In June President Lopez Obrador announced that forensic scientists at the University of Innsbruck conclusively identified the remains of Jhosivani Guerrero, marking the third body identified of the 43 disappeared students. Legal and illegal fishermen and entire associations and industries feel they have no backup from the Mexican government to resist the narcos takeover. The law provides for the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, and the government generally respected these rights, with some exceptions. Brazen homicides persist at unacceptable levels. In its December 2020 climate action plan, Mexico increased the baseline against which its emissions reductions are calculated but maintained its 2015 emissions reduction commitments. Independent Monitoring: The government permitted independent monitoring of prison conditions by the International Committee of the Red Cross, CNDH, and state human rights commissions. Violent crime is widespread. Justice in Mexico releases 2021 Organized Crime and Violence in Mexico Report October 22, 2021 10/22/21- (written by rramos)- Justice in Mexico has released the third edition of Organized Crime and Violence in Mexico, coordinated by Laura Y. Caldern, Kimberly Heinle, Rita E. Kuckertz, Octavio Rodrguez Ferreira, and David A. Shirk. Federal law prohibits discrimination against persons with physical, sensory, intellectual, and mental disabilities. Do not display signs of wealth, such as wearing expensive watches or jewelry. Of the 32 states, 29 stipulate similar penalties, although sentences were often more lenient. Federal law provides citizens the ability to choose their government through free and fair periodic elections held by secret ballot and based on universal and equal suffrage. On August 8, self-proclaimed members of Cartel Jalisco New Generation released a video showing a group of armed men threatening to kill journalist Azucena Uresti for reporting on self-defense groups fighting the cartel in Michoacan. Disappearances remained a persistent problem throughout the country, especially in areas with high levels of cartel or gang-related violence. All states prohibit marriage of persons younger than age 18. If you wish to remain on travel.state.gov, click the "cancel" message. Most newspapers, television stations, and radio stations were privately owned. Law enforcement capacity is greater in the tri-city area of Tampico, Ciudad Madero, and Altamira, which has a lower rate of violent criminal activity compared to the rest of the state. And indeed, it doesnt respond. State commissions do not have uniform reporting requirements, making it difficult to compare state data and therefore compile nationwide statistics. In July 2020 the Supreme Court agreed to analyze the case but as of August 23 had not issued a ruling. Inspectors generally were permitted to examine the informal sector only in response to complaints. In 2022, 13 million U.S. tourists visited this country. But the size of the decline is just noise in the tempo of Mexicos criminal violence. On June 17, while journalist Gustavo Sanchez Cabrera was riding his motorcycle, two unidentified individuals in a car crashed into him, exited the car, and fatally shot him. On August 31, the government suspended the two agents for inappropriate conduct. Additionally, U.S. citizens have been the victims of both non-violent and violent crimes in tourist and non-tourist areas. In March attackers shot and killed Father Gumersindo Cortes in Guanajuato. In July the CNB reported it had recovered more than 1,100 pounds of charred human remains from La Bartolina, Tamaulipas, a clandestine cremation site found in 2017. See the Department of States Annual Report on International Parental Child Abduction at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/International-Parental-Child-Abduction/for-providers/legal-reports-and-data/reported-cases. September had the highest incident rate, with an average of 84 women killed in each month. The Federal Center took over registration functions nationwide on November 3 and was preparing to launch a national union registry to contain all files related to union registration and statutes, collective bargaining agreements, and union financial statements. The reforms call for the creation of independent labor courts to replace the Conciliation and Arbitration Boards (CABs) that favored corporatist unions in the resolution of disputes and facilitated the registration of protection contracts. Increased crime levels and reports of incidents lead the U.S. to review its guidance for travel to Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. For example, manufacturers commonly hired workers on one- to three-month contracts and then waited a period of days before rehiring them on new short-term contracts to avoid paying severance and to prevent workers from accruing seniority. In 2020, the government reported nearly 1,000 femicideskillings of women because of their gender. Puerto Vallarta. State labor inspectors, however, reported finding evidence of child labor, particularly in agricultural establishments. The increase in domestic violence cases that began during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic continued. In July 2021, the president proposed formally placing the National Guard under military control. The group reported 16 acts of aggression against female journalists between January and July and called on the Puebla governor to guarantee the adoption of public policies to respect, protect, and guarantee the exercise of journalism. Regarding property crimes, the. Social programs to combat child labor did not address all sectors where child labor occurred. In June authorities sentenced Quintana Roo police officer Miguel Mora Olvera to five years in prison for his role in torturing Cacho. In July a joint investigation by media outlets reported a leaked Pegasus list of more than 15,000 individuals as possible targets for surveillance in 2016 and 2017. