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Cases of police brutality and police abuse in Mexico

Yesterday (June 4th, 2020) in Guadalajara, Mexico, there was a protest derived from the Geroge Floyd’s case. Giovanni López was arrested on May 4th by the police in Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, according to the family, for not wearing a mask (obliged in the state due to the pandemic), but according to the authorities, he wasn’t arrested for not wearing a mask, the police reports state “administrative detention of an aggressive person”. The video of his arrest shows at least 5 policemen arresting him violently, according to his family, he was sitting doing nothing. When his family went to pick him up he was dead. He died from a severe blow to the head while being under police custody. After a month, the family states there has not been any investigation.

On March 29th, 2020, a man was killed by the police of Tijuana by stepping on his neck for a few minutes after he was arrested for throwing rocks at some cars. The video of the event was posted on June 2nd on Twitter and after it, the policemen have been suspended.

On August 3rd, 2019, in Azcapotzalco a minor was raped by four policemen in the police car while they were doing a morning patrol.

On January 11th, 2016, José Benítez de la O (24yo), Mario Arturo Orozco Sánchez (27yo), Alfredo González Díaz (25yo), Bernardo Benítez Arróniz (25yo) and Susana (16yo) were arrested by the police of the state of Veracuz and were handed over to the organized crime who dissapeard them.

In 2014, 43 students of the Escuela Normal de Ayotzinapa were kidnapped by the police while protesting and disappeared. To this day, they haven’t appeared and are presumed dead.

There are many other cases and these are just a few. Police brutality and abuse needs to end.