Mexico police may have killed fleeing civilians during two recent shootings
Mexico police may have killed fleeing civilians during two recent shootings
Evidence gathered by New York-based Human Rights Watch suggests police shot protesters and suspects who surrendered in two shootings that killed 50
Associated Press in Mexico City
Wednesday 28 October 2015 12.23 EDT
Evidence in two recent shooting cases suggests that Mexican federal police killed protesting civilians and criminal suspects who were fleeing or had surrendered, according to Human Rights Watch.
The New York-based organization Human Rights Watch is the second international group to call on the Mexican government to clarify the events of 6 January in Apatzingan and 22 May in Tanhuato, both in the western state of Michoacan.
A combined total of 50 people were killed in the two confrontations that caused barely any police casualties.
In Tanhuato, 42 suspected criminals died in a reported shootout and one federal police officer was killed. In Apatzingan, eight civilians were shot dead in the street, some huddled together beneath an SUV for protection.
More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/28/mexico-shootings-police-killed-civilians-report
