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Soldiers took them in the night. Now Mexico's key drug war strategy is on trial.
The Mexico military patrolling in Juarez, Mexico
Fairly long article delves into the Mexican government using the national military as a police force. The soldiers are feared almost as much as the drug cartels.
The Mexico military patrolling in Juarez, Mexico
April 25, 2018
The soldiers took them in the night. First they came for Nitza Alvarado Espinoza and Jose Alvarado Herrera. The 31-year-old cousins were sitting in a van outside a family member's house when troops forced them into a military truck.
Minutes later, soldiers arrived at the house of another Alvarado cousin, 18-year-old Rocio Alvarado Reyes. She was carried away screaming at gunpoint in front of her young brothers and baby daughter. It was Dec. 29, 2009 — the last time the cousins were seen alive.
Fairly long article delves into the Mexican government using the national military as a police force. The soldiers are feared almost as much as the drug cartels.