Mexican Court Orders Civilian Trials For Troops Accused Of Rights Abuse

 

Comment:   The 2004 piece, “Reassessing the Causes of Nongovernmental Terrorism in Latin America”, by Andreas E Fieldmann and Maiju Perala identified that one of the three key findings in states suffering from nongovernmental terrorism stems from human rights abuses.  This came along with poor governance and ineffective rule of law. Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer, 2004), pp. 101-132. Available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3177176.

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(RTTNews) - Mexico's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that soldiers accused of torture, forced disappearances, extrajudicial killing and other violations of civilian human rights should be tried in civilian courts instead of military tribunals.

The development came amid increasing cases of military personnel violating rights of civilians in Mexico, where thousands of troops are deployed in cities and towns across the country as part of an intensified military campaign against powerful drug cartels.

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