Mexico calls on U.S. to probe police killings of its nationals

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Mexico calls on U.S. to probe police killings of its nationals
Source: Reuters - Mon, 2 Mar 2015 21:34 GMT

MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Reuters) - Mexico's government on Monday called on the United States to investigate a string of killings of its nationals by American police, voicing "profound consternation and irritation" at what it called a presumed excessive use of force.

The Mexican foreign ministry said it had asked the U.S. Department of Justice to help investigate the fatal shooting of Mexican citizen Ernesto Javier Canepa Diaz on Feb. 27 by police in Santa Ana, California.

It was the third fatal shooting of Mexicans by U.S. police in under a month, the Mexican government said.

Antonio Zambrano Montes, 35, an unemployed orchard worker from Mexico's Michoacan state, was killed last month in Pasco, a city of 68,000 residents in Washington state's agricultural heartland. The shooting was captured on video.


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[iscooterliberally]

1. Killing Mexican Nationals. Stealing from Canadians...way to go...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736

[hopemountain]

2. well, fair is fair

however, the mexican government must also account for the slaughter of mejicanos indijenos by the government supported corrupt factions of their own government and the drug cartels. as well as take accountability for the poverty and lack of opportunity in mexico that drives the people to cross the border.

[truebluegreen]

6. and we need to take responsibility for exporting our extraordinarily stupid and counter-productive

War on Drugs to Mexico and elsewhere.

Fair is fair.

[geek tragedy]

3. Mexico should investigate Mexican police killing Mexicans, and the US should investigate

the US police killing US citizens as well.

[samsingh]

4. what an incredible turn of events - even Mexico thinks our police are corrupt!

[hack89]

5. When US cops start massacring people by the bus load

then they can think that.