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Incident on 23 June 2011 [+] Print this page

Location: Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León [+]

Country: Mexico [+]

Violation types: Violations against the right to liberty [+]

Perpetrator classifications: Navy [+]

Location


This incident took place in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico [+]

Description


According to Human Rights Watch: "on June 23, 2011, at approximately 4 p.m., Jesús Víctor Llano Muñoz, 22, a taxi driver in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, was stopped at a Navy checkpoint that had been set up outside of a hotel where the taxi company’s dispatch station is located. His father, also a taxi driver, was at the station at the time. When he saw the Navy personnel remove his son from his taxi and load him into a Navy pick-up truck, he approached and asked why they were detaining his son. An official responded, “If he’s not involved in anything, I’ll hand him over to you shortly.” Minutes later, the truck in which his son was being held drove off in a convoy of approximately 20 vehicles. His family filed complaints with the state prosecutor’s office in Sabinas Hidalgo that day, which said it had no information about his case. They also inquired at the Navy base, which said they were not holding him. Llano’s whereabouts remain unknown, and no members of the Navy have been charged in the case." [+]

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