Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to call to order this meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights. We have a special session today. We're taking a break from our other committee business to look at a very important issue: the human rights situation in Mexico.
I want to thank Amnesty International—I think Kathy is here—for bringing in and helping to organize this particular visit of human rights defenders. I want to allow the maximum time, so at this point I'm going to quickly introduce our guests.
I'm going to introduce you in order of speaking, if that's okay. I'll ask each of you to maybe take five minutes, just so we have plenty of time to have some questions from the members of the subcommittee.
We have with us Rachel Vincent, from the Canadian Council for International Co-operation; Santiago Aguirre, from the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Center for Human Rights; Araceli Tecolapa Alejo, indigenous human rights defender, from the Morelos y Pavón Human Rights Center; and, Daniela Pastrana, journalist and coordinator of investigations for Periodistas de a Pie.
I will ask Ms. Vincent to begin. Each of you can have five minutes. Thank you so much.