Are Reports of Army Human Rights Abuses Plummeting in Mexico 'Above Suspicion'? David Gagne - Insight Crime
go to original February 23, 2015

Authorities in Mexico say complaints of human rights abuses perpetrated by the army decreased dramatically over two years, but a recent massacre carried out by Mexican soldiers indicates that the data may not tell the whole story.

At a commemoration of Army Day on February 19, Mexico's Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos said the number of army abuses reported to the country's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) dropped by over 60 percent between 2012 and 2014, reported Milenio. In 2012, the CNDH received 1,450 complaints of human rights abuses by members of the army, compared to just 570 last year (see graph below).

Cienfuegos also noted that only four - or 0.2 percent - of the complaints against the army reported during the last two years were verified by the CNDH, reported Informador.

At the event, President Enrique Peña Nieto stated that "the honor of our armed forces is above any suspicion or doubt."

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