Rights Body Alleges Mexican Troops Slaughtered Up to 15 in Warehouse Mark Stevenson - The Associated Press
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Mexico Military Under Probe Over Deaths. Warning: The report contains graphic images which some viewers may find disturbing. (Al Jazeera)

MEXICO CITY - Soldiers killed as many as 15 people after they surrendered in an abandoned warehouse in southern Mexico last summer, according to a scathing National Human Rights Commission report that lays out allegations of threats, torture, fake autopsies and crime-scene manipulation designed to cover up the illegal acts.

The commission's report released Tuesday gave the most gruesome version yet of what happened in the June 30 mass killing of 22 alleged gang members, contradicting the army, which said all died in a fierce gun battle after soldiers came under fire in the town of San Pedro Limon. Three of the victims were teenagers.

Calling it “one of the most serious human rights violations that can be committed,” Commission President Raul Plascencia issued a report challenging all official versions to date and called on prosecutors to investigate the cover up. The recommendation is not binding, but by law the government must publicly explain its reasons if it does not comply.

So far, eight soldiers face disciplinary charges and three are charged with homicide for an incident the army and the Mexico state prosecutor's office initially denied happened. The federal Attorney General's Office didn't take up the case until three months afterward, according to the human rights report.

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