Mexico: Two men tortured in Mexico

Index Number: AMR 41/056/2009
Date Published: 27 October 2009
Categories: Mexico

Two men, both members of a peasant farmers' organization in Chiapas state, southern Mexico, have been tortured in custody after being arrested without a warrant. A third man who is a member of the same organization is being held 2,000km away, where he is unable to see his lawyer and family. All three men are accused of illegally occupying land in 2005.