Mexico: Prosecution of Dirty War Still Faces Obstacles. Diego Cevallos.
by Cevallos, Diego; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 59Human Relations. Publisher: Inter Press Service, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Disappeared persons | Human rights | Human rights -- Mexico | Mexico -- History -- Dirty War (ca. 1960s-1980s) | Mexico -- Politics and government | Prosecution | Special prosecutorsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The legal route chosen by the Mexican government to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for the 'dirty war' of the past is fraught with obstacles and could end in failure, warn experts who debate whether a truth commission should have been created instead." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article examines problems that have arisen during attempts to prosecute those responsible for abuses and atrocities committed during Mexico's dirty war, noting "several decades after the human rights abuses in question...the evidence is scattered, many of the perpetrators have already died, and the statute of limitations hangs over several of the cases."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Mexico: Prosecution of Dirty War Still Faces Obstacles, Aug. 13, 2004; pp. n.p..
"The legal route chosen by the Mexican government to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for the 'dirty war' of the past is fraught with obstacles and could end in failure, warn experts who debate whether a truth commission should have been created instead." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article examines problems that have arisen during attempts to prosecute those responsible for abuses and atrocities committed during Mexico's dirty war, noting "several decades after the human rights abuses in question...the evidence is scattered, many of the perpetrators have already died, and the statute of limitations hangs over several of the cases."
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