United Nation Study Finds Torture of Detainees Common in Mexico The Associated Press
go to original May 5, 2014

MEXICO CITY — The torture of detainees in Mexico continues to be widespread and occurs between the time of arrest and when suspects appear before a judge, a United Nations official said after a two-week probe of issue.

U.N. special rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez said that signs of torture are found on people arrested by all levels of authority, from the military down to local and state police.

Mendez spoke in a press conference at the end of his visit to Mexico, where he met with officials, activists and victims of torture.

He said practices reported include beatings with fists, feet and sticks, asphyxiating with plastics bags and electric shock to the genitals.

"I wish I could say that torture is isolated in Mexico," said Mendez, who was invited by the Mexican government to do the study. "But I have an obligation to tell the government and society of Mexico that it's the kind of problem that needs to be corrected."

He will prepare a report with recommendations for the government that will eventually go to the U.N. Human Rights Council, where it will become public.

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