lynnifer
01-19-2011, 08:02 AM
http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Officials+investigating+alleged+rape+assault+Canad ians+Mexican+police/4125946/story.html
Officials investigating alleged rape, assault of Canadians by Mexican police
Postmedia News January 18, 2011
Canadian officials said they are "very concerned" about the allegations of a Canadian couple who said they were violently assaulted and robbed by police while on vacation in Mexico on New Year's Eve.
A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Parliamentary Secretary Deepak Obhrai has spoken with Mexico's ambassador to Canada to "discuss" the case of an Ontario couple.
"We welcome the government of Mexico's investigation into these allegations," said Foreign Affairs spokesman Pierre Florea in an email. "We expect a thorough and transparent investigation and a timely resolution to this case."
According to media reports, the woman said she was gang-raped by police, while her fiance said he was beaten and robbed after the couple was arrested by officers in the tourist hot spot of Playa del Carmen. This is the same area where five Canadians were killed in November in a hotel explosion.
Canadian officials said the couple, who are still in Mexico, are receiving consular assistance.
Horrible story and I hope the woman is going to be okay, but this comment made me smile and sigh in frustration at the same time:
"Canadian officials said they are "very concerned" "
Translation: We officially logged this complaint on a canadian issued post-it note. If we remember to look into it, we will ask the Mexican officials for a pretty-please report. If not satisfied, we will have no other alternative but to use the strongest adjectives we have. By then, we will be "super ultra mega quintuple swear concerned." And you don't...want...that.
Officials investigating alleged rape, assault of Canadians by Mexican police
Postmedia News January 18, 2011
Canadian officials said they are "very concerned" about the allegations of a Canadian couple who said they were violently assaulted and robbed by police while on vacation in Mexico on New Year's Eve.
A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Parliamentary Secretary Deepak Obhrai has spoken with Mexico's ambassador to Canada to "discuss" the case of an Ontario couple.
"We welcome the government of Mexico's investigation into these allegations," said Foreign Affairs spokesman Pierre Florea in an email. "We expect a thorough and transparent investigation and a timely resolution to this case."
According to media reports, the woman said she was gang-raped by police, while her fiance said he was beaten and robbed after the couple was arrested by officers in the tourist hot spot of Playa del Carmen. This is the same area where five Canadians were killed in November in a hotel explosion.
Canadian officials said the couple, who are still in Mexico, are receiving consular assistance.
Horrible story and I hope the woman is going to be okay, but this comment made me smile and sigh in frustration at the same time:
"Canadian officials said they are "very concerned" "
Translation: We officially logged this complaint on a canadian issued post-it note. If we remember to look into it, we will ask the Mexican officials for a pretty-please report. If not satisfied, we will have no other alternative but to use the strongest adjectives we have. By then, we will be "super ultra mega quintuple swear concerned." And you don't...want...that.