US EditionMexico's truth commission reveals new evidence of ‘death flights’ during 1965-1990 'dirty war'
- Mexico's Truth Commission revealed new evidence of “death flights” during the 1965-1990 “dirty war” where authorities disposed of dissident bodies.
- The 4,000-page report details executions, torture, and forced displacement targeting various social groups, with few abuses prosecuted.
- The report noted that the Army and National Intelligence Center have hidden documents and destroyed evidence to conceal the truth.
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Mexico reveals evidence of 'death flights' during 1965-90 'dirty war'
mexico city — More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in "death flights" during the country's 1965-90 "dirty war. " Mexico's governmental Truth Commission said in a report Friday that recollections by witnesses and documents leaked over the years described the chilling last moments of the victims. The executions were part of an effort by the Mexican government at the time to eliminate leftist soci…
Mexico's Truth Commission Reveals New Evidence of ‘Death Flights’ During 1965-1990 'Dirty War'
According to testimony by Gustavo Tarín, who served in a military police unit at the time, the same pistol was used so often in the killings that soldiers came up with a nickname for it: “the sword of justice.”
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Mexico's truth commission reveals new evidence of ‘death flights’ during 1965-1990 'dirty war'
MEXICO CITY (AP) — More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in “death flights” during the country’s 1965-1990 “dirty war. ” Mexico’s governmental Truth Commission said in a report Friday that recollections by witnesses and documents leaked over the years described the chilling last moments of the victims. The […]
Today we present to Mexican society the Fue el Estado 1965-1990 collection of the report of the Mechanism for Truth and Historical Clarification (MEH), one of the five axes on which the Commission for Access to Truth, Historical Clarification and the Promotion of Justice for Serious Human Rights Violations Committed from 1965 to 1990 (CoVEH) was constituted. Continue reading
The report of the Historical Clarification Mechanism reveals that the Mexican State used a systematic strategy of repression, torture and forced disappearances, which has persisted under the pretext of the war on drugs.
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