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From: "David B. Briones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 7, 2008 9:44:53 AM PDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [narconews] Bricker: Miami-Based Company Led Torture
Training for Mexican Police
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
July 7, 2008
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Last week Narco News reported on a private contracting firm –then
identified as being from the US – leading the training of Mexican
police in the techniques of torture. The Mexican government has
denied any wrongdoing in the matter, and even defended the program.
Narco News’ Kristin Bricker has discovered more important details
about the identity of the private contracting firm involved: Risks
Incorporated of Miami, Florida and Great Britain. One of the
trainers, Narco News has learned, is a member of the Cuban terrorist
organization Comandos F4.
Bricker reports:
“Risks Incorporated has a Miami telephone number, which could
explain why Mexican officials stated that the company they
contracted to lead the torture training was a ‘US private security
company.’ Both individuals, according to information obtained and
confirmed by Narco News, are Risks Incorporated employees.
“…The man identified as Jerry Wilson… also appears in a Risks
Incorporated promotional video available on its website. He wears
the same clothing and sunglasses in both the Risks Incorporated
promotional video and the leaked León torture training video…
Furthermore, the very first still shot in the promotional video
shows the exact same terrain and foliage that appears in the leaked
torture video, and León police pick-up trucks appear in both videos.
“…Mexican authorities and media identified the second man
responsible for the León torture trainings as Gerardo Arrechea, a
Cuban-Mexican martial arts champion and soap opera stunt man who
runs the Free Fight Academy with trainings available in Mexico
state, Puebla, Morelos, and Chiapas. Free Fight Academy's website,
which was removed from the internet after the torture training video
scandal broke, bragged that, amongst other achievements, Arrechea is
a third-degree black belt in Doce Pares Eskrima (a martial art
focused on fighting with sticks), 1996 Eskrima Filipino WEKAF
champion of Mexico, and 1999 May Thai (kickboxing) Association
champion of Mexico.”
Bricker offers complete archives of all the connections of Wilson
and Arrechea to Risks Inc., including photographs and other details
about the company, online at Narco News. Also on Narco News, find
other news on Latin America, including reports on the recent hostage
rescue in Colombia:
http://www.narconews.com
From somewhere in a country called América,
David B. Briones
Webmaster
The Narco News Bulletin
http://www.narconews.com
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