Meanwhile in Mexico, two soldiers face military charges following the release of a video showing them helping a federal police officer torture a civilian woman during an interrogation. The video shows officers pulling the woman’s hair, putting a rifle muzzle against her head and placing her head in a plastic bag as she thrashes and nearly passes out. The interrogation took place last February in Guerrero state, the same state where 43 students went missing after an encounter with local police in September 2014. Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission confirmed Thursday a witness has reported two federal police were present when some of the students were taken off a bus and disappeared. The account bolsters earlier journalists’ reports pointing to a role by federal police as well as the Mexican military in the disappearance of the 43 students.
Mexican Soldiers Charged in Torture; Witness Says Federal Police Present as 43 Students Disappeared
HeadlineApr 15, 2016
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