Aug 8, 2011

Human Rights in the Whack-a-mole Drug War: Rights Groups Contend Mexican Military Has Heavy Hand in Drug Cases - NYTimes.com

A look into human rights abuses growing out of the drug war

Rights Groups Contend Mexican Military Has Heavy Hand in Drug Cases - NYTimes.com: "The marines barged in at dawn and grabbed her 27-year-old son, dragging him away with a look of fear frozen on his face, Maria del Socorro Maldonado said. He was rushed out clad only in orange shorts.

I asked if I could give him some clothes, flip-flops, a shirt, and they just took him,” she said, still in shock as she recounted the June 28 raid at her home near here.

She has not seen him since. The marines, increasingly used as part of a military saturation of the area to fight drug gangs, say they do not have her son, René Jasso Maldonado, while the local police keep telling the family to check with the marines. Where he is, or even who took him, remains a mystery."

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