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining, b. Between January and April the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes in the Attorney Generals Office initiated 14 investigations related to gender-based political violence against women. U.S. citizens and LPRs have been victims of kidnapping in previous years. Although the law requires entities recruiting for overseas employment to register with the STPS, there is no enforcement mechanism, and only a handful of recruiters complied. Organized criminal elements, including local and transnational gangs, and narcotics traffickers, were significant perpetrators of violent crimes and committed acts of homicide, torture, kidnapping, extortion, human trafficking, bribery, intimidation, and other threats, resulting in high levels of violence and exploitation, particularly targeting vulnerable groups. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the MORENA party coalition won the presidential election in generally free and fair multiparty elections in 2018. The Federal Center also carries out mandatory pre-judicial conciliations at the federal level, with local conciliation centers carrying out the same function at the state level. The 2022 outlook for both the rule of law and public safety in Mexico and meaningful U.S.-Mexico security cooperation remains bleak, writes Vanda Felbab-Brown as she discusses her findings from recently spending several weeks in various parts of Mexico researching the evolution of crime and security policies. Most of these complaints were against authorities in the Prosecutor Generals Office, National Guard, Interior Secretariat, and the armed forces. The plan is insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C, according to the Climate Action Tracker. In July 2020 he was arrested in another country pursuant to a Mexican extradition request on charges that he diverted millions of dollars in public funds. There are no other travel restrictions for U.S. government employees in Baja California state. The Zetas had transformed Mexico's criminal model by militarizing the practices of organized crime groups, which allowed them to control territories through access to sophisticated weaponry, the generation of terror and the extraction of rents from society through kidnapping and extortion of small and medium-sized businesses. Although Cancun is far from what I'd consider a completely safe city, it's far from overly dangerous. A 2019 constitutional amendment grants the president the authority to use the armed forces to protect internal and national security through 2024. There are no restrictions on travel for U.S. government employees in Mexico City. Government authorities also reported an increase of 73 percent in online child pornography distribution during the pandemic. Between January and June, state authorities opened 129,020 new domestic violence investigations. The committee first requested permission to visit Mexico in 2013 but was denied access by the previous government. A new survey, conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of APA, tells a story of uncertainty and dissolution. There are no other restrictions on travel for U.S government employees in Jalisco state which includes tourist areas in:Guadalajara Metropolitan Area,Puerto Vallarta (including neighboring Riviera Nayarit),Chapala, andAjijic. With Autocrats on the Defensive, Can Democrats Rise to the Occasion. Do not travel due to crime and kidnapping. Discrimination and Societal Abuses, Systemic Racial or Ethnic Violence and Discrimination, Acts of Violence, Criminalization, and Other Abuses Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Other Societal Violence or Discrimination, a. President Lpez Obrador has greatly expanded the scope of the armed forces activities, deploying them for law enforcement and customs enforcement, and to control irregular immigration, run social programs, and build and operate mega projects. NGOs reported no changes in the mental health system to create community services or any efforts by authorities to have independent experts monitor human rights abuses in psychiatric institutions. There are no restrictions on travel for U.S. government employees in Morelos state. In 2012, the federal government established the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, which provides bodyguards, armored cars, and panic buttons, and helps journalists temporarily relocate in response to serious threats. If the relevant authority accepts a CNDH recommendation, the CNDH is required to follow up with the authority to verify that it is carrying