BBC, 4/29/2009
Mexico’s army is committing human rights violations while engaged in anti-narcotics activities as an arm of the police, a human rights group says.
The armed forces are involved in rape, murder and torture, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
A new HRW report documents apparent abuses against environmentalists, indigenous women and others, many with no link to illegal drugs.
The army investigates abuses, but HRW says a culture of impunity exists.
