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6 days ago | 
freerepublic.com | Chantal Flores
Free RepublicBrowse · SearchNews/ActivismTopics · Post ArticleSkip to comments. Confusion and concern loom over Mexico's judicial election: Mexico is set to elect its judges, from the Supreme Court to local magistrates. But will the vote lessen corruption? Al Jazeera ^ | 05/30/2025 | By Chantal FloresPosted on by know.your.whyMonterrey, Mexico – There will be more than 7,000 candidates. More than 2,600 open positions. And at least six ballots per person to weigh them all.
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1 week ago | 
aljazeera.com | Chantal Flores
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1 week ago | 
yesmagazine.org | Chantal Flores
Why you can trust us Upon crossing the border from Guatemala and into Mexico, 19-year-old Claudia Rivera and her family were stopped by a group of unknown men. “They took us when we crossed into Chiapas and took everything we were carrying, except for [a] cell phone,” says Rivera, who is now residing in Casa Monarca, a shelter in Monterrey, Mexico.
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1 month ago | 
failedarchitecture.com | Chantal Flores
This article is part of the FA special series Everywhere Walls, Borders, Prisons. Francisco drives 80 kilometers daily to and from his job in the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico. With over 15 years of experience in operating and maintaining computerized numerical control machinery, this position at a metal production company presented the best opportunity for him, despite the considerable commute.
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1 month ago | 
lawfaremedia.org | Natalie Orpett |Jonathan Lowy |Chantal Flores |Jen Patja
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The Supreme Court recently held oral arguments in the case of Mexico v. Smith & Wesson, a groundbreaking case brought by the government of Mexico that seeks to hold U.S. gun manufacturers accountable for cartels' use of American weapons to perpetrate violence in Mexico.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
truthout.org | Chantal Flores
If Indi Tisoy has a single dream, it is to reach the United States. Her desire is so strong, in fact, that she waits at the border because it makes her feel closer to that dream. Tisoy, who is a member of the Inga Indigenous community, left the Colombian Amazon’s Putumayo department with her family when she was 12 to seek better economic opportunities in the city of Bucaramanga. When Tisoy was 20, she began transitioning.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
laprogressive.com | Chantal Flores |Rob Maurer
As asylum options dwindle in the U.S., Mexico is strengthening paths to citizenship for trans migrants. If Indi Tisoy has a single dream, it is to reach the United States. Her desire is so strong, in fact, that she waits at the border because it makes her feel closer to that dream. Tisoy, who is a member of the Inga Indigenous community, left the Colombian Amazon’s Putumayo department with her family when she was 12 to seek better economic opportunities in the city of Bucaramanga.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
yesmagazine.org | Chantal Flores
Why you can trust us If Indi Tisoy has a single dream, it is to reach the United States. Her desire is so strong, in fact, that she waits at the border because it makes her feel closer to that dream. Tisoy, who is a member of the Inga Indigenous community, left the Colombian Amazon’s Putumayo department with her family when she was 12 to seek better economic opportunities in the city of Bucaramanga. When Tisoy was 20, she began transitioning.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
aljazeera.com | Chantal Flores
Sister Maria Tello Claro, the director of Casa del Migrante, explained that the mood at her shelter has turned to sadness and anguish since Trump's inauguration. The shelter, designed to accommodate 170 people, currently houses 190 migrants primarily from Honduras, Venezuela, El Salvador and Haiti. Tello observed that many of the residents, including Martino and Alvarado, had been held hostage at some point during their journeys to the border. "Here it is dangerous because they can be kidnapped.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
divergentes.com | Chantal Flores
Jason Peña, un adolescente residente de Chicago, planeaba celebrar su cumpleaños número 14 con algunos miembros de su familia paterna en un pueblo de Durango, México. Sin embargo, dos días antes, el 27 de diciembre, la camioneta en la que viajaba junto a otros familiares fue acribillada a balazos mientras circulaban por una carretera en el municipio de Santiago Papasquiaro. El padre del menor y su tío, ambos ciudadanos estadounidenses, y un familiar mexicano murieron en el ataque.
