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June 9, 2023

Mexican Authorities Probe Extrajudicial Killing of 5 Men by Military as Zapatistas Protest Violence
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In Mexico, authorities are investigating the extrajudicial execution of
five men by the Mexican military in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. A
video posted on social media shows a group of soldiers pulling the men
from their vehicle, beating them and lining them up against a wall
before fatally shooting them. This comes as Zapatista Indigenous leaders
marched in Mexico City Thursday protesting the intensifying violence and
attacks on their autonomous communities by paramilitary groups in the
southern state of Chiapas.

Raul Romero: "We are asking for attacks from the paramilitary groups to
stop. We are talking about groups that are permitted, financed or armed
by the Mexican Army that attack Zapatista communities. Right now they
are teaming up with organized crime groups that are holding Chiapas on
the brink of a civil war."



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