@EAOR13
had stopped automatically detaining defendants pending a verdict.
@CourthouseNews
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Took a little jaunt through colorful Guanajuato during a break while covering the
@GeneralMotorsMx
union vote for
@CourthouseNews
today. Results of the vote expected late tonight, barring any irregularities that might stop the process.
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They've been in jail for nine years under a pretrial detention mechanism with a maximum legal limit of two years. Their friends and family announced today that they'll finally get their day in court next week.
@CourthouseNews
@EloxMagon
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Mexico moves to ban smoking and vaping in most public spaces
@ma_toscano
and
@RefleaccionaAC
have been working for 13 years to get Mexico to comply with its tobacco law. They’re hopeful that new regulations and enforcement will help.
@CourthouseNews
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As Mexico faces its worst water crisis in decades, Indigenous communities have organized to fight back against what they call an exploitative system that has looted and contaminated their ancestral lands.
@CourthouseNews
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Went to Baja last week to speak with criminals involved in illegal totoaba fishing that is wiping out the vaquita marina, as well as the honest fishermen and scientists trying to stop it. Authorities didn't get back to me.
@CourthouseNews
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"It's the oldest trick in the book: kill the messenger. Because he can't kill the message."
--Political analyst
@carlosbravoreg
speaking with
@CourthouseNews
about AMLO's treatment of the press in Mexico
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Not sure how soldiers will protect
#Metro
passengers from communication failures, blackouts and spontaneous combustion, but hey, they're already building airports and running tourism companies, so what the hay?
@CourthouseNews
@causaencomun
@jrxopa
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This throws a wrench in AMLO's gears. Mexico's Supreme Court has overturned the transfer of his originally civilian National Guard to the army.
Can't wait to see what la mañanera brings.
@CourthouseNews
@jmartinreyes
@SadaOchoa
@MaElenaMorera
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Mexico's disappeared list is now over 105,000, and families of the victims have learned to lean on each other in the face of a government unwilling to own up to its atrocities.
@CourthouseNews
@GlorietaMx
@JorgeVerastegui
@antimonumenta
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Hey,
@alexstein99
, I'm writing about your show last night at Tucker Carlson's thing. Let's chat:
ccopeland
@star
-telegram.com
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@SGarciaSoto
@SCJN
@CuitlahuacGJ
@PartidoMorenaMx
Lo que no entiendo yo es por qué usan gorros de graduación. Los ministros no son recién graduados (mucho menos en el caso de
@YasminEsquivel_
🤣). Esa gente ni entiende lo que opone. 🤦♂️
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Experts said that consumers can expect the trend to continue thanks to Russia's continuing invasion of Ukraine.
For
@CourthouseNews
Thanks to
@GabySillerP
for the insight
Mexico saw highest inflation for February in 22 years
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Mexican news agency
#Notimex
always had partiality issues, experts said, but its dramatic demise has actually created more opacity in the country's media landscape.
@AdrianaUrrea_
,
@LuisVelazquezC
,
@APaxman
, and
@carlosbravoreg
weigh in on the agency's collapse.
Mexico’s president confirmed rumors Friday that the federal government plans to shutter the country’s state-owned news agency Notimex.
@copycopeland
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The US Supreme Court ruled today to extend Title 42, which appears to be the only Covid measure that red states agree with.
@ReichlinMelnick
of
@immcouncil
tells me migrants will likely wait until June for another decision.
@CourthouseNews
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“Had I known that my children were going to have to live through the same kind of violence [in Mexico] that we saw in Honduras, we would have just stayed there.”
For
@CourthouseNews
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A group of political prisoners in Oaxaca will finally get their day in court this afternoon. They've been in mandatory pretrial detention for 7 years longer than the legal 2-year limit.
@CourthouseNews
@EloxMagon
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AMLO continued his feud with Mexico's
@SCJN
today, claiming that Supreme Court justices violate the Constitution by earning more money than him.
For
@CourthouseNews
with insight from
@jmartinreyes
and
@carlosbravoreg
.
🧵...
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AMLO gets to keep his tool for political intimidation and Zaldívar wins points for fighting the good fight, despite the loss, experts said.
#PPO
@CourthouseNews
@JACrespo1
@jmartinreyes
@ManuelUreiro
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Another journalist killed in Mexico yesterday, bringing the total to 7 so far this year, already nearing last year's 10. Although the problem isn't new, experts said it's definitely getting worse. Look for
@CourthouseNews
piece on Monday.
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Spoiler alert: it’s science. | The delta wave in Mexico peaked in mid-August while US numbers continued to soar. Here’s why
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Pemex workers are doing “something just short of a miracle” to avoid more serious incidents than the system has seen in recent years, said
@GMonroyEnergy
Thanks to
@economiaoil
for insight, as well.
