Mexico rights body: Army killings of 6 civilians unjustified
Posted September 27, 2016 7:00 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has determined that soldiers killed six civilians without justification in a 2012 incident in the southern state of Guerrero.
The governmental commission says a group of about 20 soldiers pulled the two minors and four adults out of a party. They then allegedly took the victims to a field and shot them.
The army said at the time that the deaths were the result of a confrontation. But the commission found that the victims were unarmed and in custody and thus "did not represent a threat to the military personnel."
The commission recommended the army pay damages to the victims' families in its finding issued Monday.
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