Mexico: Fear for safety/use of excessive force/ fear of torture/ ill-treatment/ health concern
Mexico: Fear for safety/use of excessive force/ fear of torture/ ill-treatment/ health concern
Index Number: AMR 41/041/2006Date Published: 23 August 2006
Categories: Mexico, Americas
Security forces have reportedly used excessive and disproportionate force against protestors in the state of Oaxaca. According to local sources, Lorenzo San Pablo Cervantes was shot and killed by security forces on 22 August. A number of others have been injured. Activists Ramiro Aragón Pérez and Germán Mendoza Nube are being detained and are at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
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