Mexico: Woman attacked by armed security guards: Carmen Quiñones Ortíz

Index Number: AMR 41/037/2009
Date Published: 6 July 2009
Categories: Mexico

A Mexican woman living in the northern state of Chihuahua, Carmen Quiñones Ortíz, was assaulted and threatened on 29 June by private security guards hired by local landowners. She and others living in her community, Lomas del Poleo, are at risk of further attack.