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Mexico police kill 19 gunmen in big Sinaloa shootout

July 1, 2017 World Justice News 0

Mexican police say they have killed 19 gunmen in a shootout in the northern state of Sinaloa. Five police officers were injured in the confrontation. It started on Friday night in the town of Villa […]

Mexican villagers kidnap mother of local drugs gang chief and demand hostage swap

December 15, 2016 zoshinuk 0

MEXICO – Vigilantes in a Mexican village have kidnapped the mother of a local drugs gang chief, who they say they will free in exchange for the release of locals. After seizing alleged collaborators of […]

Politician beaten so badly by four men following car accident she needed surgery

December 13, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Nicole Morley for Metro.co.uk Mexico – A Mexican senator ended up in hospital after she was brutally beaten up by four men following a car crash. Ana Gabriela Guevara, 39, was involved in an […]

Body parts found in graves in Mexico village

November 25, 2016 zoshinuk 0

MEXICO – Mexican authorities have exhumed 32 bodies (31 men and 1 woman) and nine heads from hidden graves in a village famous for its drug cartel turf wars, Pochahuixco, part of the municipality of […]

Girl’s Rape and Death in Argentina Causes Mass Protests

October 20, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

After the rape and death of a teenage girl, tens of thousands of women have demonstrated across Latin America. Sixteen year old Lucia Perez was drugged, tortured and repeatedly raped before dying of a heart attack in […]

‘Mexico is one big cemetery.’ The search for the disappeared

September 29, 2016 Marie PipWjn 0

On a recent Sunday, scores of families showed up at the Catholic Church of Nuestra Señora de la Merced in a working-class neighborhood of this vibrant port city. They came not to attend services, but […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

Human Rights

Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]

Human Rights

Istanbul’s ex-mayor to stand trial on corruption charges

March 9, 2026 0

The former mayor of Istanbul is due to become the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges […]