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Rights group asks Mexico probe into army slayings

By Mark Stevenson
Published August 22, 2014 9:58pm ET
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Rights group asks Mexico probe into army slayings
FILE - In this Thursday, July 3, 2014, file photo, state police stand inside a warehouse where a black cross covers a wall near blood stains on the ground, after a shootout between Mexican soldiers and alleged criminals on the outskirts of the village of San Pedro Limon, in Mexico state, Mexico. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch is calling on Aug. 22, 2014, on the Mexican government to fully investigate a supposed shootout in which soldiers killed 22 suspects while suffering only one soldier wounded. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) | Rebecca Blackwell

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Human Rights Watch called Friday for the Mexican government to fully investigate a supposed shootout in which troops killed 22 suspects while suffering only one soldier wounded.

It is unclear whether there has been any investigation of the June 30 bloodshed at the federal level.

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