Mexico Corruption Has Increased and So Has Public Irritation: Jorge Zepeda Patterson — Surveys show that the exasperation caused by corruption has become the most discussed issue, at times even more discussed than insecurity or economic deterioration. Analysts think it will be the principal topic of the 2018 elections. So we would insist on the question: Why has there been an increase in irritation against the rapacity of the political class and crooked businessmen? Is it because the phenomenon has increased in recent years, or because it is receiving more visibility and exposure?
Government Commission for Attention to Drug War Victims Is Fiasco: Sanjuana Martínez — The Executive Commission for Attention to Victims (CEAV), according to the victims, has proved to be a total fiasco, ineffective and a simulation; an institution buried in bureaucracy and slowdowns for distributing economic resources to victims. It has turned out to be nothing more than a white elephant created by the Peña Nieto government to simulate giving attention to victims. There are so many complaints against this institution that something seems fishy.
Peña Nieto Election Bought with Drug Cartel Money: Eduardo R. Huchim — Aristegui Noticias (AN) has documented that the Monex electronic money cards, used to disburse PRI [Party of the Institutional Revolution] resources for the election of Enrique Peña Nieto, were allegedly funded with money from the Juárez Cartel. According to AN, the Conclave Marketing Group contributed money for the cards and was also a consultant to the PRI and a supplier for the Crusade Against Hunger program. The Group was directed by Rodolfo David Dávila Córdoba, "The Consul," one of the Juárez Cartel operators.
Mexico Human Rights Victims: Government's Absurd Swerve in Direction: Sergio Aguayo— Regarding human rights, the Mexican government and its allies in society have lost their way. They are overwhelmed and react by denying reality or by discrediting critics. The State has boxed itself into a contradiction. To feel part of the modern universe, they have passed laws, allocated budgets, and made a lot of speeches. They have also filled organization charts with dissimulators, bureaucrats, and some officials who—committed to the victims—operate under very difficult conditions, thanks to bureaucratic obstacles and erratic policies.
Mexico's Journalists Live in Fear and Government Doesn't Protect Them: Denise Dresser — Fear is now more present than ever among reporters, journalists, columnists, and those who are sentinels of Mexico. The fear of being fired, kidnapped, struck, assassinated, tortured, censured, disappeared. It's there every day, settled into editorial offices, in publishing meetings, and in news reports. It is documented in the Article 19's most recent report—appropriately titled “M.I.E.D.O” [FEAR]—on the violence against journalists throughout the country.