Arnoldo Rueda Medina aka "La Minsa" --a member of drug traffickers gang "La Familia Michoacana" (centre). Photo AFPMexico Aid Should Be Withheld, Human Rights Watch Says -- L.A. Times
It calls on the Obama administration to not release tens of millions of dollars under the Merida Initiative unless Mexico allows soldiers accused of drug war abuses to be tried in civilian courts.
Reporting from Mexico City -- Citing alleged rights abuses by Mexican soldiers assigned to the drug war, Human Rights Watch urged the Obama administration Monday to not release tens of millions of dollars in withheld security aid unless Mexico allows such abuse cases to be tried in civilian courts.
In a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S.-based group said Mexico's military courts had failed to bring to justice troops whom Human Rights Watch holds responsible for a "rapidly growing number of serious abuses."
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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War
Mexico identifies 12 slain as federal agents -- AP
Suspected drug hitmen dump 12 bodies on Mexico road -- Reuters
Tortured bodies found in Mexico -- BBC
Mexican gunmen kill security forces in escalation of drug war -- The Telegraph
Violence-plagued Mexican city reaches 1,000 drug-related killings -- CNN
Drug cartels launch Mexico's 'Tet offensive' -- Christian Science Monitor
My Comment: On the same day that Human Rights Watch is demanding that aid be stopped from going to Mexico .... 12 Mexican Federal Agents are found tortured and dead.
Hmmmm ..... Human Rights Watch appears to be operating under the assumption that a war is not happening south of the border.