In Mexico, police have received dozens of years in prison for escape from criminals
MEXICO city, July 13 — RIA Novosti. Six policemen sentenced in Mexico to imprisonment for a period of more than 27 years for the escape of criminals, informs a portal Excelsior.
According to the findings of the court, the guards were afraid of the bandits, who broke into the village of Cristo Rey in the South of Sinaloa state in 2016.
Police arrived at the scene by a phone call from a local resident, however, seeing a few cars with the bandits who kidnapped the young man left the village, afraid of a possible battle.
This moment was recorded on video by one of the locals and later became a evidence. The kidnapped man was found murdered on the highway Mazatlan-Durango.
The authorities of convicted police tried to justify their actions by some strategic calculations, as the group of bandits were significantly outnumbered by, the court, however, these excuses did not satisfy, and the guards received prison sentences for a crime of omission.