Prosecutors: Mexican soldiers executed half of Tlatlaya victims
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Prosecutors: Mexican soldiers executed half of Tlatlaya victims
Published June 24, 2015/
EFE
Mexican soldiers executed 11 of the 22 civilians who died in a June 30, 2014, incident in the central state of Mexico that has become known as the Tlatlaya massacre, La Jornada daily reported, citing reports by state and federal prosecutors.
Obtained via a freedom of information request, the reports indicate that several of the victims were killed by soldiers at point-blank range, with the spent shell casings found at a distance of roughly 70 centimeters (27 inches) from the bodies.
Eleven of the victims were "practically executed," while five others died while in "instinctive defensive" postures, according to the findings of the federal Attorney General's Office, which did not indicate if the other six victims had fired at the soldiers.
The troops fired 160 gunshots, while the civilians only fired 12, three of which wounded army personnel, the forensic studies showed.
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