US Senator Urges Gov't to Stop Funding Human Rights Violators in Mexico
US Senator Urges Gov't to Stop Funding Human Rights Violators in Mexico
04:57 04.12.2014(updated 06:08 04.12.2014)
US Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy will continue to push the Leahy Law, also known as the Leahy Amendment, urging the government to withdraw US funding to Mexico.
WASHINGTON, December 4 (Sputnik) – US Senator Patrick Leahy will continue to push the US government to stop funding Mexican army and police who are violating human rights, the Vermont Senator stressed in a press release.
The Mexican Army and police have a long history of violating human rights with impunity, and no one in Congress has worked harder than I have to keep our aid to Mexico from going to those who commit such crimes. I will continue to do that," Leahy said in the statement released Wednesday.
The Leahy Law, also known as the Leahy Amendment, introduced by the Senator, was adopted in July 2013. It provides for US funds to be withdrawn from a foreign government in case they are proved to be involved in perpetrating human rights violations and crimes against humanity.
Leahy stressed that each year he has to defend the laws, protecting human rights that he wrote "against attempts by some in Congress and the Pentagon to weaken them".
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