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Incident on 1 March 2010 [+] Print this page

Location: Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero [+]

Country: Mexico [+]

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

Perpetrator classifications: Army [+]

Location


This incident took place in Iguala de la Independencia, Guerrero, Mexico [+]

Description


According to Human Rights Watch: "On March 1, 2010, Francis Alejandro García Orozco, 32, Lenin Vladimir Pita Barrera, 18, Sergio Menes Landa, 22, Olimpo Hernández Villa, 34, Andrés Antonio Orduña Vázquez, 21, and Zozimo Chacón Jiménez, 22, were abducted from the nightclub in Iguala, Guerrero, where they worked. Strong evidence points to the participation of members of the Army in the crime, including video camera footage showing what appear to be military vehicles participating in the abduction, an eyewitness account and official complaint that put soldiers at the scene of the crime that night, and statements by the military acknowledging that it had contact with the victims that night." [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
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