Witness: 21 killed by Mexico army had surrendered
Source: Associated Press
Witness: 21 killed by Mexico army had surrendered
Published on NewsOK Modified: September 18, 2014 at 1:05 pm Published: September 18, 2014
ARCELIA, Mexico (AP) A woman says she saw Mexican soldiers shoot and kill her 15-year-old daughter after a confrontation with a suspected drug gang even though the teenager was lying wounded on the ground. Twenty others also were shot and killed in rural southern Mexico after they surrendered and were disarmed, the mother told The Associated Press.
The Mexican government has maintained that all died during a fierce shootout when soldiers were fired on in the early morning of June 30. That version came into question because government troops suffered only one wounded, and physical evidence at the scene pointed toward more selective killings.
The witness said the army fired first at the armed group holed up at the warehouse. She said one gunman died in the initial shootout, and another gang member and her daughter were wounded. The rest of the gunmen surrendered on the promise they would not be hurt, she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.
After the gang surrendered, the girl, Erika Gomez Gonzalez, lay face down in the ground, a bullet wound in her leg. Soldiers rolled her over while she was still alive and shot her more than half a dozen times in the chest, her mother said. Another suspected gang member was injured in the initial attack.
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)The Mexican Army largely gets away with it.
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)over and over again. even though the mexican government "maintains" justified murder - the people are questioning and witnesses are talking. very brave of them. the commoners are understanding how corrupt the mexican government has become and beginning to organize. one small group at a time.