In the field of journalist’s human rights, Mexico’s government keeps on stumbling over the same obstacles to impart justice efficiently and properly
Ayotzinapa: Former high-ranking officials are wanted for allegedly torturing suspects
Tomás Zerón and Carlos Gómez Arrieta are allegedly wanted by the Interpol
Although human rights and justice are a priority for the government, torture is still a widespread phenomenon
Last year, a U.N. human rights investigator said Assange has suffered psychological torture from a defamation campaign and should not be extradited to the U.S.
judge Samuel Ventura Ramos absolved Oziel Benítez, Carlos Canto Salgado, and Raúl Javier Crespo from their charges on organized crime and kidnap arguing violations to their human rights
Several suspects have been released after their human rights were violated
According to witnesses, the former official tortured the detainees
On Saturday, Gildardo “El Gil” López Astudillo, leader of the Guerreros Unidos cartel was released from prison after a judge found that the government had tortured him to obtain evidence
Families are also direct victims of torture: the case of Mexican journalist Olivier Acuña
Acuña Barba, a journalist since 1984, was arbitrarily detained and tortured by police officers in 2006 in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, where he spent two years in prison for a crime he did not commit
The video proves the allegations made by the United Nations