Mexico Police Charged With Torturing Tlatlaya Witnesses

Authorities in Mexico have charged seven police officers for torturing three women who witnessed a deadly incident in the town of Tlatlaya. In 2014 soldiers opened fire on a group of people in a warehouse in the town, in Mexico state, killing 22. The women claim the officers tortured them to force them to back the army’s version of what happened in Tlatlaya. BBC has full detail:

The soldiers had said those killed died in a shoot-out, but an investigation concluded many were executed. The confrontation happened on 30 June 2014 near the village of San Pedro Limon, about 240km (150 miles) south-west of the capital, Mexico City.

An army patrol reported being shot at and chasing the attackers to the warehouse. The soldiers said 22 suspects, reportedly members of a drug cartel, were killed in the shoot-out which ensued.

But the fact that only one police officer was injured in what had been described as a fierce and long gun battle raised suspicions. Investigators said that the pattern of bullet holes in the warehouse suggested many of the victims had been lined up against a wall and shot at close range.