Luis Gómez Romero

Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong.

Mexican women are angry about rape, murder and government neglect — and they want the world to know

August 21, 2019

With 1,812 women murdered between January and July this year — about 10 a day — Mexico is Latin America’s second-most dangerous country for women, after Brazil, according to the United Nations. More than 200 Mexican women have been kidnapped so far in 2019.

El Chapo trial shows why a wall won't stop drugs from crossing the US-Mexico border

The Conversation

January 17, 2019

The trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera's is a telenovela-style explainer on why a wall is unlikely to stop the lucrative US-Mexico drug trade.

Amnesty for drug traffickers? That's one Mexican presidential candidate's pitch to voters.

The Conversation

May 22, 2018

Can Mexico become a ‘loving republic’ built on forgiveness rather than punishment?

Luis Gómez Romero

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