Rights Groups Slam Police Brutality One Year After Oaxaca Massacre teleSUR
go to original June 19, 2017

The town of Nochixtlan, Mexico, still demands justice for the violent police crackdown that left at least 10 dead (teleSUR English)

Residents and human rights organization in Mexico have criticized the lack of justice after the killing of at least 10 people in Nochixtlan, Oaxaca, one year ago, in a case they condemned as police brutality and an attempted cover-up by the state.

The Office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca, the National Human Rights Commission and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visited the area and talked to some of the survivors of the violent incident, resulting in damning findings.

"The lag in the equal enjoyment of human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights, has historically generated a clamor for social justice that has not been properly addressed," the organizations said in a statement.

Santiago Ambrosio, president of the Victims Committee, said the investigation by the Attorney General's office had not produced names of those responsible.

"Are we not children of our own people? If we have the same origin, why does the government put us against our own people?" Ambrosio said to Mexico's La Jornada newspaper.

According to eye-witnesses, at least 10 people were killed and hundreds injured during violent repression of protesters on June 19, 2016, in the municipality of Nochixtlan, in the southern state of Oaxaca.

About 800 policemen attempted to evict more than 500 teachers from a road blockade on the Oaxaca-Puebla highway. Gunfire erupted, leading to clashes that lasted approximately four hours, and people were bombarded with tear gas and other crowd control munitions.

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Related: Former Member of the GIEI Urges Society to Stop the Impunity That Fuels Violence (El Universal)

Related: Mexican Lawmakers Say Gov't Seeking Cover-up in Oaxaca Massacre (teleSUR)

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