For
@CourthouseNews
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AMLO promised on the campaign trail to free Mexico's political prisoners. He still hasn't done so as he nears the end of his term, and these women and their families are dealing with the consequences of his empty rhetoric.
@CourthouseNews
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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman Supreme Court justice
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Sending love and support to the brave ppl of
#Texcaltitl
án who bravely defended themselves from members of La Familia Michoacana yesterday. Reports of 4 townsfolk and at least 10 gangsters dead, including the leader El Payaso.
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“It’s not only our history that is tied to Mexico, but our future, as well,” said
@FLOTUS
to
@BeatrizGMuller
at the White House today. Experts told
@CourthouseNews
that the meeting was a chance to increase understanding between the U.S. and Mexico.
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AMLO named 2022 the Year of Ricardo Flores Magón and honored the 100th anniversary of the unsung revolutionary hero's death Monday, but he hasn't even spoken with the families of those in prison today for opposing
#Morena
.
@CourthouseNews
@EloxMagon
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After decades of trying and failing from within the United States, advocates have started to look beyond the country’s borders for allies in the struggle to reduce gun violence and trafficking.
@CourthouseNews
@GAGV_comms
@acelorioa
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Government watchdog
@causaencomun
found that 57% of the president’s statements on issues of public security and justice can't be backed up by official sources.
Insight from
@JavierSolorzano
,
@luisestrada_
and
@MaElenaMorera
For
@CourthouseNews
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This has been one of my favorite stories to cover for
@CourthouseNews
. The
@GobCDMX
tried hard to sweep this little mess under the rug of empty lip service, but these ladies refused to back down, even when convinced their caused was doomed.
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One of the first tests of labor provisions established in the new free trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada, the vote and its transparent execution set an historic precedent for labor democracy in Mexico.
For
@CourthouseNews
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Absolutely heartbreaking images to come out of
#Acapulco
today, after
#Otis
went from tropical storm to Cat 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours and then made landfall hours earlier than expected. The city looks devastated.
Hurricane Otis slams Mexico’s southern coast
Hurricane researchers said the storm’s rapid growth was almost unprecedented in the modern era.
Via
@copycopeland
:
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Today
@POTUS
responded to the Interior Secretary’s certification of Mexico’s failure to protect the vaquita marina. He said sanctions could be necessary if Mexico’s efforts are found to be insufficient in 1 year.
@CourthouseNews
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This was my second Sept. 19 earthquake since living in Mexico. I think it's time they just call it a national holiday and give everyone the day off. This is too stressful.
@CourthouseNews
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Mexico’s
#lithium
production faces serious political and technological hurdles, but experts say the development of the industry is of great geopolitical importance.
@CourthouseNews
@GMonroyEnergy
@JesusSCarrillo
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A 6.8 magnitude earthquake with epicenter in Michoacán just shook Mexico City. Reports are coming in that it was pretty strong in several parts of the city. More TK.
@CourthouseNews
Preliminar: SISMO Magnitud 6.8 Loc 59 km al SUR de COALCOMAN, MICH 19/09/22 13:05:07 Lat 18.24 Lon -103.18 Pf 10 km
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I had the chance to visit the
@petgasmx
plant in
#Canc
ún, where the company uses an innovative and cost-effective process to turn plastics waste into fuel.
For
@CourthouseNews
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“There’s no way you can look at what’s happening right now and not see it on racial lines,” one migrant advocate said.
For
@CourthouseNews
Thanks to
@BlaineBookey
,
@EunomiaMexicana
and
@AlOtroLado_Org
for insight
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“We’ve never seen anything like this in the history of the court,” one constitutional law expert told
@CourthouseNews
.
Creative vote count raises more concerns over independence of Mexico Supreme Court
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As much as a fifth of the price American consumers pay for Mexican avocados goes to extortion payments to armed criminal groups.
For
@CourthouseNews
Cartel avocados? Suspending imports isn’t the answer to problem
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The bill text says that society could do "without professional media outlets," i.e., the mañanera is all you really need to be properly informed.
Mexico president moves to eliminate state-owned news agency |
@CourthouseNews
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Excited about
@NASAArtemis
? Check out
#Colmena
, Mexico’s mission to put robots on the moon.
I got to speak with
@gmtanco
of
@LINX_UNAM
about the little rovers they’re sending up on an
@astrobotic
rocket later this year.
@CourthouseNews
#Artemis
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Mexican scientists scale up solar-powered water treatment tech
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I and 1.5 million others went to
#Iztapalapa
for the first public production of the world's largest Passion Play since the
#COVID19
pandemic began. Thanks to all the
#Nazarenos
who shared their stories with me.
