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Article

29 Mar 2013

Author:
Daniela Pastrana, Inter Press Service, IPS

Mexico, Strong on Human Rights Abroad, Not at Home

…Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Centre…has presented petitions to the IACHR in cases like the Pasta de Conchos coal mine disaster, where 65 miners were buried after a methane explosion in 2006 in the northern state of Coahuila [it refers to Altos Hornos de Mexico and Industrial Minera Mexico, part of Grupo Mexico], or the women raped that same year in San Salvador Atenco during a police crackdown on protests. The problem… is that “in international forums, Mexico’s position has always been marked by an enormous contradiction between its rhetoric and reality.”…