Police Torture and Sexual Violence in Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Weekend Edition
May 13 / 14, 2006

Police Torture and Sexual Violence in Mexico
"They Ordered Me to Lay My Head In a Pool of Blood"

By VALENTINA PALMA NOVOA

My name is Valentina Palma Novoa. I am 30 years old, and I have spent the last 11 years of my life in Mexico. I am a student at the National School of Anthropology and History, currently in my fourth year studying Cinematography at the Center for Cinematographic Study. I have an FM 3 student visa.

I would like to share with you the events that I witnessed during the violent incidents that occurred in the town of San Salvador Atenco on Thursday, May 4, 2006, which ended with my unjust and arbitrary expulsion from the country.

1.- On Wednesday, May 3, after seeing the news on television and learning of the death of a 14-year-old boy, I was moved by the death of this small child and, as an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, decided to go to San Salvador Atenco to assess the situation.

I spent the night in the town, documenting the patrol posts that the people of the town had set up, and interviewing the guards. It was cold. I drew closer to the small fires that the people had built and continued to take pictures. The light of dawn announced a new day: Thursday, May 4.
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http://www.counterpunch.org/novoa05132006.html

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The fact the Mexican government has been operating this way under Vicente Fox has been quite well hidden from the American public.
Looks as if _Bush's friend really needs to go.