Migrant Massacre Puts Focus On Mexican Police Corruption By Jean Luis Arce
02/11/21 AT 8:36 PM
The massacre of a group of migrants whose charred bodies were found in northern Mexico has shone a spotlight on the entrenched links between police and criminals in the violence-ridden country.
A dozen elite police officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of 19 people, including at least 14 Guatemalans, near the US border last month.
They are suspected of being connected to gangs battling for control of lucrative people-smuggling routes to the United States. This case is extreme and unacceptable: people who were in the police but who were really criminals, said Maria Elena Morera, president of Common Cause, a non-governmental organization that advocates security reforms.
Identifican a tres guatemaltecos más entre víctimas de masacre
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Matan y queman a otras cuatro personas en Tamaulipas
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México identifica a 5 guatemaltecos asesinados en Tamaulipas
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