out the recommendation. After almost seven years in the role, Dr. Jennifer McEntire will step away from her role as Chief Food Safety Officer at the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) on May 5, 2023. The top destination was Cancn and the Mayan Riviera, which received 2.4 million people, according to Mexico's tourism office. In July 2020 legislators approved a law making all judicial sentences public. Various news outlets showed a video of two National Migration Institute agents with riot gear and shields grabbing one migrant, knocking him to the ground, and kicking him. Between 2017 and August the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes against Journalists, a unit in the Prosecutor Generals Office, charged 136 public servants for crimes against journalists. U.S. citizens and LPRs have been victims of kidnapping. Unprecedented numbers of migrants arriving at the countrys southern border and requesting refugee status stretched the refugee agencys capacity to process requests. January. Femicide is a federal offense punishable by 40 to 70 years in prison. The CNDH may call on government authorities to impose administrative sanctions or pursue criminal charges against officials, but it is not authorized to impose penalties or legal sanctions. Penalties for violations of the law were commensurate with those for other similar laws. Criminal activity and violence may occur throughout Nayarit state. The law criminalizes sharing, distributing, and publishing intimate sexual content (including photographs, audio, and videos) featuring individuals who have not explicitly given their consent, with penalties of up to six years in prison. Cancun is safe to visit right now. Yet the dismantling of the Federal Police also led to a profound reduction in the number of investigators and investigative capacity in Mexico by some 70-75%, Mexican lawyers and security officials estimated in conversations with me. Organized crime activity including gun battles, murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, forced disappearances, extortion, and sexual assault is common along the northern border and in Ciudad Victoria. February. They were vulnerable to abuse from staff members, other patients, or guests at facilities where there was inadequate supervision. Mexico has relied heavily on the military to control drugs and fight organized crime, leading to widespread human rights violations. Nonetheless, Quevedo Cruz remained in detention as of September 11. Hundreds of thousands of workers continued to work in foreign-owned factories, mainly in northern border states, producing electronics, medical equipment, and auto parts. U.S. government employees may travel to other parts of Sonora state in compliance with the above restrictions, including tourist areas in: Hermosillo, Bahia de Kino, and Puerto Penasco. There were reports of numerous forced disappearances by organized crime groups, sometimes with allegations of state collusion with authorities. Nonetheless, NGOs and media reported on sexual exploitation of minors, as well as child sex tourism in resort towns and northern border areas. The state commissions are funded by state legislatures and are semiautonomous. A A A. More News. The government has an established procedure for determining refugee status and providing protections. The procedure known in Spanish as arraigo (a constitutionally permitted form of pretrial detention employed during the investigative phase of a criminal case before probable cause is fully established) allows, with a judges approval, for certain suspects to be detained prior to filing formal charges. Authorities arrested four police officers and charged them with femicide (killing a woman because of her gender). Journalists could criticize the government and discuss matters of general interest with no restrictions. The most common reason to remove content was defamation, followed by privacy and security. They often experienced racism and discrimination and were frequently victims of violence. In May in Chicoloapan, state of Mexico, municipal police beat and detained supporters of feminist groups as they led a protest against gender-based violence and political parties. Since 2019 more than 60 women accused Roemer of sexual abuse, assault, and rape. There were reports of journalists practicing self-censorship due to threats from criminal groups and government officials. Chiapas state Exercise Increased Caution. Some areas of Mexico have increased risk of crime and kidnapping. He has vowed to amend the constitution to overcome legal challenges to these policies. There were no reports of political prisoners or detainees. Spousal rape is criminalized in 26 of the 32 states. The survey also reported that persons with darker skin completed 6.5 years of schooling, while those with white skin completed 10 years. In October 2020, the government eliminated the independent fund that paid for protection measures, putting the mechanism in a precarious financial situation. Reports indicated that women suffered disproportionately from pretrial detention. Prosecutors and police rarely attempt to find the disappeared or identify those responsible. In August 2021, President Lpez Obrador held a referendum on whether past political actors since 1988 should be