Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers
The Hindu
A Mexican federal official says the Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers that left five men dead in May in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers that left five men dead in May in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, according to a federal official.
A video, originally reported on the evening of June 6 by U.S.-based Univision and Spain's El Pais newspaper, apparently shows the daytime incident.
The federal official who was not authorised to comment on the case and requested anonymity, confirmed that the Attorney General’s Office had opened an investigation. The official would not say when the investigation began.
A security camera shows a black pickup truck crashing full speed into a wall. A Mexican military truck with a gun turret arrives shortly thereafter and runs into the passenger side of the pickup, blocking the front and back doors.
Soldiers then pull five men from the pickup, disarming and kicking them, then lining them up against the wall.
Soldiers then turn back toward the road and appear to open fire. Their apparent attackers are out of frame. Some soldiers while sheltering behind the pickup, turn their guns on the men against the wall.
Later, the soldiers walk around the scene calmly. One, using a red bag apparently to avoid leaving fingerprints, picks up guns and places them next to the bodies.