Peril and Impunity in Mexico: Justice in Tlatlaya

[...]accusations have been simultaneously brought to civil and military courts, but both these instances continue to be employed to protect military officers rather than civilians — thus failing to, four months later, deliver any meaningful results. [...]the Mexican Supreme Court has been reinterpre...

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Published inBrown Political Review
Main Author Marina Do Nascimento
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Providence Brown University Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Brown Political Review 27.10.2014
Subjects
Attorneys general
Civilians
Corruption
Crime scenes
Criminal investigations
Evidence
Human rights
Jurisdiction
Massacres
Military officers
Military personnel
Murders & murder attempts
Public prosecutors
Treason
Tribunals & commissions
Mexico
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Summary:[...]accusations have been simultaneously brought to civil and military courts, but both these instances continue to be employed to protect military officers rather than civilians — thus failing to, four months later, deliver any meaningful results. [...]the Mexican Supreme Court has been reinterpreting the applicability of military jurisdiction to expand its scope on other frontiers. In the Supreme Court’s analysis, the majority argued that as the crime did not affect civilians, the sentence handed out by the military court was valid.