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'Study in Beijing' Thematic Education Exhibition Held in Mexico and Brazil
BEIJING, June 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from CRI Online: From June 5 to June 12, 2025, the 'Study in Beijing' Thematic Education Exhibition was held in Mexico and Brazil. Through one - on - one consultation and Q&A sessions, thematic presentations, and sharing of study - abroad policies, it helped the education sectors and parents of students in the two countries understand high - quality educational resources in Beijing, expand study - abroad options, and bridge the information gap for studying in Beijing. A total of 19 people from 2 ministries - affiliated universities, 5 municipal - affiliated universities, and 7 middle schools in Beijing, which have the qualifications to enroll international students, participated in the exhibition. It is reported that the 'Study in Beijing' Thematic Education Exhibition in Mexico was held on June 7 at the Engineering Building of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The 'Study in Beijing' Thematic Education Exhibition in Brazil will be held on June 10 at the School of Higher Advertising and Marketing of the State University of São Paulo. During the exhibitions, the achievements of Beijing's education construction and the international talent cultivation system will be introduced. Diversified inter - school cooperation models such as promoting cooperation between sister schools and establishing student - source bases in Beijing will be advanced. It is hoped that through targeted promotion by universities and inter - high - school exchanges and cooperation, the pool of undergraduate students can be cultivated. Through deepening exchanges and cooperation among universities, master's and doctoral student enrollment as well as student exchanges can be expanded. Thus, the connotation of educational cooperation can be deepened, and people - to - people exchanges with the two countries can be promoted to a new level. Exhibiting Institutions: Peking University Beijing Institute of Technology Capital Medical University Capital Normal University Beijing Youth Politics College North China University of Technology Beijing Polytechnic University The Second High School Attached to Capital Normal University Beijing Zhongguancun Middle School The Experimental School Affiliated to Beijing Haidian Teachers Training College Xueyuan Road School Affiliated to Tsinghua High School Beijing Yuying School Zhixin School Affiliated to Tsinghua High School Beijing No. 39 Middle School View original content: SOURCE CRIOnline
18-05-2025
- Politics
Mexicans will elect a new judiciary June 1. A look at some of the candidates
MEXICO CITY -- What do an activist searching for missing Mexicans, an attorney who once represented a drug lord and a university professor trying out TikTok have in common? They are all campaigning for positions in Mexico's first judicial election on June 1. More than 2,600 contenders are vying for 881 positions from Mexico's Supreme Court down to district courts across the country. In 2027, another election is planned to elect 800 more judicial positions. Those on the June 1 ballots won a lottery after being screened by committees made up of people from the three branches of government. In order to qualify, they had to have a law degree, at least five years of professional practice, write an essay and collect letters of recommendation from friends and colleagues. Foreign governments, including the United States, and civil society organizations in Mexico criticized the change, warning that it would lead to a politicization of the judiciary and weaken its independence. Electing judges was former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's way to root out corruption. Make them accountable to the people, he said. The contentious reform's passage was among the last major acts of his presidency last September. Here are some of the candidates: Age: 41 What's she known for? She is among the hundreds of Mexicans searching for a missing relative, in her case a brother who disappeared in 2014. Candidate for: District judge in the western state of Sinaloa. Quiroa's experience has been different to most other candidates' in that she's more accustomed to being on the victims' side. After her brother disappeared in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, Quiroa began searching and eventually founded a collective called 'March 10' for the day he vanished. She quickly realized there was little legal help available to help searchers like herself, so she left her engineering career and began to study law while continuing her search. Quiroa gained notoriety a couple years ago when she proposed criminal groups consider a peace treaty to make it safer to search for the missing and she began selling a 'Searcher Barbie' to raise money for her group's activities. Late last year, she decided to return to her native Sinaloa state to compete to be a judge. Quiroa knows the risks of being a judge in the violent state, home to a powerful cartel of the same name, but she said that there need to be more judges who empathize with those searching for missing loved ones. 'If I become a judge, I'm not going to send legal documents and wait for authorities to answer when they feel like it,' Quiroa said. 'I'm going to go out and look for the missing people.' Age: 40 What's he known for? He went viral as 'Justice Pork Rinds.' Candidate for: Supreme Court. Until the campaign started, Guerrero wasn't well-known outside of Mexico's National Autonomous University, where he has taught classes for more than a decade. He had also led Mexico City's public records agency and worked at the capital's electoral court. But it was a homemade TikTok video that took off and launched Guerrero's campaign. In it, a student hands him a platter of a typical pork rind dish. Playing on the turn of phrase, he says he's 'more prepared than a pork rind' to be a Supreme Court justice, before rolling into his qualifications. Some grumps accused him of turning the race into a circus, but Guerrero said that his attempt at humor was far less harmful than having a corrupt justice on the highest court. 'You have to be colloquial sometimes in your use of language,' he said, accepting that he has tried to run a 'disruptive' campaign. If elected, Guerrero said that he would push to have the court hold hearings around Mexico to have more contact with people. Age: 51 What's she known for? She represented drug kingpin Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán in 2016. Candidate for: Criminal court judge in northern state of Chihuahua. Nine years ago, Silvia Delgado García was a member of Sinaloa cartel leader Guzmán's legal team when he was temporarily held in a prison in Ciudad Juarez before being extradited to the United States. He was eventually tried, convicted and sentenced to life in prison in the U.S. She's still marked by the case. Some critics of electing judges, and a human rights litigation group called Defensorxs, have labeled Delgado García 'high risk,' because 'she defends alleged drug traffickers.' The group has also identified 17 other candidates that way for being prosecuted, being members of investigated organizations, for alleged human rights violations and deals with criminal groups. 