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A Mexican government report has revealed four soldiers opened fire without justification on a pickup truck during a pursuit in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo in February.
The February 25 incident left five men, including two alleged members of the Northeast Cartel, dead and wounded another purported henchman.
The case was referred to civilian and military prosecutors, but the National Human Rights Commission came forward Tuesday and issued the scathing report that found that four of the 21 soldiers who were on patrol that morning shot at the vehicle driven by Gustavo Suárez.
The 21-year-old American from San Antonio, Texas, who was linked to the criminal organization according to intelligence reports obtained by TV Azteca, reportedly refused to pull over after he was instructed to do so and lost control of the pickup truck before he crashed into a parked vehicle.
The report claimed the four soldiers fired a total of 117 shots at the pickup. Three of the servicemen told investigators that they opened fire to support the first soldier who started shooting.
'Without giving verbal orders (to pull over), one soldier opened fire into the back of the private vehicle, and three other soldiers did the same to support the first one,' according to the report.
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission released a report Tuesday that claimed that Gustavo Suárez, an American from Texas, and six other men were shot at 117 times by soldiers who acted without justification following a high-speed pursuit in the northern border town of Nuevo
Residents provide comfort to Humberto Suárez (sitting on the ground), the father of Gustavo Suárez, an American man who was among five young men shot dead by the Mexican military on February 25 in the northern border town of Nuevo Laredo
The findings showed that the soldiers had committed excessive use of force and violated the rights of the men.
Reports showed that Suárez was shot 12 times. Wilberto Mata, who was also linked to the Northeast Cartel, was shot 10 times.
A third victim, Alejandro Trujillo, died from being shot five times. Jonathan Aguilar did not survive after he was struck in the temple. Gustavo Pérez died after he was shot two times – on the side and on the right forearm.
Luis Martínez, who was shot two times and survived, was also an alleged member of the Cartel del Noreste, according to his Facebook account. He had previously changed
