MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico has created a new federal position to prosecute violence against women and human exploitation, as rights groups urge the government to do more to investigate the killings of women, especially along the U.S. border.
The position, announced on Thursday, will replace a similar post created in 2006 and will add migrant smuggling, child labor and other human exploitation to its caseload.
The new prosecutor, Guadalupe Morfin - who previously served in a similar post aimed at combatting violence against women in Ciudad Juarez - will report to Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora.
The attorney general told Radio Formula that he welcomes the expanded role for his office.
Human exploitation "is a serious problem that we see daily, and we don't have the adequate structure to deal with it," Medina Mora said.
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Importance: Mexican citizens rising concern in human rights indicates the country's move into post-industrialism. In addition to the crimes many Mexican women have been subject to, many are also faced with a struggle for basic civil liberties garuanteed by the constitution, especially women from indigenous groups whose culture and traditions bar from such civic acts as voting. (Watch the video on the website).
The position, announced on Thursday, will replace a similar post created in 2006 and will add migrant smuggling, child labor and other human exploitation to its caseload.
The new prosecutor, Guadalupe Morfin - who previously served in a similar post aimed at combatting violence against women in Ciudad Juarez - will report to Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora.
The attorney general told Radio Formula that he welcomes the expanded role for his office.
Human exploitation "is a serious problem that we see daily, and we don't have the adequate structure to deal with it," Medina Mora said.
Full Story
Importance: Mexican citizens rising concern in human rights indicates the country's move into post-industrialism. In addition to the crimes many Mexican women have been subject to, many are also faced with a struggle for basic civil liberties garuanteed by the constitution, especially women from indigenous groups whose culture and traditions bar from such civic acts as voting. (Watch the video on the website).
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