For
@CourthouseNews
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News and images out of
#Acapulco
paint an increasingly dire picture of the situation there. No services and still no gov support on day 3 since
#Otis
ripped through the city causing almost total destruction.
@CourthouseNews
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Families and supporters of the 3 remaining
@EloxMagon
political prisoners sent a letter to
@SCJN
Chief Justice Norma Piña yesterday to demand the high court force the Oaxaca district court to honor the amparo granting their release.
@CourthouseNews
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Environmental advocates like
@Earthjustice
,
@CEMDA
and others applauded Mexico’s highest court for the unprecedented ruling.
For
@CourthouseNews
Mexico Supreme Court sets precedent for environmental impact assessments
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Like much of Mexico City, Terminal 2 at
#AICM
is sinking into the Earth. Some structures have dropped nearly four feet from where they were when it was first built.
@CourthouseNews
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Will putting the military in the Mexico City
#Metro
protect passengers from technical problems like poor communication, power outages and crashes?
¿Brindará seguridad la
#GN
al Metro en términos de problemas técnicas?
@CourthouseNews
Yes/sí
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No
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Giuliani on hook for $148 million to Georgia election workers he accused of election fraud
From my
@CourthouseNews
colleague
@ryan_knappy
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México City keeps draining surrounding water sources as its main reservoir system is on the verge of running bone dry.
@CourthouseNews
’ continued coverage of Mexico’s water crisis takes you to one of the latest flashpoints in this worrisome saga.
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Update: quake was 7.4 magnitude. Still haven’t heard reports of downed buildings or other damage. About to head out and see how the city is doing.
@CourthouseNews
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Less than 750 asylum seekers — out of 70,000 — were granted relief under the first program known as "Remain in Mexico." Thousands remain unaccounted for, and many became the "perfect targets" for organized crime.
@CourthouseNews
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If you go to
#Puebla
, make sure to order your
#cemita
with pápalo. It'll help you digest the mountainous sandwich you just ate.
Thanks to
@chef_zurita
and the wonderful folks at El Portal and El As de Oros for their contributions.
For
@CourthouseNews
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Austria has a lot more pieces than the feathered headdress that may or may not have belonged to Moctezuma, but ceding one piece could lead to another and another and ...
Thanks to
@BeatrizGMuller
for speaking with
@CourthouseNews
for this piece.
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Mexican scientists have found that the flower used to decorate
#DayoftheDead
altars each November has life-giving properties for those of us on this side of the grave.
@CourthouseNews
@cinvestav
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Security analyst
@David_Saucedo_
said that Mx's military disaster response mechanism has been spread thin by other projects and budget cuts and is not prepared to adequately deal with the situation.
Eddie Mendoza of
@DirectRelief
said that civil society will be key to recovery.
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While much of the focus is on the tourist hot spot of Acapulco, nearly 1 million people in rural communities outside of the city were also hit hard by
#Otis
.
@CourthouseNews
Otis’ other victims: Rural Guerrero fears being left out of recovery efforts
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Protestors outside the National Palace in Mexico City demand justice for a four-year-old girl who was killed by the army in Nuevo Laredo last week. Meanwhile senators debate further militarizing the country.
@CourthouseNews
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Last night the
@SOBSECDMX
put up the city’s statue of the You Woman of Amajac near the
@antimonumenta
in Mexico City. I’m out of town, but I’ll provide context with articles I’ve written for
@CourthouseNews
in this thread. 🧵
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Analysts said AMLO is sure to contest a loss for Morena in 2024, and Salazar's backing of the 2006 election fraud theory would only strengthen the president's belief in the legitimacy of such allegations.
@CourthouseNews
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More examples of how the
#AMLO
administration's actions end up far from the political left: violated collective labor contracts, unlawful firings, pressure to publish baseless accusations, and more.
@CourthouseNews
@AdrianaUrrea_
@sutnotimex
@notimex
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Ex-prez
@EPN
is suspected of receiving around $1.3M in unexplained funds and is under investigation by the
@FGRMexico
. Consultant
@David_Saucedo_
told me
#Morena
will surely benefit from the news.
@CourthouseNews
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9
11
The gov claims Heidi Pérez was killed by a stray bullet from a clash between soldiers and organized crime, but the girl’s mother and human rights defenders said only soldiers were involved.
@CourthouseNews
@causaencomun
@CentroProdh
@S_SinGuerra
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A little piece I wrote about my buddy
@DylanJBrennan
for
@mexicond
Irish poet finds links between Mexico and his home across the pond
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Advocates said that judge Ociel Baena Saucedo had been living in a climate of hate prior to their death. They had received death threats for their work and advocacy.
