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Rogelio Vargas


Rogelio Vargas Rodríguez has a degree in International Relations from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He completed a semester academic stay at the School of Politics and Economics at Meiji University in Tokyo.

Last updated April 2019


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Japanese Migrants facing Criminal Justice in Mexico
Part 4: Shinichi Morishita and the Fire of the Japanese Association

May 20, 2019 • Carlos Uscanga , Rogelio Vargas

Shinichi Morishita was arrested in December 1926 for the murder of Saburo Mashiko, the then secretary of the Japanese Association based in Mexicali, Baja California. The popular jury that would judge Morishita would be formed almost two years later. The resolution of this body would acquit him, unanimously, of the crime on February 2, 1928; without mentioning in the file the reasons for that decision. However, the acquittal sentence would be annulled by the criminal judge of the Northern District …

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Japanese Migrants facing Criminal Justice in Mexico
Part 3: Francisco Nishikawa Nakamura - In Self Defense

May 13, 2019 • Carlos Uscanga , Rogelio Vargas

Francisco Nishikawa Nakamura, a Japanese migrant residing in the Santa María de la Ribera neighborhood of the Federal District, killed his compatriot Francisco Ozaki in self-defense in Manuel Matsumoto's carpentry workshop, the latter being a witness to the events. For that act, Nishikawa was, in the first instance, acquitted by the courts of the first criminal court. Said resolution would be annulled by the public ministry for not being convincing in the light of the facts, which is why it …

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Japanese Migrants facing Criminal Justice in Mexico
Part 2: Isaac Nagaya Tanaka and the Risks of the Apothecary

May 6, 2019 • Carlos Uscanga , Rogelio Vargas

Isaac Nagaya Tanaka (Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 1890) was a naturalized Mexican apothecary and merchant of Japanese origin who lived in the town of Huixtla, Chiapas, being the owner of the “San Francisco” pharmacy located on the central-north avenue of that municipality. On March 6, 1950, the mixed court of first instance of that town issued an order of formal imprisonment to the complainant for the manslaughter of Pedro García de Labra for a vaccine that the Japanese had given him …

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Japanese Migrants facing Criminal Justice in Mexico
Part 1: Francisco Ishino Kawanishi and the Smuggling Accusation

April 29, 2019 • Carlos Uscanga , Rogelio Vargas

Presentation In Latin America, it is a field of study that has been little analyzed as to how Asian migrants, particularly Japanese, faced - at different times - various vicissitudes before criminal justice. Existing studies have given priority to the analysis of the adaptation of new migrants to the rules of society and their ability to improve through hard work, honesty and a great sense of honor. However, the above loses sight of the fact that during their residence and …

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