Rights Group Reports Over 4,000 Torture Cases Filed in Mexico Over Last 8 Years teleSUR
go to original April 13, 2015

Torture and ill-treatment in Mexico is out of control with a 600 per cent rise in the number of reported cases in the past decade, according to a report published by Amnesty International. (Amnesty International)

The Mexican Commission for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (CDPHR), an NGO based in Mexico City, has released a new report showing that more than 4,000 cases of torture have been filed to the Public Prosecutor's office over the past eight 8 years.

“The number of torture (cases) in Mexico is outrageous; in any other country it would be a scandal with only one case reported. Here it looks like its normal,” explained the CDPHR director Jose Antonio Guevara.

The NGO requested access to official annual reports on cases brought to the Public Prosecutor's office since 2006. According to their investigations, the numbers have consistently increased. For example, the cases filed in 2006 was 23 but by 2014 the numbers increased dramatically to 2,055 cases reported.

Furthermore, over the last two years, 3,568 cases were reported, of which only 1,884 are under investigation, with most cases discarded without investigation.

According to the human rights group, the government method of categorizing torture cases seriously understates the official figures.

The revealing report comes as the Mexican government refuted an earlier United Nations report claiming torture was a common practice by authorities in Mexico.

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Call on the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, to uphold all anti-torture safeguards, including proper medical examinations, and investigate all allegations of torture in his country at Amnesty International.

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