Tag: "Chiapas"

Nearly 10,000 migrant kidnappings in Mexico in 6 months

Nearly 10,000 migrant kidnappings in Mexico in 6 months

| June 17, 2009 | Comments (0)

During that period, 9,758 migrants were deprived of their liberty. More than 60 percent of kidnappings involved groups of migrants travelling together. The majority of those kidnapped were from Honduras (67 %). ¡8% oer the victims were from El Salvador and 13% from Guatemala.

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Journalist brutally beaten in Chiapas

Journalist brutally beaten in Chiapas

| January 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

Militants of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) beat and threatened to kill reporter Edi Darinel López Zacarías on 22 January 2008, according to Mexico’s Center for Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) in San Miguel de Allende.

Following the assault, López Zacarías, who works for “El Orbe”, “Diario de Chiapas” and “Chiapas Hoy” newspapers, as well as for ASICH news agency, had to be taken to hospital where he was treated for a fractured cheekbone and damage to an eye that caused ocular edema.

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