Confessed Killer's Invisible 'Handcuffs' Bring More Mockery to Mexico's Government Daniel Hernandez - VICE News
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A confessed cartel assassin who supposedly carried out a mass execution of 43 teachers college students is led by masked officers into Mexico's anti-organized crime agency holding his hands behind his back as if he was cuffed. But he is actually just holding a bottle of water.

Mexican authorities have sought to portray their handling of the case of the disappeared students as trustworthy, competent, and thorough.

But the detail in official footage of the arrest of Felipe Rodriguez Salgado reinforced for many in Mexico the view that the country's crime fighters are more concerned with image than with substance.

The federal prosecutor's office released the footage of Rodriguez's arrival to the anti-organized crime unit for questioning the day after he was arrested in a town near Cuernavaca, Morelos. The clip shows the suspect being led into a government building with two federal police officers in masks and helmets, each holding one of his shoulders.

Once the men turn a corner and walk through a door, a water bottle is clearly visible in Rodriguez's hands — with no handcuffs in sight.

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