FRIDAY, JUNE 24. PROGRAM # 7812 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. The Autonomous University of Morelos started taking DNA from family members of missing people from the state to compare them with the genes of 117 cadavers found in clandestine graves in Tetelcingo. Meanwhile, the collective of civil organizations that worked cleaning and inspecting the […]

MONDAY, JUNE 20. PROGRAM # 7808 12:00 PM PT State-Sanctioned Mass Grave? Mexican authorities began exhuming more than 100 bodies found in an illegal mass grave in Morelos, a state that’s among the hardest hit by drug-related violence. The dumping site was under the supervision of the state attorney general office. Advocates of the victims […]

FRIDAY, JUNE 17. PROGRAM # 7807 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. In Tetelcingo, there are two hidden mass graves and in Jojutla there is one more with 68 bodies, reported activist Javier Sicilia. In an interview, he said that among the bodies were two children and there are bodies with signs of a coup de […]

THURSDAY, JUNE 9. PROGRAM # 7801 12:00 PM PT Nestora Salgado Urgent Campaign. As part of an international tour to speak about human rights violations committed by Mexican authorities, former political prisoner Nestora Salgado headlines a public forum in San Francisco, CA. Salgado, a binational citizen, is also launching a campaign to free members of […]

FRIDAY, JUNE 3. PROGRAM # 7797 12:00 PM PT Mexico Edition. As a community literacy teacher, Julio Mata Montiel was linked to subversive groups. His fear of being detained brought him to seek help from groups that defend politically persecuted people, and over the years became an efficient activist. His experience as a social advocate […]