Immigration
Mexico: More than 70,000 migrants were kidnapped or trafficked between 2011 and 2020
The states with the most cases of kidnapping are Chiapas, Nuevo León, Tabasco, Veracruz and Tamaulipas, the CNDH reported.
Politics
U.S. sanctions Nicaraguan officials for exiling critics
“The United States is taking further action to hold accountable perpetrators of the Nicaraguan regime’s repressive actions,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said
Human Rights
Nicaraguan regime convicts two political prisoners of "conspiracy”
Yader Parajón and Yaser Mahumar Vado were tried and convicted after a single hearing that lasted 10 hours
Human Rights
Russia sentences politician to prison after criticizing the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine
The charges against Yashin stem from a YouTube Livestream video in which he talked about Ukrainians that were killed in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha
Crime
Latino community outraged after prosecutor in Rogel Aguilera-Mederos case mocks results on social media
Latino civil rights organizations have called for "immediate disciplinary action and a formal apology" for the wildly inappropriate post.
Drug trafficking
The life of child-recruits in Mexican cartels
Presently, it is estimated that approximately 21,000 minors were killed between 2000 and 2019, and another 7,000 are missing, according to the Network for Infant Rights in Mexico (Redim)
Politics
Sec. State: U.S. undeterred by China sanctions against religious freedom officials
The Chinese government blacklisted four commissioners of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Dec. 23
Politics
Congressional reps back Cuban exile push against Miguel Diaz-Canel U.N. visit
The Cuban regime confirmed that Cuban dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel will attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
Human Rights
China conducting global disinformation campaign on Xinjiang, Uyghurs, says State Dept.
Beijing employees an estimated two million people nationwide to troll critics of China online.
Crime
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum faces tragic start after soldiers open fire at truck transporting migrants
The soldiers mistook the migrant transportation trucks for cartel vehicles and opened fire at 33 migrants of various nationalities, leaving six fatalities and at least 10 others wounded