Army Accepts Criticism of Mexican Human Rights Commission in Killings Al Jazeera
go to original November 7, 2014

Mexico's Defense Department says it will obey a recommendation by the country's National Human Rights Commission that the army investigate the commission's allegation that soldiers executed up to 15 suspected gang members in late June.

The department says it will abide by the recommendation, which requires it to compensate victims of the June 30 slayings or their relatives. The army is also required to do more to train soldiers to avoid such killings and to ensure military personnel don't alter crime scenes.

The department said Thursday it does not agree with all the findings in the commission's report, but "has decided to accept (the recommendation) out of a special interest in cooperating to clear up the case, and if any military personnel have engaged in illegal conduct ... they be punished in accordance with the law."

The commission ruled in late October that five soldiers had probably executed 15 suspects after a gunfight at a grain warehouse in southern Mexico.

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