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Asio flammeus en la Península de Yucatán: la importancia de los especímenes en las colecciones de museo.McAndrews et al. (2006) describieron el “primer registro documentado” del búho cuerno corto (Asio flammeus) para el estado de Yucatán. Debido a la aparente falta de un ejemplar voucher colectado por Phillips y Dickerman, no se había considerado su presencia en el estado de Campeche; sin embargo, al revisarse la colección del Museo de las Aves de México, dicho ejemplar apareció. Con ello se resalta la importancia de contar con ejemplares voucher en las colecciones científicas.

The convergence between wildlife trafficking and other serious crimes has received increasing attention within criminological studies. The present study examines how and why Mexican organized crime groups, in particular drug cartels, have shifted their operations from drug trafficking into specific parts of the illegal trade in totoaba maw. By drawing upon literature research, semi-structured interviews and official documents of the Mexican state, empirical data indicate that Mexican organized crime groups may infiltrate into the poaching and smuggling of totoaba maw as a result of a diversification process, influenced by the social context in which these groups operate. The different interactions between actors involved along the supply chain revealed that organized crime groups adapt to new illicit markets by means of corruption and violence; by establishing alliances with local fishermen and Asian criminal networks along the trafficking chain; by using their existing routes and concealment methods. Finally, in the light of this empirical evidence that infers the complexity of crime convergence, we suggest the introduction of a National Environmental Task Force in Mexico.

BackgroundImmigration is a determinant of tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology. The US-Mexican border state of Tamaulipas serves as a migration waypoint for further immigration to the US, and has the second highest incidence of TB in Mexico. Here, we determined the contribution and characteristics of immigrants to the TB burden in Tamaulipas.MethodsTB surveillance data from Tamaulipas (2006-2013) was used to conduct a cross-sectional characterization of TB immigrants (born outside Tamaulipas) and identify their association with TB treatment outcomes.ResultsImmigrants comprised 30.8% of the TB patients, with >99% originating from internal Mexican migration. Most migration was from South to North, with cities adjacent to the US border as destinations. Immigrants had higher odds of risk factors for TB [older age (≥ 65 yr old, OR 2.4, 95% CI 2.1, 2.8), low education (OR 1.3, 95% CI 1.2, 1.4), diabetes (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.1, 1.4)], or abandoning TB treatment (adjusted OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.0, 1.5).ConclusionsThe US port of entry of Tamaulipas has a predominant south to north migration, positively impacting TB prevalence in this region. There is a need to identify strategies to prevent and manage TB more effectively in this Mexican migration waypoint.

Background. Due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), some social sectors were affected;one of them is girls and women, and it is feared some inequalities may worse. Objective. To analyze pneumonia, hospitalizations, and fatality among confirmed cases of COVID-19, by the state of residence, in Mexican women under 19 years. Methods. A quantitative, ecological, comparative, and retrolective study was designed. The study population was female patients under 19 years whose data was available from the Mexican open National Epidemiological Surveillance System database up to March 31, 2021. For each Mexican state and at the national level, the proportion of pneumonia, hospitalized, and Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) among confirmed cases were calculated, besides descriptive statistics. The state with the lowest proportion of pneumonia, hospitalizations, and CFR was used as the baseline group to calculate Odds Ratio (ORs) and Attributable Fraction both in exposed and the population. The linear relationship between pneumonia cases proportion and hospitalizations with CFR was tested. Test results with p-values under .05 were considered statistically significant. Data analysis was performed in STATA 13.0 ® (Stata Corp., College Station, TX, USA). Results. The number of registries analyzed was 48,091. Attributable Fractions were above 0.7 for most states. Most ORs were high and statistically significant. The correlation between hospitalization proportion, pneumonia proportion, and CFR was high. High values for the Attributable Fractions and ORs were observed among states from the Mexican coastlines. Conclusion. Level and quality of attention vary across states, which was observed through the values of Attributable Fractions and ORs. Although women under 19 years seem to be mildly affected by COVID-19 in clinical regard, the socioeconomic effects of the pandemic in this sector must be studied and addressed. The sharing of strategies among states may benefit the attention of the COVID-19 emergency is a primary goal.

El presente trabajo es un producto de revisión documental que tuvo por objetivo analizar los derechos de las mujeres en el Estado mexicano desde una perspectiva de los derechos humanos para la igualdad de género. El estudio enfoca un análisis reflexivo a la norma jurídica desde un abordaje crítico jurídico. Se aplicó una metodología cualitativa desde el método exegético y dogmático partiendo del análisis documental. En el estudio se observa el marco teórico-jurídico de los derechos de las mujeres, así como la igualdad de género en el Estado Mexicano. En el estudio se observó que uno de los grupos que ha sufrido las graves consecuencias de la discriminación y de los cuales se han vulnerado sus derechos de manera arrasadora son las mujeres. Se concluye la necesidad de generar mecanismos de atención en perspectiva de derechos humanos para salvaguardar los derechos de las mujeres.

Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, la capital mexicana experimentó un crecimiento demográfico inusitado. Entre otros aspectos, la migración y el proceso de industrialización llevaron a preocupaciones morales sobre la transformación del espacio urbano y el surgimiento de la mujer moderna. Por su parte, el estado mexicano asoció la epidemia de sífilis de la década de los años veinte con la proliferación de la prostitución. Este marco social propició una abundante producción de cine y música prostibularia que se expresó a través de géneros como el bolero, el danzón y el fox-trot. A través de la proyección en la pantalla de un tema tabú como la prostitución, se reprodujeron mensajes más o menos moralizantes que reforzaban la noción de familia patriarcal y la preservación de la virginidad femenina. Uno de los ejemplos más representativos de este tipo de filmes es Santa (1931). La censura de los géneros musicales prostibularios por parte de los folcloristas mexicanos se alineaba con el modelo de familia promovido por el estado posrevolucionario que reconocía en las mujeres a las encargadas de salvaguardar los valores familiares. El cine y la música de temática prostibularia dejó escaso o nulo espacio para abordar tramas distintas a las del amor romántico, expresado habitualmente por personajes masculinos enamorados las prostitutas, que terminaban siendo los verdaderos protagonistas de estas historias.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death in 2019, Netflix released two limited series focused on Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio and his assassination. 1994 (directed by Diego Enrique Osorno) and Crime Diaries: The Candidate (Historia de un crimen: Colosio, directed by Hiromi Kamata and Natalia Beristáin) are, respectively, a documentary series and a drama, both delving into the political conjuncture surrounding both Colosio’s candidacy and the investigations subsequent to his assassination. Since his dramatic death, the image of Colosio has maintained its associations with heroism and his unrealized presidency has come to embody the “México que no fue,” a radically innovated Mexican state that never was and, possibly, will never be. Both series rely on the exploitation of original footage and underlying political takes on the events. This analysis will critically compare the two series from three main thematic perspectives: the Mexican political context at the time of the assassination; Colosio’s characterization and private life; and the procedural aspects of the investigations.