16 soldiers face military charges in killing of five men in Mexican border city
1 year, 6 months ago

16 soldiers face military charges in killing of five men in Mexican border city

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Defense Department said Saturday that 16 soldiers will be tried on military charges related to the killing five men in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo last month. The soldiers have been charged with violating “military discipline.” The department said those trials would proceed independently of any charges that might be brought by civilian prosecutors. Mexico’s president described the May 18 slayings of five men caught on security camera footage as an apparent “execution” in the cartel-dominated city across from Laredo, Texas. A report by Mexico’s governmental human rights agency said the soldiers fired into the vehicle without giving verbal orders for it to stop.

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4 soldiers killed in ‘trap’ in central Mexico, president says
9 months, 3 weeks ago

4 soldiers killed in ‘trap’ in central Mexico, president says

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — An improvised explosive device killed at least four soldiers in what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday was a “trap” likely set by a drug cartel. The soldiers were killed Thursday on the outskirts of the city of Aguililla in the embattled Mexican state of Michoacán, López Obrador said in a weekly news conference. “It weighs …

11 ex-police officers sentenced in 2021 killings of 17 migrants and 2 others in northern Mexico
1 year, 1 month ago

11 ex-police officers sentenced in 2021 killings of 17 migrants and 2 others in northern Mexico

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A court in Mexico sentenced 11 former police officers to 50 years in prison each for the 2021 slayings of 17 migrants and two Mexican citizens, authorities said Tuesday. It later came out that the state police officers involved in the killings knew their shell casing might give them away, so they apparently picked them up. The …

Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexico investigates possible case of extrajudicial killings by soldiers

The Hindu  

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. The incident would be at least the second case of apparently extrajudicial killings in Nuevo Laredo this year. The men were apparently unarmed and in a …

Mexico investigating soldiers involved in ‘execution’ of five men
1 year, 6 months ago

Mexico investigating soldiers involved in ‘execution’ of five men

Al Jazeera  

President Lopez Obrador says that extrajudicial killings cannot be permitted and that the soldiers involved will face justice. Mexican prosecutors are investigating what President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the “execution” of five men in an incident that has sparked outrage from human rights observers. 🔴 URGENTE | Malos tratos y militares disparando a civiles: un vídeo muestra una aparente …

Mexico charges 4 soldiers with killings in Nuevo Laredo
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico charges 4 soldiers with killings in Nuevo Laredo

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors formally presented homicide charges Monday against four soldiers implicated in the Feb. 26 shooting deaths of five men in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The civilian court system said the four soldiers will be held in pre-trial detention at an army base in Mexico City which houses a military prison. The report claimed those …

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a scuffle between soldiers and a large group of angry residents who believed the “victims were not armed and that …

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests

Al Jazeera  

A report indicates members of the Mexican army opened fire on a pick-up truck in city of Nuevo Laredo, near US border. A shooting by Mexican army soldiers has left five people dead in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a …

Mexican border prison attack leaves 10 guards, four inmates killed
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexican border prison attack leaves 10 guards, four inmates killed

Firstpost  

**Mexico City:**Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that around 7 a.m. various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards. In …

14 killed in attack on prison in Mexico border city
1 year, 11 months ago

14 killed in attack on prison in Mexico border city

Al Jazeera  

Ten prison guards and four inmates killed after gunmen attack prison in Ciudad Juarez, say officials. Gunmen have attacked a Mexican prison in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, leaving at least 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Sunday that the attackers …

Mexican army: Troops attacked by pro-cartel residents
2 years, 10 months ago

Mexican army: Troops attacked by pro-cartel residents

Al Jazeera  

The military accused townspeople of acting as the ‘social base’ for the Jalisco drug cartel as it battles rival gangs. The Mexican military says its troops were attacked a day after residents in a town dominated by a drug cartel claimed soldiers fired on a protest and wounded several people. The army accused townspeople of acting as the “social base” …

14 Mexican soldiers crossed into US; 1 had marijuana
3 years, 2 months ago

14 Mexican soldiers crossed into US; 1 had marijuana

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Fourteen Mexican army soldiers were briefly detained and then returned to Mexico after they crossed into the U.S. at a border bridge in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that two Mexican military vehicles crossed the bridge that links El Paso to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in the early hours of Saturday. …

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting
3 years, 6 months ago

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in northern Mexico said Wednesday they found the bodies of two abducted police officers hanging from an overpass, and the bodies of seven people shot to death in a neighboring city. The killings in Zacatecas came one day after prosecutors in Mexico’s most violent state, Guanajuato, reported seven men were shot to death at a mechanic’s …

Mexico detains 30 Marines accused of disappearances
3 years, 8 months ago

Mexico detains 30 Marines accused of disappearances

Al Jazeera  

The Marines have been arrested in connection with the disappearances of an unspecified number of people in Tamaulipas state in 2014, the Navy said. Prosecutors in Mexico have arrested 30 Marines in connection with the disappearance of an unspecified number of people in the northern state of Tamaulipas in 2014, the Navy said on Monday. “Thirty naval service members were …

Mexican soldiers accused in 2014 massacre re-arrested
3 years, 8 months ago

Mexican soldiers accused in 2014 massacre re-arrested

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Seven Mexican soldiers who were accused in the 2014 army killings of 22 drug cartel suspects but later freed have been re-arrested, a human rights group confirmed Thursday. The Miguel Agustin Pro Human Rights Center, which represents a women whose daughter was killed in the massacre, confirmed the soldiers were re-arrested and said the case against them …

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