Drug Enforcement Mexican President
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Although active combat drug trafficking in his country, Mexican President Felipe Calderon could terjegal case. The reason is, the human rights activist (HAM) suggests the killing and torture of civilians during the performance of such operations.
Departing from thence, about eight dozen thousand people in the country's Sombrero deliver a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Calderon. In the petition, as the AP and AFP on Saturday (11.26.2011), they also asked the ICC to investigate one of the most wanted drug kingpin now in Mexico, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on the same charges.
Lawyers for human rights violations, Netzai Sandoval had previously submitted a request to the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands to investigate the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the hands of security forces and members of drug gangs.
They said that besides the murder, both government security forces and members of the gang is also accused of torture and rape "Violence in Mexico is greater than the violence in Afghanistan and also larger than the case of violence in Colombia," said Sandoval.
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"We want the prosecutor tells us here if war crimes and crimes against humanity have occurred in Mexico and if the President and high officials in the country was partly responsible for this," said Sandoval.
Office for the ICC prosecutor says it has received the request and will study it. They promised to convey the results of their study after study the request.
The Mexican government itself has strongly denied the allegations. "The federal government flatly rejected if internal security policy included in the category of international crimes," said Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
"Mexico has a law that upheld without exception," the ministry added.
The Mexican government also emphasized its commitment to the values of human rights and responsible for the protection of citizens from the threat of violence.
After becoming president in 2006, Calderon has deployed about 50,000 troops and police to fight criminal drug groups. Mexican government data says, there are more than 45,000 people died in drug cartel-related violence.
However, human rights activists doubted the government's claim that calls for 90 percent of violent incidents was due to victims of crime criminal drug groups.
Departing from thence, about eight dozen thousand people in the country's Sombrero deliver a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Calderon. In the petition, as the AP and AFP on Saturday (11.26.2011), they also asked the ICC to investigate one of the most wanted drug kingpin now in Mexico, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on the same charges.
Lawyers for human rights violations, Netzai Sandoval had previously submitted a request to the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands to investigate the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the hands of security forces and members of drug gangs.
They said that besides the murder, both government security forces and members of the gang is also accused of torture and rape "Violence in Mexico is greater than the violence in Afghanistan and also larger than the case of violence in Colombia," said Sandoval.
Domestic
"We want the prosecutor tells us here if war crimes and crimes against humanity have occurred in Mexico and if the President and high officials in the country was partly responsible for this," said Sandoval.
Office for the ICC prosecutor says it has received the request and will study it. They promised to convey the results of their study after study the request.
The Mexican government itself has strongly denied the allegations. "The federal government flatly rejected if internal security policy included in the category of international crimes," said Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
"Mexico has a law that upheld without exception," the ministry added.
The Mexican government also emphasized its commitment to the values of human rights and responsible for the protection of citizens from the threat of violence.
After becoming president in 2006, Calderon has deployed about 50,000 troops and police to fight criminal drug groups. Mexican government data says, there are more than 45,000 people died in drug cartel-related violence.
However, human rights activists doubted the government's claim that calls for 90 percent of violent incidents was due to victims of crime criminal drug groups.
