Dokument #1073581
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on the Federal Electoral
Institute (Instituto Federal Electoral, IFE)'s work in the city of
León, Guanajuato, including whether it was involved in
electoral fraud could be found among the sources consulted by the
Research Directorate.
Please note that the Civic Alliance
(Alianza Civica), a domestic non-government organization that
monitors elections in Mexico, report entitled
Observación Electoral 1997 Informes makes reference
to IFE irregularities taking place in Coatzacoalcos, Agua Dulce and
Jalapa, all in the State of Veracruz (1997, 16). The report makes
no mention of IFE electoral irregularities in the city of
León, Guanajuato.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
Reference
Alianza Civica. 1997. Observacion
Electoral 1997 Informes. Mexico: Alianza Civica.
Additional Sources Consulted
Journal of Interamerican Studies and
World Affairs [Miami]. 1997
Keesing's Record of World Events
1997. September 1997.
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
July-September 1997.
Latin America Regional Reports:
Mexico and NAFTA Report [London]. July-September 1997.
Mexico NewsPak [Austin].
July-September 1997.
NACLA Report on the Americas [New York].
1997.
Resource Centre Country File: Mexico.
July-September 1997.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR database), World News
Connection (WNC).