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Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
today
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office is investigating a possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers that left five men dead in May in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, according to a federal official.
A video, originally reported Tuesday evening by U.S.-based Univision and Spain’s El Pais newspaper, apparently shows the daytime incident.
The federal official who was not authorized to comment on the case and requested anonymity, confirmed that the Attorney General’s Office had opened an investigation. The official would not say when the investigation began.
A security camera shows a black pickup truck crashing full speed into a wall. A Mexican military truck with a gun turret arrives shortly thereafter and runs into the passenger side of the pickup, blocking the front and back doors.
Soldiers then pull five men from the pickup, disarming and kicking them, then lining them up against the wall.
More:
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-soldiers-extrajudicial-killings-446e980a0c5c43767aefc5e4a01a0831