Screenshot: Héctor Casique Fernández accuses his torturers, March 2017.Mainstream media apparently continues to ignore the true reality of Mexico, a country where massive human rights violations and torture are common everyday practice. A country of violence fuelled by impunity and a land where those in power organise crime and disappear those who dare to challenge their actions.
Mexicans are people who are more scared of security forces than of criminals. An Amnesty International survey found in 2014 that 64% of the population are scared of being tortured if taken into custody and that thousands of innocent people are in jail as torture is commonly used by security forces to obtain “confessions” or as punishment.
Mexico has always been considered lacking in adequate security but the fear of people has increased acutely since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in 2012. But the fear of people has increased acutely since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in 2012.
