By Lucio for Borderland Beat
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The issue has continued from the onset of the formation of the agency, with elements seemingly unconcerned, when such killings of civilians occur in view of the public.
In the video detonations of firearms are heard and suspected members of GATE and army appear. The special police and tactical force founded by former governor Humberto Moreira, has been accused of executions perpetrated against citizens.
Also, reports of bodies discovered in army barracks have had no consequence even that of a 15 year old teen found beaten and dead in the barracks of the border city of Acuña.
There have been more than 5000 complaints issued against GATE and its sister agency GROM (Metropolitan Reaction Task Force ).
In this video of an apparent extrajudicial killing, it is assumed the men killed are “suspects”, however there doesn’t appear to be weapons around or in the vehicle of the dead men. Albeit the footage of inside the truck is blurry.
With GATES and soldiers standing facing the vehicle they began shooting. It is obvious they are not in fear of retaliatory gunfire, as they shoot at a standstill without cover. Then one of the forces says (paraphrased);
“Remove them from that side, I will finish off the mother fuckers."
"He's still alive,"
"The one in there is still alive, boss.",
"I will kill this dude"
"Kill him."
El Diario of Coahuila reported the story, and says the government of Coahuila dismissed the veracity of the video and blamed "narco-reporters".
They say;
"All the GATES videos are false, and were ‘analyzed’ There is an ongoing operation against Los Zetas by tactical groups of Coahuila, argued the secretary of state government, Victor Zamora Rodríguez.
The problem with that self-serving statement is that civilian killings and disappearances at the hands of GATE and GROM has transpired since the inception of the agencies, with as many being innocent as guilty of crimes. As for those who are genuinely suspects, a civil democratic society is doomed when allowing police and armed forces to become judge, jury and executioner.