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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Daniel Wilkinson, counsel for Human Rights Watch’s Americas Division, wrote this report. Joanne Mariner, deputy director of the Americas Division, Wilder Tayler, Human Rights Watch’s Legal and Policy Director, and Joseph Saunders, Deputy Program Director, edited it. Americas Division associates Marijke Conklin and Jon Balcom worked on the research logistics and production. Everett Intern Tania Uriarte provided invaluable research support.

Human Rights Watch would like to thank the numerous organizations, government officials and individuals that contributed to this report. In particular, we would like to thank the staff of the Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez and the Comisión Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humamos, A.C. for their invaluable support.

Human Rights Watch would also like to thank the Overbrook Foundation for its generous funding of our work in Latin America.

Human Rights Watch

Americas Division

Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

We stand with victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime.

We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.

We challenge governments and those holding power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.

We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.

The staff includes Kenneth Roth, executive director; Michele Alexander, development director; Rory Mungoven, advocacy director; Carroll Bogert, associate director, Barbara Guglielmo, finance director; Lotte Leicht, Brussels office director; Iain Levine, program director; Maria Pignataro Nielsen, human resources director; Wilder Tayler, legal and policy director; and Joanna Weschler, United Nations representative. Jonathan Fanton is the chair of the board. Robert L. Bernstein is the founding chair.

Its Americas division was established in 1981 to monitor human rights in Latin America and the

Caribbean. Jose Miguel Vivanco is executive director; Joanne Mariner is deputy director; Sebastian Brett, Robin Kirk and Daniel Wilkinson are researchers; Jonathan Balcom and Marijke Conklin are associates. Lloyd Axworthy is chair of the advisory committee; Marina Pinto Kaufman and David E. Nachman are vice chairs.

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