A Night of Demons in Tierra Blanca – by Laura Rojas (BlogExpediente)

~ This article was originally published by BlogExpediente on February 3, 2016 ~   Thursday, February 19, 2015. They passed by at midnight. The hooded gunmen, armed to the teeth, turned their pickups on to Highway 145 in search of Continue reading

No Migrants for the Pope to See in “Beautiful” Ecatepec – by Sergio Rincón (SinEmbargo)

~ This article was originally published by SinEmbargo on January 23, 2016 ~   Even though in the neighborhood of Las Américas, located in Ecatepec, Mexico State, it is common to see migrants, for the past several weeks they are Continue reading

Mexico State: An Ambiguous and Extravagant Gender Alert – by Alejandro Melgoza Rocha

Women form the slogan "No more femicides" on the hill in Tepeolulco, Mexico State.

~This report was originally published by Proceso on January 5, 2016 ~ Ecatepec, Mexico State – Almost every day Alejandrina Figueroa’s vocal chords ripped themselves apart, as though she was singing a ballad of death. The notes stuck in the Continue reading