'Everyone has a right to an effective defense,' Delgado García said about her decision to represent Guzmán. She notes that she only helped at one hearing where the power went out, and her job was to visit him in the Ciudad Juarez prison where he was being held. 'If they give me a client of that magnitude, in terms of resume that's going to help me,' she said. As a candidate, she highlights that she has been a litigator for 18 years and has a passion for criminal law. 'I am a citizen who believes in the law, and I am extremely prepared to carry out the job and I aim to be impartial in the decisions I hand down." Age: 30 What's he known for? He's a young lawyer at the Supreme Court who spends his free time campaigning in Mexico City's central square. Candidate for: An administrative judge for two of Mexico City's boroughs. Every afternoon, Monday to Thursday, Tapia Maltos finishes work at Mexico's Supreme Court where he has worked for 11 years and walks next door to Mexico City's sprawling central square. There, he sets up a small stand from which he hangs three papers on which he has handwritten his name, the position he seeks, his social platform handle and his ID number for the ballot. Even though he frequently goes unnoticed by the multitude of street vendors, tourists and workers crossing the square each day, Tapia Maltos dressed in white shirt, tie and dark slacks, occasionally draws the attention of those curious enough to stop and read his papers. Some then ask how they can vote. The simplicity of his campaign is its most noteworthy characteristic. 'I'm not trying to make a big production with videos, no dancing or anything like that ... Because what I'm trying to do is get to know people in an appropriate way.' He has worked for years behind the scenes inside the Supreme Court in preparing decisions. Now, thanks to the new judicial election, he says that he has found a way to achieve his dream of being a judge and bring new blood to a judiciary long criticized as corrupt.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mexico 'fast-track' expulsion of drug lords to US broke legal procedures, experts say
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government broke with its own legal procedures to hand over 29 suspected cartel members to the U.S., experts said, as pressure mounts over threats by President Donald Trump to slap tariffs on Mexican imports. A dozen lawyers who are experts in extradition law and security analysts in Mexico told Reuters the handover of these high-profile jailed convicts, some sought by Washington for years, is unprecedented and a clear "jump" over any existing legal barrier. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. The handover could expose some of the suspects to the possibility of execution in the U.S. The death penalty is normally barred in Mexican extraditions. "It was a political extradition, without a doubt unique in the history of Mexico," said Raul Benitez, an expert in security and military issues at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM). The experts interviewed by Reuters said the mass handoff cannot be considered an "extradition" because it went outside the bounds of treaties and laws between the two countries. Mexican law prevents extradition if the person has sought to be acquitted, pardoned, amnestied or has already served a sentence for the crime in question. One lawyer said he would appeal the handover of his clients. The "fast track" handover was a strategic move by Mexico, Benitez said, seeking to avoid 25% tariffs on Mexican goods that Trump has warned will come March 4 over slow progress on stemming fentanyl and migrant flows. On Thursday, Mexican authorities sent 29 suspected drug traffickers to the U.S. These included infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted of murdering a DEA agent in 1985. Also expelled were two former leaders of the Los Zetas cartel: Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as Z-40, and his brother Oscar Omar Trevino Morales, known as Z-42. Lawyers who spoke to Reuters said the expulsions appeared to violate established legal procedures because the expedited extradition of a person can only occur when there is a formal request, which in many of these cases did not occur. Mexican law also mandates an agreement from the destination country that an extradited suspect will not face the death penalty. In this case, no such guarantees were provided and U.S. officials made it clear they could seek the death penalty for Caro Quintero and other convicted cartel members. Juan Manuel Delgado, a Mexican lawyer representing the Treviño brothers, said he is considering filing an appeal against the handover of his clients to the U.S. "The transfer... was done outside of any legal procedure," Delgado said to Reuters. On Thursday, Mexico Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said in a press conference that the transfer was done under the national security law "where the parameters for political stability are established in both Mexico and the United States." The list of those sent to the U.S. includes members of groups linked to trafficking of the deadly opioid fentanyl, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a wing of the Sinaloa Cartel led by the sons of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison. ON U.S. SOIL Even if the handover deal appeared to skirt Mexico's normal legal procedures, some praised it as a chance at improved cooperation with the U.S. after ties with the DEA and other U.S. agencies had frayed for a time under former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The handoff was "part of a new paradigm in the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States," said Miguel Ontiveros, president of the Mexican Academy of Criminal Science and an expert in extradition processes in Mexico. He expressed hope that the USMCA trade agreement "will evolve into a common space for the protection of victims, citizen security and the administration of justice." Sending the suspects to the U.S. will prevent them from manipulating the Mexican legal system to evade justice, the experts said, adding they will also be unable to extort, threaten or carry out violence against Mexican judges who may have ruled on an authorized extradition process. Some experts questioned whether the handover will be enough for Trump, who has labeled Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations and so far has not signaled he will reconsider the looming tariffs. Ontiveros said Mexico's crackdown on narcotrafficking will probably help it negotiate with the U.S. on other issues. "This operation shows that not only will extraditions to the United States increase, but also joint operations against organized crime," said Ontiveros.
