7 police officers accused of torturing women

Source: Associated Press

7 police officers accused of torturing women
July 03, 2015

MEXICO CITY: Authorities in Mexico on Wednesday formally accused seven state police officers of torturing three women who survived a confrontation a year ago in which soldiers allegedly killed at least a dozen suspected gang members after they surrendered.

Four of the police officers have been detained and a judge is expected to issue an arrest warrant for the other three, according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office in Mexico state, where the killings took place.

The charges came a year after the bloodshed at a warehouse on June 30, 2014.

In November, three soldiers were charged with aggravated homicide and four others, including a lieutenant, were charged with “actions improper to the public service” for failing to report the killings. But there have been no trials.


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