From To Subjech Date UMM FW U INFO - Summary Human Rights Working Group 15 OCi' Wednesday 0cWber 15 2014 2 31 42 PM Classification UNCLASSIFIED -----Original Mess_age- -- Frpm T F COL USARMY MORAD-USNC JS US Sent Wednesday 01ctober 15 2014 2 31 PM To Newell John F I111 MAJGEN USAAF NORAD-USNC J5 US a5' Cc Taylor James E BG USARMY NORAD-I TSNC J5 US - Subjeet U INFO - 8ummary unan RighL5 'i 'orking Group 15 u T Classification UNCLASSIFIED Sir FYSA - Summary ofthis month s Iluman Rights Working Group 1 Tlatlaya Guerrero State Military Involvement ODC reports 4 individuals in civilian custody 3 soldiers for murder charges 1 LT for cover up charge and an additional Tour soldiers in military custody violations of the military justiee code Newfacts indicate that these personnel tivere a patrol involved in the extrajudicial killing of 8 cartel members following two firefights with multiple civilian casuatties SERENA is ndw investigating the Commander a Major General of the military zone overseeing the 102nd IN BN If implicated in a gross human rights violation the entire tnilitaryronooand 10 000 personnel will he ineligible for U S security cooperation assistance Family and friends ofthe soldiers involved held a small protest last week ODC assesses that as more facts come to light there is greater acceptance that the military was involved in wrong-doing Three separate investigations SEDENA Attomey-GeneraUCongressional are pendmg D I'3 2 Iguala Mexico State Police involvement ODC reports 43 students continue to be missing alter beingkidnapped by cartel members complicit with municipal police There have been approximately 50 arrests of police and govemment officials but the studen whereabouts are unknown 9 new mass graves have been found outside of Iguala for a total of 10 no total body count yet Nono of the 28 bodies identified thus far are the remains of the students raising alarming questions about the widespread nature of cartel violence in the region and the level of govemment complicity Federal police gendarmerie SEDENA and SEMAR have all been deployed to the arca ta help find the missing students and assist with public safety The Attomey-General is spearheading an investigation 3 b i 4 ras r aponsue 5 r z resuonsi ie Very Respectfully 1 1 eaier Security Cooperation HQ NORAD and USNORTHCOM 250 Vandenberg St Peterson AFB CO 80914-3817 S1PR tia raamailsmil mil This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu