Mexican torture videos reveal ties with US military contractors

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Mexican torture videos reveal ties with US military contractors

Mexican torture videos reveal ties with US military contractors
By Kevin Martinez and Rafael Azul
11 July 2008

On July 1, videos surfaced on the Internet and Mexican television depicting police officers practicing torture techniques in the city of León, Guanajuato...

Two men have been identified from the videos by the Mexican press: Jerry Wilson, a British national, and Gerardo Arrechea, a Cuban-Mexican. It is now known that both men are employed by Risk Incorporated, a military contractor based in Miami, Florida...

The videotapes emerged on the day that the Bush Administration signed into effect the Mérida Initiative, also known as Plan Mexico.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/mex-j11.shtml

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