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03/18/2021
The Allende Massacre in Mexico: A Decade of Impunity
Declassified Investigative Dossier Examines Officials' Roles in Cartel Killings
10th Anniversary of Worst Human Rights Episode in Mexico's Recent History
Washington, D.C., March 18, 2021 – Ten years ago, the Mexican municipality of Allende was the site of one
of the worst human rights atrocities ever seen in the country: a three-day wave of violence in which the
criminal group known as Los Zetas kidnapped, murdered, and later burned the bodies of an estimated 300
people, incinerating the remains into piles of ashes, bits of teeth, and tiny bone fragments.
The National Security Archive marks this grim anniversary by publishing an extensive evidentiary history of
the Allende massacre focusing on key documents and testimony from a 4,000-page dossier of investigative
records that prosecutors in the state of Coahuila only began to compile almost three years after the fact.
The files depict a town almost completely beholden to Los Zetas—from the mayor’s office to top police
commanders to ordinary cops on the street. Witnesses describe in graphic detail how Los Zetas undermined
and criminalized the public security forces of Allende, and how the latter routinely participated in kidnappings,
murders, and other crimes on behalf of the group. To date, only a handful of Zetas and corrupt police officials
have been convicted in a case that involves dozens of crime scenes, hundreds of victims, and the documented
participation of numerous Zetas and public officials.
Among the evidence posted today are the first complaints filed by the loved ones of those who went missing,
the sworn declarations of Zetas members, Allende police and other city officials, the statements of firefighters
and others who witnessed the violence, along with hundreds of pages of forensic reports, crime scene photos
and related material.
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