tried for crimes including electoral fraud, corruption, and loss of lives to neoliberalism. The law describes femicide as a gender-based murder under any of the following seven circumstances: signs of sexual violence, previous violence, emotional connection to the perpetrator, previous threats, harassment history, victim held incommunicado prior to deprivation of life, or victims body exposure in a public place. Tabasco state Exercise Increased Caution. On October 1, a judge sentenced Fidel Figueroa, mayor of Zacualpan, state of Mexico, to 236 years in prison for murder. Disposition: Inactive In the face of uninvestigated violence, many journalists self-censor. The law prohibits employers from intervening in union affairs or interfering with union activities, including through implicit or explicit reprisals against workers. Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the U.S. Violent crime and gang activity occur with increasing frequency in Veracruz, particularly in the center and south near Cordoba and Coatzacoalcos. Mexico is a multiparty federal republic with an elected president and bicameral legislature. U.S. citizens and LPRs have been victims of kidnapping. Between September 2020 and June, the STPS reported conducting labor inspections in 22,350 work centers nationwide benefiting more than three million workers. There were credible reports of sexual assaults against migrants, particularly women, while migrating in and through the country. Following the August 2020 killing of Pablo Morrugares, El Diario de Iguala newspaper published a note blaming organized crime and Governor Hector Astudillo Flores administration for violence against journalists and impunity. Local commentators pointed to the electoral authorities quick and transparent publishing of results as increasing citizen trust in the electoral and democratic system. Thats not always the case. As of November authorities held Emilio Lozoya in pretrial detention. Criminal organizations are based in and operating in Sinaloa. Additionally, some indigenous students did not receive the breakfasts and lunches normally included in the full-time school meal program, according to a UNESCO study. In 2021, Congress repealed many of the human rights provisions of the 2018 reform. In 2020, Mexico appointed itself as one of 23 Champion countries of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. For example, Felipe Orozco, hospitalized multiple times for mental disabilities, reported that mental health professionals from a psychiatric hospital in Puebla shackled him naked with a padlock during the nights for two and one-half weeks. Following the introduction of the accusatorial justice system, however, there was a significant reduction in the number of persons detained in this manner, falling from more than 1,900 in 2011 to 21 in 2018. Following Ramos killing, Cecilia Flores, the leader of one of the search collectives in which Ramos participated, received death threats. NGOs reported that acts of excessive use of force and arbitrary detention occurred against female protesters, especially those protesting gender-based violence. The ruling was based on the best interest of the child and the principles of equality and non-discrimination. There were some complaints of illegal searches or illegal destruction of private property. Mexicos foreign policy regarding human rights under the Lpez Obrador administration has been based on the principle of non-intervention. In June, Mexico criticized other countries in the region that had condemned the jailing of critics and opposition candidates in Nicaragua, saying that they were intervening in Nicaraguas internal affairs. Last Updated: Reissued with updates to health information. Ramos had been searching for her missing husband for the previous seven months as a member of two search collectives. The investigation continued as of August 30. Although authorities generally maintained effective control over the security forces, there were instances in which security force elements acted independently of civilian control. In Guadalajara, territorial battles between criminal groups take place in tourist areas. You can add more than one country or area. More than 23,000 are listed as having disappeared since President Lpez Obrador took office in December 2018. As of July, 94 percent of active unions under federal jurisdiction had registered their amended statutes with the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS), but only 39 percent of active unions under local jurisdiction had registered their amendments with the CABs. If taking a taxi alone, take a photo of the taxi number and/or license plate and text it to a friend. For a plaintiff to secure damages against a defendant, authorities first must find the defendant guilty in a criminal case, a significant barrier due to the relatively low number of criminal convictions. As in 2020, NGOs in Campeche and Yucatan submitted multiple civil injunctions against the project citing a lack of transparency regarding environmental impact assessments and adverse effects on indigenous cultural heritage. In August 2020, the Lpez Obrador government recognized the committees jurisdiction to consider cases from Mexico, allowing families of victims to submit cases to the committee once they have exhausted their legal options domestically. Institutionalized persons with disabilities often lacked adequate medical care and rehabilitation services, privacy, and clothing; they often ate, slept, and bathed in unhygienic conditions. Details of what bilateral cooperation will be preserved are supposed to emerge from the U.S.