@vikspin1
of
@MOViiMexico
said the news comes at a "crucial moment" for Mexico's LGBTQ+ community.
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9
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A Second Amendment case before the high court could force lower courts to apply 18th century gun laws to modern society.
@KelseyReichmann
for
@CourthouseNews
In the wake of mass shootings, Supreme Court sits poised to expand gun rights
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Researchers in Monterrey are convinced they can make atmospheric water generation cost-effective. If they pull it off, they won't only solve their local crisis, they'll change the world. Check out their idea here.
@TecdeMonterrey
@singularityu
Nearly 75% of the water in Monterrey’s system is lost to evaporation. Scientists want to capture it before the wind sweeps it away.
@copycopeland
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Update: Ceci Flores has confirmed to me that she has returned home safe and sound. Fantastic news.
@CourthouseNews
Absolutely heartbroken to read the news that Ceci Flores, founder of
@MadresBuscan
, has gone missing. We've spoken several times about disappeared persons, including her son Marco Antonio, who disappeared in 2019.
@CourthouseNews
a través de
@eluniversal
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I was gonna have fun photos of radish baby Jesuses and tuberous Spider-Men for y’all, but Oaxaca’s radish-carving contest was canceled for the second year in a row. It was a bummer. Here’s what happened.
@CourthouseNews
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@martibatres
The celebration included an all-women mariachi band, dancing and singalong: a brief moment of joy in what for many is a difficult struggle. 'Today we laugh, even if just a little,' a searching mother was quoted, 'for tomorrow we go back to crying.'
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Mexico’s Movement for Our Disappeared just denounced the lack of transparency in the new census that erased nearly 100,000 names off of the registry of disappeared persons.
Read my piece for
@CourthouseNews
from yesterday for more details.
#Comunicado
| Ante la información del 14 de diciembre, expresamos nuestra indignación por la falta de transparencia gubernamental. Reiteramos nuestro compromiso con el diálogo y la acción conjunta para aclarar los registros de personas desaparecidas.
📄
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While investigating
@WeBuildtheWall
as a freelance writer, Kolfage called me a "shitty so called journalist" and the fraudulent org's press officer
@JenLawrence21
called me a "piss poor human."
Luckily, real journalist
@jruss_jruss
is now on the case.
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AMLO promised US $4 tickets for the Maya Train. They’ll cost between $68 and $108. Total cost for the project went from US $8 billion to $25 billion.
So much for el Pueblo getting to ride the train.
EL polémico tren de AMLO que era para los más pobres.
Una obra aún no terminada que recorrerá menos de lo programado
1,500 kilómetros de destrucción pasando por las zonas más pobres.
Los boletos no costarán 4 dólares como lo había dicho López Obrador, costarán entre 68 y
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Besides being viewed as "poor people's food," the bean’s “magical” quality has also contributed to the decline in consumption.
Beans’ bad rap: Why consumption has fallen drastically in Mexico
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The arrest of the man accused of turning Honduras into a narco state is good in and of itself, they say, but what they are really hoping for is change in their home country.
For
@CourthouseNews
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Fantastic coverage of Democrats' response to yesterday's vote to approve early voting sites on college campuses in Tarrant County by my esteemed colleague
@EllyDearman
@startelegram
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Chief Justice Arturo Zaldívar pledged to take action on the abuse of pretrial detention in Mexico.
@daniancira
of
@LaCanaMx
told me that there are hundreds of women who have been abandoned by the system in prisons all across Mexico.
For
@CourthouseNews
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Spoiler alert: it involves the military.
López Obrador presents vision for passenger rail service in Mexico
@CourthouseNews
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Today AMLO fired a new volley in his clash with Mexico's judicial branch. One that will truly test the limits of his propaganda apparatus. He claimed that a court order blocking his new school textbooks does not exist.
@CourthouseNews
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A federal judge definitively blocked the extradition of Rafael Caro Quintero Tuesday. Government sources say they think the administration of
@lopezobrador_
has plans use him as leverage in
#USMCA
negotiations with the United States.
@CourthouseNews
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8
10
None of the protesters said they had been contacted for the recent census on which the reductions were based.
@CourthouseNews
Families of Mexico’s disappeared denounce president’s cuts to missing persons list
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The families of the victims of the
#Ayotzinapa
massacre have begun their first monthly March after the indictment of former AG Jesús Murillo Karam on Wed. They are prepared to make a statement at the end. Story TK.
@CourthouseNews
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A
@TxDPS
spokesperson said that
@MariaBartiromo
's friend's wife's account of immigrants being registered to vote at Weatherford and Fort Worth drivers license offices was "all false" and "kind of racist."
@startelegram
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