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 Court Is Asked to Probe Possibility of Calderon War Crimes in Drug CrackdownPosted on Nov 26, 2011
Mexican human rights activists have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate President Felipe Calderon, senior Mexican officials and the country’s most-wanted drug kingpin for allegedly overseeing the capture, torture and killing of civilians in violence surrounding drug trafficking and the government’s effort to suppress that illegal trade. More than 45,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since Calderon assumed office in late 2006. An ICC decision on whether to investigate could take months or even years, legal experts say. “We want the [ICC] prosecutor to tell us if war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Mexico, and if the president and other top officials are responsible,” said the human rights lawyer who filed the complaint with the ICC on Friday. —ARK
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By moonraven, November 27, 2011 at 4:49 am Link to this comment
Actually, another revolution—if its outcome is the same as the first thwo revolutions—will solve nothing. The same folks are in power now as were in power during the the so-called C olonial Epoch.
I see this attaempt on the part of the legal community in Mexico (which excludes the Supreme Court, which has done nothing except thank Calderon for their mega-salaries and hand down whitewash decisions) as a very positive step. I have lived in Mexico nearly 20 years now, and have watched the slide from The Perfect Dictatorship of the PRI to the abyss of chaos and utter lawlessness (ot the Law of the Jungle) under the past 11 years of the PAN.
Calderon is a slimy thieving cynical usurper who was imposed by the gringos to destroy Mexico’s citisenry to the point that all of Mexico’s remaining resources will be handed over without a fight.
He SHOULD be in the docket—but right along with his Simon Legree master, Obama.
Report thisBy Robespierre115, November 27, 2011 at 3:18 am Link to this comment
Mexico is long overdue for another revolution, it’s run by one of the hemisphere’s most vicious oligarchies and many states like Oaxaca have zones that look no different from feudal societies of the 14th century. The great Mexican people will one day take their country back from the barbarians in power.
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