Eric Olson comments on reports that the Mexican government is torturing detainees from Mexican drug cartels.
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89.33 KPCC, 10/11/2012
Today Amnesty International issued a report about the Mexican government under outgoing President Felipe Calderon. The human rights group said that the Mexican government has, "effectively turned a blind eye" to dramatic increases of torture and abuse by police and the military.'
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