NSTworld: He cited the country’s own damning statistics on the violence, which has been driven by powerful drug cartels fighting the army and each other.
In a scathing report, the organization’s director for the Americas, Jose Miguel Vivanco, called the human rights situation in Mexico a “catastrophe” due to the brutally violent crime gripping the country and the authorities’ failure to act.
He cited the country’s own damning statistics on the violence, which has been driven by powerful drug cartels fighting the army and each other. The numbers “reflect a disaster, a humanitarian catastrophe in Mexico,” Vivanco told a news conference, presenting the Americas section of the organization’s annual world report.
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