Mexico Torturing Citizens in Drug War, says WaPo
Come on, Mexico. If you’re going to torture, make sure they’re not your own citizens, and do it Egypt, where those uppity Human Rights people can’t report. It’s called extraordinary rendition, duh! From WaPo:
In Puerto Las Ollas, a mountain village of 50 people in the southern state of Guerrero, residents recounted how soldiers seeking information last month stuck needles under the fingernails of a disabled 37-year-old farmer, jabbed a knife into the back of his 13-year-old nephew …to extract confessions, soldiers beat them, held plastic bags over their heads until some lost consciousness, strapped their feet to a ceiling while dunking their heads in water and applied electric shocks ...
In the state of Michoacán, investigators with the government’s National Human Rights Commission concluded that the army committed abuses against 65 people over three days – including several cases of torture and the rape of two girls – after five soldiers were killed in an attack in May 2007. ...
U.S. officials warned that the abuse allegations could lead Congress to withhold more than $100 million in anti-narcotics assistance….
The State Department’s Mérida human rights report will be delivered to Congress within weeks, according to a U.S. official involved in the process.
Good job, [WaPo]
