As Mexico combats fears about rising crime, a soldier is caught on tape carrying out an execution
Kate Linthicum
MAY 10, 2017 4:05 PM REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY
The soldiers were caught on video carrying out what appears to be an extrajudicial killing.
In security camera images in Puebla state, a group of Mexican military officers fire on a car carrying suspected gasoline thieves. The soldiers then drag a man from the car who appears badly injured and lay him face-down in the street. A few moments later, a soldier fires a single bullet into the back of the man’s head.
It’s unclear what happened to two other men seen dragged from the car and off-camera.
The video, recorded May 3 and made public Wednesday by the news agency Diario Cambio, sparked outrage in Mexico, where lawmakers are debating several versions of a law that would legalize and expand the military’s enforcement of domestic security across the country.
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http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-execution-20170510-story.html
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