Feb 28th, 2006 by ravi
Mexico and Leftists

A grim reminder of what it still is, in this world, to be a [real] leftist.

BBC NEWS | Mexico ‘dirty war’ crimes alleged

The Mexican government and military committed “crimes against humanity” in the so-called “dirty war” against left-wing rebels, a leaked report says.

The report was prepared for current President Vicente Fox but has not been released. A US NGO has printed material saying Mexicans had a right to know.

The army kidnapped, tortured and killed hundreds of rebel suspects, says the report, which covers 1964 to 1982.

Mexico’s special prosecutor says the report is biased and has been revised.

‘Death flights’

The draft report’s authors write: “The authoritarian attitude with which the Mexican state wished to control social dissent created a spiral of violence which… led it to commit crimes against humanity, including genocide.”

They say they base their findings partly on declassified military, police and interior ministry documents and list for the first time the names of officers allegedly involved in the abuses.

The report says that units detained or summarily executed men and boys in villages suspected of links to rebel leader Lucio Cabanas.

Detainees were forced to drink gasoline and tortured with beatings and electric shocks, it says.

Bodies of dozens of leftists were dumped in the Pacific Ocean during helicopter “death flights” from military bases in Acapulco and elsewhere.

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  • Dear rationafool,

    Thanks for blogging this. I would have liked to but don’t have the time. What is disturbing is that Mexico is a Perfect Dicatorship which is just permitting other parties to share power.

    Is anyone actually going to pay the price for these horrific crimes?

    The Perfect Dictatorship slowly punishes itself while reinventing itself to retain control.

    PEACE
    David
    http://future-state.blogspot.com/

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