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Nina Lakhani

Mexico Is Trying To Win Its War On Drugs By Using More Torture

Mexico’s use of torture in the drug war is up 600 percent in last 10 years, reports Amnesty International.

September 05th, 2014

By Nina Lakhani

MEXICO CITY — Torture and ill-treatment by the police and armed forces in Mexico are out of control, with a 600 percent rise in reported cases in the past decade, according to an investigation by Amnesty International. Mock executions, electric shocks to genitals, water boarding, rape, beatings and near-asphyxiation using

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Last Stop In Mexico: Migrants Find Security In Catholic Safe House Before Facing US Border

La Casa de Migrantes—the last safe house before the Mexico-US border—provides food, shelter and support for an average of 600 migrants each month.

March 13th, 2014

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Last Stop In Mexico: Migrants Find Security In Catholic Safe House Before Facing US Border

SALTILLO, Mexico — Alma Rosa Fernandez is exhausted. Every bone in her body aches after a gruelling 30-day journey from southern Guatemala to Saltillo in northern Mexico. In the month she spent clinging to the notorious freight train known as "The Beast" with her husband and

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