-Mexico working groups this month. The states with the most teenage pregnancies were Chiapas, Coahuila, and Guerrero, and Tabasco. This limited medias ability to investigate and report, since many of the reporters who were killed covered crime, corruption, and local politics. According to labor rights NGOs, employers in all sectors sometimes used the illegal hours bank approach requiring long hours when the workload is heavy and cutting down hours when it is light to avoid compensating workers for overtime. For example, journalists in Nogales, Sonora, said they were aware of unspoken red lines in covering organized crime and that crossing lines, such as mentioning the name of an alleged assailant, could result in personal harm. In a June International Organization for Migration survey, 20 percent of citizens and 35 percent of third-country migrants reported using a smuggler to arrive to the U.S.-Mexico border. Women, children, indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, LGBTQI+ persons, and migrants (including men, women, and children) were the most vulnerable to forced labor (see section 7.c.). It is most frequently applied after victims are detained, often arbitrarily, but before they are handed to civilian prosecutors. Most National Guard personnel are seconded from the army and navy and have the option to return to their services after five years. Some employers attempted to influence bargaining-rights elections through the illegal hiring of temporary or fake employees immediately prior to the election to vote for the company-controlled union. There are no restrictions on travel for U.S. government employees in Yucatan state, which include tourist areas in:Chichen Itza,Merida,Uxmal, andValladolid. Organized criminal groups reportedly continued to oversee illicit activities from within penitentiary walls, and rival drug cartel members often fought in prison. Most importantly, the force was conceived as a backup to the state police, not a first responder. Federal funding assisted the operation of more than 69 shelters, external attention centers, emergency houses, and transition houses. Many workers were compelled into forced labor through debt bondage, threats of violence, and nonpayment of wages by recruiters and employers. The National Guard, which began operations in 2019, is a civilian institution reporting to the Secretariat of Public Security and Civil Protection. There are no restrictions on travel for U.S. government employees in Baja California Sur state, which includes tourist areas in:Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo,andLa Paz. There were accusations of sexual abuse against authorities during arrest and detention. The National Search Commission (CNB) has increased transparency about the number of disappeared persons, but prosecutors make little effort to investigate disappearances or identify those responsible. Before a strike may take place, a union must file a notice to strike with the appropriate CAB, or the appropriate labor court once they are operational. It failed to provide police protection or access to justice, work, health care, and education for the over 71,000 asylum seekers, including many families with children, sent to Mexico under the Remain in Mexico policy. Tweets disseminated their identities and their media outlets and also made veiled threats. The CNDH noted significant understaffing at all levels in federal prisons, which affected access to programs, activities, medical services, and opportunities to report possible human rights abuses. By law government health providers are obliged to offer sexual and reproductive emergency health services for survivors of sexual violence within 120 hours of the sexual assault. U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE BUREAU of CONSULAR AFFAIRS, U.S. Citizen Services: From Mexico 800-681-9374 or 55-8526-2561. The situation of agricultural workers remained particularly precarious, with similar patterns of exploitation throughout the sector. However, in a leaked audio recording from 2019, a senior migration official told her team they were now under the instruction and supervision of the National Guard. In September 2021, National Guard troops and Mexican immigration agents violently detained a series of caravans of asylum seekers in Chiapas state, leaving many injured. The CNB searches mass graves across the country. The states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas, plus Mexico City, accounted for 76 percent of reported disappearances from 2018 to June 30. Victims relatives and civil society continued to criticize handling of the original investigation by the Attorney Generals Office, noting there had been no convictions related to the disappearances of the 43 students. As a result, Mexico has one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 testingand highest rates of positive test resultsin the world. 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