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 | | According to the Attorney General of the Military Police, Brigadier General Rafael Macedo de la Concha, the leader of the Patriotic Command for the Concientization of the People, Lieutenant Colonel Hildegardo Bacilio Gomez, was arrested yesterday afternoon by military judicial police in Pachuca, Hidalgo. |
 | | Accused of sedition, insubordination, slander and defamation against the army, among other crimes, Bacilio was captured three months after marching at the head of 50 uniformed rebels along Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, announcing the creation of the Command and denouncing presumed violations of human rights within the armed forces. |
 | | They demand the suppression of the fuero de guerra [military judicial system dedicated to enforcing internal discipline], denounce human rights violations within the armed forces and criticize the economic policies of the government. |
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