State police in Mexico are taking on legislation enforcement duties within the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum, relieving a municipal pressure that has been charged within the loss of life of a Salvadoran girl whereas being detained
MEXICO CITY — State police introduced Sunday that they’ve taken over legislation enforcement duties in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Tulum, relieving a municipal pressure that has been charged within the loss of life of a Salvadoran girl whereas being detained.
Lucio Hernández Gutiérrez, the appearing state police chief in Quintana Roo state, stated the municipal officers in Tulum had systematically violated correct process.
He stated they are going to be despatched for retraining, “due to the fixed and insupportable acts of use and abuse of restraint procedures, which have been poorly utilized, misguided and incorrect.”
He added that municipal police have been responsible of “the shortage of management of private impulses in restraining individuals, violating authorized norms and the best regard for human rights.”
Tulum officers who don’t cross the coaching programs will probably be fired, Hernández Gutiérrez stated.
4 Tulum officers have been ordered to face trial within the case of Victoria Esperanza Salazar, who died March 27 after a police girl was seen kneeling on her again as three male officers regarded on. She had been reported appearing agitated at a retailer.
Quintana Roo State Prosecutor Oscar Montes de Oca stated an post-mortem confirmed that Salazar’s damaged neck “coincides with submission maneuvers utilized to the sufferer throughout her detention” and exhibit a “disproportionate” use of pressure by police.
In a separate incident final week, one other officer was filmed apparently punching a handcuffed man.
The scenes have been harking back to the loss of life of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. Floyd was declared lifeless after a white police officer pressed his knee towards the Black man’s neck for about 9 minutes, holding his place even after Floyd went limp.
Tulum’s status as a laid-back, low-key seaside resort not like Cancún has been marred currently by land disputes, gang exercise and growing improvement.
Salazar’s loss of life elevated tensions in Quintana Roo, the place police used reside ammunition to keep off a throng of about 100 demonstrators in Cancun in November.