Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said 22
people were executed by federal police during a confrontation on a ranch in the
western state of Michoacan last year.
The commission had investigated the clash, which
took place at a ranch in the town of Tanhuato in May 2015.
A total of 42 suspected members of a drug cartel
died in the clash, as well as one police officer.
The government had said there had been no human
rights violations.The violence was thought to be drug-related and
officials said it had been connected to a war being fought between two local
drug gangs.
Police officials at the time said the victims were
believed to be members of one of the cartels.
The commission established that 40 people were shot,
one died in a fire and another was run over.
It also said that at least two people had been
tortured by police and some bodies were moved to different locations and had
had firearms placed in their hands.
Michoacan has become one of Mexico's most violent
states because of the rivalry between local cartels.
bbc.com
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