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Four case of torture among alleged offences during inauguration of President Enrique Peña Nieto
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Jo Tuckman in Mexico City
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 6 December 2012 19.19 GMT

Protests in Mexico City during the inauguration of President Enrique Peña Nieto. Photograph: LatinContent /Getty Images
A preliminary investigation by Mexico City's human rights commission has found evidence of police brutality and arbitrary detentions during the violent protests during last Saturday's inauguration of President Enrique Peña Nieto.

The ongoing investigation has identified at least four cases of possible torture, three of them involving electric shocks, as well as 22 cases of unjustified arrests among the 70 people still in jail in relation to the protests. Many of these face a preliminary charge of "attacks against the public peace", which carries a long prison term.

LEER MAS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/06/mexican-police-brutality-presidential-inauguration?CMP=twt_gu


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