The following year, 193 corpses were discovered at a ranch. Local police in the city of san fernando in northern mexico were involved in the 2011 massacres of 193 mainly central american migrants. Their bodies were sent to brazil and their families talked about it, crying on tv. A nightmare of the massacre in san fernando editor note. Ecuadorean who survived the massacre but almost every other fact about.
Unravelling mysteries of mexicos san fernando massacre. Registration is free and takes only a few seconds to complete. San fernando, tamaulipas is notorious for experiencing two of the largest recorded massacres of the mexican drug war. As the date of the massacre drew nearer, another u. Us cables raise questions about mexico migrant massacres. The taking over of the miners radio stations and the san juan festival by the army meant that there was no time for the miners proletarian vanguard to react when the military boot massacred.
Near total impunity for mexican cartels in the face of compromised local security. The 2010 san fernando massacre history and headlines. The 72 killed58 men and 14 womenwere mainly from central and south america, and they were shot in the back of the head and then piled up together. Dea linked zetas to guatemalan special forces in weeks prior to san fernando migrant massacre national security archive electronic briefing book no. Authorities investigating the massacre reported numerous hijackings of passenger buses on mexican federal highway 101 in san fernando, and the kidnapped victims. The 2010 san fernando massacre, also known as the first massacre of san fernando, was the. Mexicos san fernando massacres the national security archive. This month, more than a year after the massacres emergence, i found that san fernandos wall of silence had begun to crack. Photos of the massacre in san fernando tamaulipas photos of the massacre on the business called big cola in san fernando tamaulipas found in a mexican narcoblog. Awardwinning journalist alma guillermoprieto describes the process of creating. The 2010 san fernando massacre by major dan august 24, 2015 2 comments. Mexican police helped cartel massacre 193 migrants, documents. They then talked about this massacre and the 4 brazilians victims involved. The worst massacres and mass graves in mexicos drug war.
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