Being a Police Woman The project “Being a policewoman” began in 2019, with the financing of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives in Mexico. The purpose is to understand what it means to be a woman in a public security institution and how it influences their working conditions. The project was implemented in the municipal
Read More...Official Security Information: Analysis of the Morning Press Conferences Transparency is crucial in a democratic regime, ensuring public access to information about governmental processes and decisions. Conversely, opacity, characterized by the unjustified withholding or unclear presentation of information, undermines accountability. From December 2018 to December 2022, the Mexican President implemented daily morning press conferences,
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The Executive Commission for the Attention of Victims: a decade of simulation The year 2023 marked the tenth anniversary of the publication of the General Law on Victims (GLV), a law that sought to recognize the rights of victims of crimes and human rights violations in Mexico in order to provide them with comprehensive
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THE POLICE IN MEXICO: AN X-RAY OF CHRONIC DELAY (2018-2022) To shed light on the institutional neglect experienced by the police in Mexico, Causa en Común has conducted the report “The Police in Mexico: An X-ray of Chronic Delay (2018-2022).” This work compiles various research efforts carried out by the organization, focusing on budget, police
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Crime statistics in Mexico Context To address Mexico’s security crisis, it is fundamental to generate statistics and interpretations, which can be trustworthy. However, official crime statistics seriously under-estimate some crimes, because there is a very low rate of reports by citizens, because federal and local authorities do not promote citizens’ complaints or reports, because they
Read More...Gallery of Horrors: atrocities and high-impact events in Mexico 2023 This report presents events that can be classified as “atrocities”. It is important to underscore that these atrocities are “only” examples of a much wider gallery of horrors, since many are not reported by the media. Therefore, the relevance of this report is not in
Read More...Fourth Report of the Observatory of the National Guard and Militarization in Mexico As president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador retracted from his anti-militarist speech and stipulated in the National Peace and Security Plan 2018-2024 that, due to the lack of professional police institutions capable of facing the challenge of insecurity, it was necessary to continue
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The absence of progress in police development and the lack of transparency in accountability reveal a systemic neglect of police corporations: Causa en Común Mexico City, June 28, 2023 – The development of policing in Mexico has undergone a comprehensive investigation that unveils significant deficiencies at a national level. The findings of the study,
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