Ayotzinapa: Attorney General and "Group of Fire Experts" Declare "17 Bodies Were Incinerated at Cocula" — In a study that is not yet concluded, the Collegial Group of Fire Experts determined that, "sufficient evidence exists to assert that a controlled, large-scale fire event of great size definitely occurred at the Cocula Dump." Additionally, it was determined that at least 17 adult human beings had been incinerated at that place. These assertions are part of the investigations currently underway surrounding the disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa students in events that took place September 26-27, 2014.
Ayotzinapa: Government Torpedoes Independent Group of Experts — Yesterday, the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE) accused the Attorney General of the Republic of failing to comply with the agreements on the dissemination of data from the new study conducted in the Cocula garbage dump, in Guerrero. According to the IGIE, the agency headed by Arely Gómez took a "unilateral decision" that violated the confidentiality that the experts were to maintain regarding the work done and the requirement that anything that was to be made public should be agreed upon by the group.
Ayotzinapa: Attorney General Irresponsible in Disseminating Incomplete Cocula Study: Independent Experts — The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE) criticized the Attorney General's Office (PGR), saying it broke a confidentiality agreement with its ''unilateral" decision to disseminate the results of the latest study of the Cocula garbage dump, and that the report is only a preliminary one. ''The political use of this issue shows a huge irresponsibility and very little sensitivity for the right to truth of the families, of Mexico and the world, for whom the Ayotzinapa case has become a reference,'' said the group experts.
Mexico Congress Considers Law to Legalize and Regulate Marijuana — A General Law for Control of Cannabis to be presented Thursday [4/7/2016] in the full Senate proposes that adults may have up to six cannabis plants in their homes for personal consumption. A legal marijuana market would be created, over which federal government agencies would have absolute control of production and distribution activities. The legislation establishes the legal basis for the issuing of licenses for planting, growing and preparing cannabis both for personal use and for therapeutic and medical purposes and for opening retail sales sites.
Mexico Government Denying Human Rights Crisis Sign of Schizophrenia - Inter-American Commission — As part of the 157th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, several civil society organizations and individuals complained about a wide variety of violations of human rights and freedom of expression committed systematically in Mexico with full government impunity. Commissioners, headed by James Cavallaro, joined in the denunciation of the crisis that exists in Mexico.