In a 9 September 1997 telephone interview, a representative of Alianza Civica in Mexico City stated that from 1995 to the present its members have not suffered abuses or abusive treatment from Mexican authorities.

Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.

Reference

Alianza Civica, Mexico City. 9 September 1997. Telephone interview with representative.

Additional Sources Consulted

Amnesty International Report. Yearly.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Latin America Daily Report.

Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. Monthly.

Latin American Weekly Report [London].

Latinamerica Press [Lima]. Weekly.

Mexico NewsPak [Austin, Tex.]. Fortnightly.

Material from the Indexed Media Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the Weekly Media Review.

Newspapers and periodicals pertaining to the appropriate region.

Electronic sources: DIRB databases, Global NewsBank, NEXIS, Internet and Refworld (UNHCR database).

Note:

This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not included.