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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called the Government of Mexico to set "higher standards" for its military and police, in response to a video presenting a case of torture against a woman that caused an uproar on social networks.
In an interview with commentator León Krauze for the Univision network, Clinton responded to the video presenting a female Federal Police officer and members of the military torturing a suspect, suffocating her with a plastic bag and threatening her with their guns.
"I do have a concern about the most effective way to reign in lawlessness, and murder, and drug gangs, and I don't think violating people's human rights is the best way to get the country on the side of defeating the criminal cartels.
"So, I would have a very open line of communication and a very frank conversation, but I would like the Mexican government, if they know about our interview, to realize that they themselves have to set a high standard for government officials who have policing power, military power," said Clinton in the interview presented Sunday.
"I think they should be international standards. You know, there are conventions against torture. Donald Trump wants the United States to ignore international law, we will not. Well, I don't want Mexico to ignore international law either. I want Mexico to have the kind of future that I know it can, where we raise people's incomes and aspirations and improve education and healthcare," said the former Secretary of State, who pointed out that she visited Mexico five times and values it relationship with the U.S.
Clinton, who is leading in the contest for the Democratic nomination, also warned against the rhetoric used by Republican hopeful Donald Trump, calling it "dangerous".
"I think everybody, everybody in our country and in the world should take him seriously. No one has ever run for president who has been so divisive in the way that he talks about other people in our own country, other countries.
"The policies that he carelessly, recklessly throws out for people, I think are incredibly dangerous, so yes. It's not a reality TV show anymore, he's someone running for president who is doing his very best to get his party's nomination. He is going to continue to be this divisive figure and he's going to try to get the nomination and to win the election. So yes, take him seriously, listen to what he says," she said.
Clinton also pointed out: "I don't care what he says about me. I can defend myself, but I really am adamantly against what he says about everybody else. You know, hard-working people, Mexican immigrants, Muslim Americans, women in all walks of life".
The former secretary of State also spoke about the audience which the Supreme Court will hold Monday regarding the immigrant actions undertaken by President Barack Obama in order to improve the situation of immigrants in the U.S. The decision of the Court could determine if up to five million immigrants end up being deported back to their home countries.
"First of all, I don't think executive action will be (defeated) I am very ... I am optimistic. But I will fight no matter what happens.
"When I think about the children who were born here, who are legal American residents, I worry that they may come home some day from school and find their mother or their father gone, or their older brother picked up at a bus stop or while driving somewhere. It just makes my heart break, and I am to do everything I can as president and I will build on what President Obama has done, but I want to go much further.
"I want to stop the raids and the roundups, I want to make it much easier for people to be able to work, to be able to pursue their own dreams," Clinton said.
