We are deeply concerned about the growing outbreak of Covid-19 in Nuevo León’s prisons, especially given the crowded and unhygienic conditions in which most detainees in Mexican prisons are forced to live. The state’s primary source of pre-Hispanic relics near Mina has yielded over 1,000 engraved stones dating from 1350 to 650 B.C. Outbreaks of Covid-19 Later the state received more arrivals of other Europeans, some Asians and those from North America settled down in the 19th century.
The interviewees claimed that many prisoners do not report these conditions to human rights groups, authorities, or their families out of fear that they will be punished. On July 24, Modesto Martínez de la Cruz was reported dead at Nuevo León state prison Apodaca 2, just three days after entering the prison. Nuevo León is To protect the fundamental rights of the detained people of Nuevo León, we urge you to call for a thorough, impartial, transparent investigation into these allegations and into the three deaths that have occurred in recent weeks to determine the extent of these abuses and identify and punish those responsible. Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. Highway 85 south of Nuevo Laredo enters the state of Nuevo Leon about 20 miles south of the border. To that end, it is necessary that you share all relevant information from the investigation with the state prosecutor’s office.
– MEXICO On July 8, Eduardo Guerrero, head of the state prison system, announced 44 confirmed cases of Covid-19 among staff in Nuevo León state prisons and said that 90 prisoners had been placed in isolation in Cadereyta state prison after potentially being exposed to the virus. Evidence suggests that as many as 250 indigenous tribes may have dwelled near Monterrey, Cadereyta and Cerralvo, including t… The official report is that Aguilera Escamilla was accidentally electrocuted trying to change a lightbulb while wet from showering. A representative of a group of organizations that work with prisoners in Nuevo León told Human Rights Watch that, since May 2020, the organizations have received calls from several people detained in state prisons Apodaca 1 and 2 as well as from multiple family members, who said that detainees in those prisons were being isolated for Covid-19 symptoms in unsanitary conditions without access to running water, hygiene products, or medical treatment. We respectfully urge you to take all necessary measures to ensure that the situation does not deteriorate irreparably. Under Mexican and international law, state authorities have an obligation to protect the lives and personal safety of people in detention. Early HistoryAnthropological and archeological evidence suggests that early nomad hunters and gatherers arrived in the area now known as Nuevo Leon as early as 8900 B.C. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. As governor, you have a legal obligation to protect the safety and wellbeing of everyone in Nuevo León, including the staff and detainees at state prisons. As of August 11, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) reported 13 confirmed cases and one death from Covid-19 in Nuevo León’s prisons. The fact that three people have died under suspicious circumstances within weeks of each other in Nuevo León state prisons 1 and 2 in Apodaca is … Extortion and Abuses After the failure to populate the area, a group of Portuguese and Spanish settlers who were of Jewish descent, requested permission from the Spanish King to attempt to settle the area which would be called the New Kingdom of León and would fa… Please give now to support our work, Washington, DC, September 2, 2020 We have also received concerning allegations of prisoners being beaten and forced to pay bribes by criminal gangs who control the prisons and of people with symptoms of Covid-19 isolated in unhygienic, degrading conditions who have not been provided medical treatment. They also said that those who fail to pay are punished by being isolated, forced to clean the cells of other detainees, denied food, and sometimes beaten.
Prison authorities responded saying they had begun an investigation into the claims. The mantas said that criminal gangs operating in state prisons were forcing detainees and their families to pay bribes and protection charges and abusing and mistreating inmates who are unable to pay. Jaime Rodríguez José Miguel Vivanco