Five years ago, police stopped Veronica Razo on a street in Mexico City and took her to federal prison. She was beaten, tortured with electrical shocks and raped. Today, she is still awaiting the finish of her trial. She is one of a large number of women who were tortured after their arrest, according to a report by Amnesty International. The rights group said its report is based on meetings with or statements from 100 women who were jailed in Mexico. All of them reported torture or other abusive treatment, it said. Thirty-three reported being raped while in detention. Erika Guevara-Rosas is a human rights lawyer and Amnesty International’s Americas Director. She said the jailed women are victims of what she calls Mexico’s “so-called war on drugs.” “They are usually seen as easy targets by authorities who are often more eager to show they are putting people behind bars than to ensure they are finding the real criminals.”
Title: Report: Women Prisoners Tortured in Mexico
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trial.</span> <span data-start-time='23354' data-end-time='35125'>She is one of a large number of women who were tortured after their arrest, according to a report by Amnesty International.</span> <span data-start-time='35125' data-end-time='46708'>The rights group said its report is based on meetings with or statements from 100 women who were jailed in Mexico.</span> <span data-start-time='46708' data-end-time='52750'>All of them reported torture or other abusive treatment, it said.</span> <span data-start-time='52750' data-end-time='58563'>Thirty-three reported being raped while in detention.</span> <span data-start-time='58563' data-end-time='67583'>Erika Guevara-Rosas is a human rights lawyer and Amnesty International’s Americas Director.</span> <span data-start-time='67583' data-end-time='77188'>She said the jailed women are victims of what she calls Mexico’s “so-called war on drugs.”</span> <span data-start-time='77188' data-end-time='92688'>“They are usually seen as easy targets by authorities who are often more eager to show they are putting people behind bars than to ensure they are finding the real criminals.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1162/mex_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6535 data-hint-location='77188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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