PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Era Of Silence, Organized Crime, List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate
13 Dec 2016
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Mexico is experiencing a serious human rights crisis. In practical, formal rights are of little significance for most citizens: especially to those who do not belong to the political or economic elite, citizens live in constant danger of being assaulted, raped, enslaved, extorted, disappeared, and murdered. These forms of violence are even perpetrated by the state apparatus itself. Mexican state has failed to provide security state"s failure ste(cid:373)s fro(cid:373) a dysfunctional set of law enforcement institutions and practices dating back to the authoritarian era. Organized crime has bought the complicity of state authorities. Overwhelming majority of crimes go unpunished because law enforcement institutions leave those who move the levers of organized crime untouched. At the same time, the criminal justice system uses torture, fabricates evidence, and unjustly incarcerates petty criminals who are predominantly poor. Escalating the drug war: during the presidency of felipe caldero(cid:374) . Cities had some of the highest murder rates around the world.
