Mexican rights groups say 2014 army slayings go unpunished

MEXICO CITY – Sixteen human rights groups are calling on Mexican prosecutors to conduct a better investigation of the June 2014 army slayings of at least a dozen suspects allegedly executed after they surrendered.

The rights groups released a joint statement on the eve of the second anniversary of the slayings. They condemned the fact that nobody is currently in jail for the deaths, which the government human rights commission described as a serious case of human rights violations.

Seven soldiers were initially charged in the killings at a grain warehouse, but all have been released.

The Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Center for Human Rights said Wednesday the failure to gain convictions in the case “is the result of deficient casework and a lack of investigation” by federal prosecutors.