Sister Consuelo Morales on Crusading Against Mexican Cartels, Corrupt Police Amy Goodman - Democracy Now!
go to original November 14, 2013

A Nun Takes on the Drug War (democracynow)

Democracy Now! looks at the drug war in Mexico and efforts to demand accountability in thousands of cases of people who have been kidnapped, tortured, disappeared and killed. Newly declassified cables from U.S. embassies and consulates in Mexico reveal how drug cartels there have operated with "near impunity" in recent years. In many cases they are exerting control over government authorities and entire regions as they kidnap and kill anyone at will.

Human Rights Watch meanwhile has found that Mexican security forces participate in enforced disappearances as part of the so-called "war on drugs," and then try to cover up their complicity.

Guests:

Sister Consuelo Morales, Catholic nun who works in Mexico to defend victims of human rights violations and hold their abusers accountable. In 1992 she helped found the group Citizens in Support of Human Rights.

Nik Steinberg, Human Rights Watch’s Senior Researcher for the Americas. The group recently issued a report, "Mexico’s Disappeared: The Enduring Cost of a Crisis Ignored."

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