Reuters
28-02-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Mexico 'fast-track' expulsion of drug lords to US broke legal procedures, experts say
MEXICO CITY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Mexican government broke with its own legal procedures to hand over 29 suspected cartel members to the U.S., experts said, as pressure mounts over threats by President Donald Trump to slap tariffs on Mexican imports. A dozen lawyers who are experts in extradition law and security analysts in Mexico told Reuters the handover of these high-profile jailed convicts, some sought by Washington for years, is unprecedented and a clear "jump" over any existing legal barrier. The handover could expose some of the suspects to the possibility of execution in the U.S. The death penalty is normally barred in Mexican extraditions. "It was a political extradition, without a doubt unique in the history of Mexico," said Raul Benitez, an expert in security and military issues at Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM). The experts interviewed by Reuters said the mass handoff cannot be considered an "extradition" because it went outside the bounds of treaties and laws between the two countries. Mexican law prevents extradition if the person has sought to be acquitted, pardoned, amnestied or has already served a sentence for the crime in question. One lawyer said he would appeal the handover of his clients. The "fast track" handover was a strategic move by Mexico, Benitez said, seeking to avoid 25% tariffs on Mexican goods that Trump has warned will come March 4 over slow progress on stemming fentanyl and migrant flows. On Thursday, Mexican authorities sent 29 suspected drug traffickers to the U.S. These included infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted of murdering a DEA agent in 1985. Also expelled were two former leaders of the Los Zetas cartel: Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, known as Z-40, and his brother Oscar Omar Trevino Morales, known as Z-42. Lawyers who spoke to Reuters said the expulsions appeared to violate established legal procedures because the expedited extradition of a person can only occur when there is a formal request, which in many of these cases did not occur. Mexican law also mandates an agreement from the destination country that an extradited suspect will not face the death penalty. In this case, no such guarantees were provided and U.S. officials made it clear they could seek the death penalty for Caro Quintero and other convicted cartel members. Juan Manuel Delgado, a Mexican lawyer representing the Treviño brothers, said he is considering filing an appeal against the handover of his clients to the U.S. "The transfer... was done outside of any legal procedure," Delgado said to Reuters. On Thursday, Mexico Attorney General Alejandro Gertz said in a press conference that the transfer was done under the national security law "where the parameters for political stability are established in both Mexico and the United States." The list of those sent to the U.S. includes members of groups linked to trafficking of the deadly opioid fentanyl, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a wing of the Sinaloa Cartel led by the sons of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison. Even if the handover deal appeared to skirt Mexico's normal legal procedures, some praised it as a chance at improved cooperation with the U.S. after ties with the DEA and other U.S. agencies had frayed for a time under former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The handoff was "part of a new paradigm in the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States," said Miguel Ontiveros, president of the Mexican Academy of Criminal Science and an expert in extradition processes in Mexico. He expressed hope that the USMCA trade agreement "will evolve into a common space for the protection of victims, citizen security and the administration of justice." Sending the suspects to the U.S. will prevent them from manipulating the Mexican legal system to evade justice, the experts said, adding they will also be unable to extort, threaten or carry out violence against Mexican judges who may have ruled on an authorized extradition process. Some experts questioned whether the handover will be enough for Trump, who has labeled Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations and so far has not signaled he will reconsider the looming tariffs. Ontiveros said Mexico's crackdown on narcotrafficking will probably help it negotiate with the U.S. on other issues. "This operation shows that not only will extraditions to the United States increase, but also joint operations against organized crime," said Ontiveros.
