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Human Rights!” Just the thought of this controversial subject immediately brings images and discussions to mind of topics such as sweatshops, equality, segregation, racism, sexism, human trafficking, and many others surrounding anything that involves or is inherently equal in all human beings. Examples may include issues of freedom, abuse, enslavement, imprisonment, and execution. The history of human rights extends to past documents as early as 600A.D. notated in the “Constitution of Medina” where various Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and Pagan religious groups were declared as “One Nation” by the prophet Muhammad (Wikipedia).
More recently, the topic of human rights has been identified multiple times in the media regarding Mexico and the …show more content…

Based on the General Attorney’s Office (Procuraduría General de la República-PGR), there have been 12,456 homicides in 2010, and an aggregate of 30,196 homicides from December 2006 when Felipe Calderón became president of Mexico and then he deployed military forces to combat drug cartels. The total amount of deaths since 2010 represents 41.2% of the total number of homicides since 2006, therefore, 2010 displays the worst year in violence ever experienced by people from Mexico. In Ciudad Juarez the number of deaths for 2010 surpassed 3,100 many of them being …show more content…

Most of these people who vanished apparently occurred during the course of sanctioned security operations. Even though the federal document of criminal code clearly classifies that forced disappearance is a crime, unfortunately it does not establish that it is a crime in several penal codes. The federal criminal code and the legislation of the sixteen federal entities that classify forced disappearance as a crime apparently do not use the same definition, and penalties can vary according to the jurisdiction. Fifteen states currently classify forced disappearance as a crime distinct from murder or kidnapping.
Recent reports of mass abductions of Central American migrants have even prompted the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador to call on the Mexican government to be held for accountability for the treatment of migrants crossing into Mexico based on info in Amnesty International's 2014 human rights report on

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In order to fill their labor needs, the U.S. government worked with the Mexican government to encourage immigration, providing access to land, labor, and other resources. This solution proved to be temporary. While at first Mexican immigrants were not the primary targets of U.S. immigration restrictions, due to a combination socio-economic factors, they would soon become the most targeted group of immigrants. The following chapters in part one discuss the growing violence of border patrol. The Border Patrol was fairly new and immigration officers struggled to maintain ethical and fair.

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According to Hernandez, “ Mexicans in the borderlands, regardless of immigration of citizenship status, were subject to high levels of suspicion, surveillance, and state violence as border patrol officers aggressively policed not only the U.S and Mexico border but also Mexican communities and work sites” (Hernandez Pg. 2). In her book, Hernandez tells the story of how Mexican immigrant workers became

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The first reason why the United States were unsympathetic to the rights of Mexican laws was by breaking the laws. Texas is far away from the Mexico central government which was located in Mexico City. Since Texas far away they were monitored differently. The first law the American settlers broke was bringing slaves with them. In Mexico slavery was abolished in 1824.

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The Devil’s Highway, by Luis Alberto Urrea is the true story of 26 men who attempted to cross the Mexican border through the bleak Sonora Desert in May of 2001. Urrea describes the lives of the men who attempted to cross, what happened to them, and the response of the people working on the border and who encountered them. He explores the issue by describing both the personal experiences of people trying to emigrate from Mexico to the U.S., and of people working on the border. The story was made both realistic and compelling through the information gathered and research conducted for a full year prior to writing the story.

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In response to zapatistas’ demands, the government of Mexico fight back, but in the end the Mexican government was fallen to their knees. The victims were

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41). These drug cartels present a difficult problem in that they not only import illegal drugs, but they often are in dispute over both territory and police ownership (Warner, p. 42). These cartels are smuggling drugs across the border from many different regions of the world and present a very difficult situation for law enforcement. This may be due in part to their intimate knowledge of the area they operate in, as well as that of their connection to gangs, which they utilize to assist in cross-border movement. The current number of both law enforcement agents and law enforcement agencies along the border is not sufficient in either numbers or strength to curtail these illicit

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Mexico’s drug cartels are the worst they have been in years, and all the problems stem from a lack of proper decision making from the government at every level . Since Colombia was taken away from the drug scene, Mexico’s cartels have made up for the slack and then some. Subsequently, cartels in Mexico also began to flourish at a time when Mexico was in the process of instituting a new form of government. Not only is Mexico trying to work out the kinks of their new democracy, but the cartels are pushing more drugs than ever before; Mexico needs to address this problem. To make matters worse, a number of Mexican officials are corrupt, unaccountable, or distrusted by the people.

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Life in Mexico can be very harsh, many people outside of Mexico believe life in the country isn’t as bad as it seems. Over the years the country has changed but still face many problems. The Mexican drug war is still a highly supplied conflict between the Mexican army and drug cartels in Mexico. The country has been one of the main suppliers of illegal drugs that causes discrimination, drug trafficking and many deaths yearly. The question is, how has life in Mexico changed before and after the war on drugs?

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Yet, nearly 80 percent of these cases are ending with DHS [Department of Homeland Security] ordering these same families deported back to the very dangerous conditions they fled. Disturbingly, it has been reported that as many as 83 Central American immigrants recently denied asylum were murdered within months of their return…I urge you to immediately end these raids and not deport families back to countries where a death sentence awaits. We cannot continue to employ inhumane tactics involving rounding up and deporting tens of thousands of immigrant families to address a crisis that requires compassion." ProCon.org.

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Correspondingly, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights depend on dignity, equality and mutual respect – regardless of your nationality, your religion or your beliefs. Your rights are tied in with being dealt with reasonably and treating others decently, and being able to make on decisions about your own life. These fundamental human rights are: Universal; They have a place with every one of us; They can't be detracted from us, Indivisible and independent Governments should not have the capacity to choose

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As we glimpse into the existence of bribery, as it pertains to the legal system in Mexico City, we are prompted to consider a variety of factors relating to morality and ethics. We can see that at one point it may have been a taboo to bribe a police officer, especially when it comes to traffic violations, as the transfer of money is traditionally hidden within the billfold for discretion (Brusseau, n.d., p. 195). However, as time went on and it became socially acceptable, it is not uncommon to see the transaction take place in broad daylight. That being said, we’re left to ponder how boundaries of morality have evolved in relation to bribery, specifically in this region. It is now acceptable, if not overtly expected, for the perpetrator to bribe a traffic officer with money, in exchange for being let to go on without citation or arrest.

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An example close to home is our neighbors in the south, Mexico is notorious for it’s Enforced Disappearance in the country. In the time span from 2006 to 2011

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