Mexico: a woman died after being subjected by the po …

Nail deceased woman after being submitted by members of the municipal police in Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The alleged police abuse, which was captured in photographs and videos that have gone viral on social media, is already the subject of a deserved the intervention of the State Commission for Human Rights of Quintana Roo (CEDHQROO).

According to local media versions, local police this manned patrol 9273 Saturday afternoon they approached the woman, who walked on avenue La Selva, on the pretext that he was drunk.

At least four soldiers, three men and a woman, they threw her violently to the ground. A few minutes later, the woman started to scream and say that it is difficult for her to breathe because of the weight on her. As seen in the videos, a The officer kept his knee on the woman’s neck, using a technique similar to that applied to George Floyd.

After a few minutes of immobilization and Upon realizing that the victim was unconscious, officers took the body and took him to another unit to take him to the nearest health center. Hours later, his death was confirmed.

Quintana Roo’s attorney general’s office said it had opened an investigation file into the woman’s death, whose name or age does not transcend, to find out what happened. Elements of the institution are already questioning the municipal police officers involved, it was indicated.

As, The third CEDHQROO office opened an ex officio complaint to transcend the topicality of these events. The complaint file was filed under number VA / TUL / 014/03/2021 for violations of the human right to life and those resulting from it, in order to investigate possible acts or omissions on the part of officials of the General Directorate of Public Security and Traffic in Tulum, which, by their nature, could be serious and constitute human rights violations.