Report Cites Abuses by Mexican Military

Autor: Manuel Roig-Franzia

Fuente: Washington Post, 12 de julio de 2008.

Fragmento del original: The National Human Rights Commission on Friday accused the Mexican military of wrongfully killing eight civilians at roadblocks, torturing witnesses and allowing soldiers accused of rights violations to escape prosecution during its continuing campaign against drug cartels. 

In a lengthy report, commission investigators documented a case of soldiers jamming splinters beneath the fingernails and toenails of a witness and forcibly injecting alcohol down his throat.  The man had been mistaken for a drug dealer operating in the hills near the border south of Phoenix, the report said. 

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