As Mexico combats fears about rising crime, a soldier is caught on tape carrying out an execution
Kate Linthicum Contact Reporter
The soldiers were caught on video carrying out what appears to be an extrajudicial killing.
In security camera images in Puebla state, a group of Mexican military officers fire on a car carrying suspected gasoline thieves. The soldiers then drag a man from the car who appears badly injured and lay him face-down in the street. A few moments later, a soldier fires a single bullet into the back of the man’s head.
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From the info given, this isn't even about drugs or human smuggling, just some possibly penny-ante gasoline thieves.
Which may not even be as bad as what the government/army/police of Mexico are alleged to be in the business of doing.
In January, Mexico had a homicide rate of 20 deaths per 100,000 people, according to a Times analysis of Mexican crime statistics.
By comparison, El Salvador’s rate was 81 such deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, according to InSight Crime, a think tank that studies organized crime in Latin America. Venezuela, on the other hand, had a homicide rate of 59 deaths per 100,000 people.
