Report claims abuses by police, others of illegal immigrants

SHERYL KORNMAN

Published: 12.11.2007

A report issued Monday by the Border Action Network here says "local police were involved in the largest number of reported incidences" of "possible human rights violations" between September and November.

The report does not indicate the date, time or place of the alleged incidents nor the number of people allegedly abused in each incident or their names, ages, sex or ethnicity.

Tucson police had not seen the report by midday Monday.

"We can't possibly comment on something where we can't verify those allegations," said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a spokesman for the Tucson Police Department. "We're not going to speculate."

Jennifer Allen spoke in Spanish on behalf of the human rights group at a news conference at Iglesia de Dios Church, about eight miles south of Tucson.

She said the report is based on information collected by "trained abuse documenters" who used a standardized form.

Imagine - a document with no facts!!! In literary circles, don't they refer to that as fiction?