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| Mexico police arbitrarily executed 22 in cartel clash, says human rights body | Mexico police arbitrarily executed 22 in cartel clash, says human rights body |
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| Mexico’s federal police arbitrarily executed 22 people on a ranch in the western state of Michoacán last year, the country’s human rights commission said on Thursday. | |
| National Human Rights Commission president Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez said there were also two cases of torture and two more deaths caused by excessive force. | National Human Rights Commission president Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez said there were also two cases of torture and two more deaths caused by excessive force. |
| “The investigation confirmed facts that show grave human rights violations attributable to public servants of the federal police,” Gonzalez said. | “The investigation confirmed facts that show grave human rights violations attributable to public servants of the federal police,” Gonzalez said. |
| Related: Mexico suffering from 'serious crisis of violence and impunity', report says | Related: Mexico suffering from 'serious crisis of violence and impunity', report says |
| One police officer was killed in the confrontation on 22 May 2015. The government said the dead were drug cartel suspects who were hiding out on a ranch in Tanhuato near the border with Jalisco state. | One police officer was killed in the confrontation on 22 May 2015. The government said the dead were drug cartel suspects who were hiding out on a ranch in Tanhuato near the border with Jalisco state. |
| The commission also threw doubt on the government’s explanation of what led to the clash in the first place. Federal police had said they encountered a truck and took fire from its passengers before being led to the ranch. | The commission also threw doubt on the government’s explanation of what led to the clash in the first place. Federal police had said they encountered a truck and took fire from its passengers before being led to the ranch. |
| The commission’s report said the government did not produce evidence that supported that account. | The commission’s report said the government did not produce evidence that supported that account. |
| The lopsided death toll of 42-to-1 had led to suspicions of extrajudicial killings. | |
| The commission’s investigation found that 40 of the civilians killed were shot. One died in a fire and another was run over. | The commission’s investigation found that 40 of the civilians killed were shot. One died in a fire and another was run over. |
| The government had refused to release the autopsy reports of the victims. The government’s transparency watchdog earlier said there was no evidence to indicate human rights violations. | The government had refused to release the autopsy reports of the victims. The government’s transparency watchdog earlier said there was no evidence to indicate human rights violations. |