Moreno files UN complaint over alleged rights violations

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Tribuna Sonora reports that Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, leader of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, submitted a complaint to the United Nations alleging systematic violations of democratic rights and freedoms under the Morena-led government. The report says Moreno addressed the document to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and asked the international body to consider what he described as democratic deterioration in Mexico. The claims were presented by Moreno and are not independent findings by the United Nations.

According to the report, Moreno alleged that government institutions have published or maintained lists involving critics, journalists, media outlets, digital platforms and citizens who have challenged the administration. He also criticized what he described as censorship and pressure against the opposition. The article says he raised concerns about the registration of telephone lines with biometric data, the crisis of forced disappearances and alleged links between authorities and organized crime. Tribuna Sonora does not provide evidence establishing those accusations as fact.

Moreno said Mexico is experiencing a concentration of power that threatens freedoms, rights and institutions, the report says. He also declared that his party would continue denouncing what it considers abuses and would defend the country’s democratic institutions. The article includes his political statements but does not identify a response from the Mexican government or the United Nations. The allegations should therefore be understood as claims by an opposition leader, not as adjudicated findings.