Sponsored message
Logged in as
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
 — 
See All Episodes
Subscribe

Hey, LA listener!

Download our app for the optimal streaming experience

Apple Store logo Google play logo
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
Take Two

Use of torture by Mexican government on the rise, Amnesty International says

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 11, 2012
Mexican soldiers patrol along Sor Juana Avenue in Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico, Mexico on September 20, 2012. In the last two months the violence in Mexico raised 14 percet. More than 50.000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime.
Mexican soldiers patrol along Sor Juana Avenue in Nezahualcoyotl, State of Mexico, Mexico on September 20, 2012. In the last two months the violence in Mexico raised 14 percet. More than 50.000 people have been killed in rising drug-related violence in Mexico since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers and federal police to take on organized crime.
(
ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images
)

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

Get LA News Updates Daily

We brief you on what you need to know about L.A. today.
Listen 7:57
Use of torture by Mexican government on the rise, Amnesty International says

Today Amnesty International issued a report about the Mexican government under outgoing President Felipe Calderon.

The human rights group said that the Mexican government has, "effectively turned a blind eye" to dramatic increases of torture and abuse by police and the military.'