Between 2007 and 2014, over four thousand reports on torture were filed before the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR). María Isabel Mazo Duarte and Adrián Ramírez López of the Mexican League for the Defense of Human Rights documented some of the cases.

The Center of Human Rights at the University of Washington (UWCHR) is suing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to make public the documents about military operatives directed by Sigfredo Ochoa Pérez.

The Standing Committee on Human Rights (CDPH) held a forum in which they exposed allegations of torture in the prisons of the Directorate of Legal Aid (DAJ) of the National Police, better known as “The Chipote.”  

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) warns against some Latin American governments and their suppression of investigative media.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights gave a stinging report on the violation of human rights by the administration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Remnants of the dictator’s legislation hurts freedom of expression said a U.N. envoy, who slammed Chile’s “excessive use of force.”  

A murder of a local Peruvian mayor was no whim, but the end result of five, planned attempts on his life.

Salvadoran journalists reflected on their country’s violent history and the role the media has played in its investigation and broadcast.

The President and the FARC guerrillas say they can reach a deal in six months.  Reactions varied in predictable ways. 

Fernando Ramos da Silva was killed at age 19, after being hit by eight .38 caliber shots from a sergeant and two Military Policemen’s guns.