Human Rights Center Fray Bartolome de Las Casas (Frayba) strongly condemns the murder of journalist Ana María Marcela Yarce of the Contralinea magazine,and Rocío González Trápaga, a freelance journalist, and requests a thorough, effective and fair investigation, punishing the responsible authorities for their actions and/or omissions in these acts.

President Felipe Calderón’s bill would keep intact the structures that currently promote impunity for military abuses;Mexico would be no closer to complying with its international human rights obligations with this bill, including its duty to implement the binding orders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights