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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jul 11, 2016, 06:43 PM Jul 2016

Mexico ombudsman: Slain student was brutally tortured

Source: Associated Press

Mexico ombudsman: Slain student was brutally tortured

Jul 11, 6:21 PM EDT
By MARIA VERZA
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A classmate of 43 college students who disappeared in 2014 had been tortured before his body was found the day after the others went missing, Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said Monday.

A new autopsy determined 22-year-old Julio Cesar Mondragon suffered 64 fractures in 40 bones, mostly in his skull, face and spine, said Jose Trinidad Larrieta, who has led the commission's investigation in the case.

But Larrieta added that Mondragon's face was not skinned by his captors as some people had alleged, saying animals were responsible. The student died prior to that of brain injuries, he said.

The investigator called for federal prosecutors to investigate all suspects involved for torture. Up to this point Mondragon's case has remained in the hands of a local court apart from the disappearances of his 43 classmates, but torture is a federal charge so the commission expressed confidence that federal prosecutors would take it up.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_MEXICO_MISSING_STUDENTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-07-11-16-59-58



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