Mexican police massacred civilians in January: report
Mexican police massacred civilians in January: report
By AFP 2 hours ago.
Federal police gunned down 16 civilians in western Mexico in January, a report said, contradicting official accounts that nine people had died in the crossfire of a shootout.
The investigation by journalist Laura Castellanos, which was published Sunday by the weekly magazine Proceso and the news website Aristegui Noticias, is the latest allegation of abuse to hit Mexico's security forces.
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Authorities have said nine people died from "friendly fire" when former members of a rural militia clashed with federal police in Apatzingan. Officials detained 44 people that day.
But Castellanos' report, based on 39 anonymous witness accounts, videos, audio recordings and documents, said the victims were never armed with more than sticks when federal police opened fire in two incidents on January 6.
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