La Jornada: "Air Base Santa Lucia, Mexico State. The planes and helicopters that were recently acquired by the Air Force are used to support the Mexican army in the war against drug trafficking, but only for aerial operations. According to international legal rules, their artillery cannot be used against civilians, affirmed Mexican Air Force lieutenant Jorge Arrendondo Abitia.
“International human rights law tells us that we can’t intervene in the combat against these criminal groups (which are using rocketlaunchers, bombs, or grenade launchers). It’s a question of proportionality with the respect to the enemy,” said the lieutenant during a conference with journalists. Arrendondo Abitia spoke to them about the infrastructure of the Air Force uses." Full Spanish original
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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