Hayward, Susana,

Activists Say There's Still a Dirty War Going on in Mexico. Susana Hayward. - KRT News Service, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 59, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Activists Say There's Still a Dirty War Going on in Mexico, July 31, 2004; pp. n.p..

"While Mexico debates charges against ex-President Luis Echeverria for the deaths of demonstrators 33 years ago [1971], human rights advocates and others say police are still waging a dirty war in Guerrero state, with little or no government effort to stop it." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article reveals how the Mexican state of Guerrero, long a center of political violence, is now the main site of an ongoing dirty war by the police and officials against opposition groups.

1522-3248;


Amnesty International


Disappeared persons
Human rights
Human rights--Mexico
Police--Complaints against
Police brutality
Police--Mexico


Mexico--History--Dirty War (ca. 1960s-1980s)
Mexico--Politics and government

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