A nightmare of the massacre in san fernando editor note. Us cables raise questions about mexico migrant massacres. Peace and human rights issues and concepts pdf scoop. Near total impunity for mexican cartels in the face of compromised local security. Mexicos san fernando massacres the national security archive. The san juan massacre in bolivia in defence of marxism. Ecuadorean who survived the massacre but almost every other fact about.
The worst massacres and mass graves in mexicos drug war. As the date of the massacre drew nearer, another u. This month, more than a year after the massacres emergence, i found that san fernandos wall of silence had begun to crack. The taking over of the miners radio stations and the san juan festival by the army meant that there was no time for the miners proletarian vanguard to react when the military boot massacred. Photos of the massacre in san fernando tamaulipas photos of the massacre on the business called big cola in san fernando tamaulipas found in a mexican narcoblog. The first massacre, known as the 2010 san fernando massacre, occurred following a gunfight in the state of tamaulipas between drug cartel gunmen and mexican authorities, in which three gunmen and a marine were killed. Awardwinning journalist alma guillermoprieto describes the process of creating. Another spree of massacres this past spring had brought a large government response. San fernando, tamaulipas is notorious for experiencing two of the largest recorded massacres of the mexican drug war.
Authorities investigating the massacre reported numerous hijackings of passenger buses on mexican federal highway 101 in san fernando, and the kidnapped victims. The 2010 san fernando massacre history and headlines. The 72 killed58 men and 14 womenwere mainly from central and south america, and they were shot in the back of the head and then piled up together. A declassified history near total impunity for mexican cartels in the face of compromised local security forces, according to u. The following year, 193 corpses were discovered at a ranch. The 2010 san fernando massacre by major dan august 24, 2015 2 comments. Dea linked zetas to guatemalan special forces in weeks prior to san fernando migrant massacre national security archive electronic briefing book no.
Registration is free and takes only a few seconds to complete. Mexican police helped cartel massacre 193 migrants, documents. Their bodies were sent to brazil and their families talked about it, crying on tv. The 2010 san fernando massacre, also known as the first massacre of san fernando, was the. They then talked about this massacre and the 4 brazilians victims involved. Unravelling mysteries of mexicos san fernando massacre.
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