The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) declared on Wednesday that the Mexican government made severe mistakes in its investigation into the violent death of human rights defender Digna Ochoa y Plácido two decades ago and that the investigation must be continued.
Civilians search near Mexico border town for body of missing US soldier 2 minutes read
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- A group of civilians searched the outskirts of the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez on Wednesday for the body of United States soldier Richard Halliday after an anonymous tip reported he was buried in the area illegally.
Some 40 people turned out with picks and shovels to search the area known as Cerro del Caballo, about 20 kilometers from the border with El Paso, the Texas city from which Halliday disappeared in July 2020.
The loved ones of the 21-year-old soldier met with the prosecutor’s office of the state of Chihuahua, to which Ciudad Juárez belongs, to inform them that two weeks ago they received information about the young man’s whereabouts, lawyer for the Action Group for Human Rights and Social Justice, David Peña, said from the search site.