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John Kirby: Organized Criminals Don't Use Leon Torture Methods

Submitted July 2, 2008 - 8:13 pm by Kristin Bricker

From NBC: http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=8611525

"The Mexican police, particularly on the federal side have really been trying to clean up their image and to see them going backwards is disturbing," said John Kirby a former federal prosecutor.

Kirby helped indict the Arrellano Felix Cartel.

He says organized criminals in Mexico, usually don't use these types of torture methods.

"They're going to cut off their fingers and take out their teeth," said Kirby.

That's why Kirby doesn't buy the explanation that this type of training is suppose to help officers survive violent interrogations.

He, like some human rights groups in Mexico believe, this type of training teaches officers how to torture.

And it's very interesting they're using what appears to be a U.S. trainer because that's a whole new thing i've never seen anything quite like that," Kirby said.

The police chief did not reveal the name of the private U.S. security company that's helping train his officers.

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