Mexican Police Corruption
Re “Complaints About Mexican Police Echo Riverside Case,” June 2: Tommy Dwyer, an American, was found writhing in convulsions on the floor of a Tijuana jail by a journalist on Jan. 23, 1995. Despite the heroic actions of the journalist, rushing him to a hospital, Tommy died. The autopsy reports the cause of death as pneumonia.
Tommy had been arrested on Christmas Day 1994, for hitting a sign with his vehicle. His bail had been paid on Jan. 13, 1995, but he was never released. The journalist revealed in a Tijuana newspaper the truth of the police ignoring the dying cries of my cousin and the pleas of other inmates who wanted to care for Tommy.
A couple of miles across the border, death found an American for his bail money and Rolex.
KATHLEEN HARRINGTON
Hermosa Beach
* Although interesting and informative, exposing the corruption of Mexican police does nothing to improve the accountability of law enforcement officers in the U.S. We need to ensure that all incidents of police brutality are judiciously addressed.
GREGORY A. SALCIDO
Pico Rivera
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