Mexico Human Rights

Mexico Police Allegedly Tortured 5 Suspects

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican human rights authorities say five men detained in the killings of two agents and a car-bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez were tortur...

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Report: Torture, Forced Disappearances And Extra-Judicial Killings In Mexico's Drug War

AP | KATHERINE CORCORAN | Posted 01.09.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Israel Arzate Melendez said soldiers snatched him off the street, gave him electric shocks, asphyxiated him and threatened that hi...

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U.S. Withholding Aid To Mexico Over Human-Rights Abuses

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration is withholding $26 million in aid to Mexico, recommending that the government give more power to its human rights commission ...

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Mexico Anti-Drug Aid Delayed Due To Human Rights Criticism

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., blocked the release of a favorable State Department report on Mexico's human rights record, The Washingt...

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