Police 'torture' videos cause uproar in Mexico
Published: 07.01.2008
Two of the videos — broadcast by national television networks and displayed on newspaper Internet sites — showed what
But many Mexicans saw a sinister side, especially at a moment when other police and soldiers across the country are struggling with scandals over alleged abuses.
"They are teaching police ... to torture!" read the headline in the
The Guanajuato state human rights commission said it had opened an investigation.
One of the videos, first obtained by the newspaper El Heraldo de Leon, shows police appearing to squirt water up a man's nose - a technique once notorious among Mexican police. Then they dunk his head in a hole said to be full of excrement and rats. The man gasps for air and moans repeatedly.
Labels: Local Law Enforcement, Mexican Society
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