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Weekly Report - 02 June 2016 (WR-16-21)
MEXICO: Mass grave threatens to damage authorities
The discovery of a clandestine mass grave allegedly used by the authorities in Mexico’s Morelos state to hide the bodies of individuals killed in unresolved cases is once again raising some serious questions about the authorities’ commitment to upholding human rights. It is also sparking fresh suspicions about the potential direct involvement of state and/or federal government officials in these crimes, working in cahoots with local criminal organisations. This at a time when the government led by President Enrique Peña Nieto is already struggling to clear its image over its handling of other serious cases of human-rights abuses implicating government officials, such as the Iguala disappearances and the Tlatlaya killings.
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