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This happens in Mexico City

Three activists were arrested just because they were handing out flyers about 25 innocent feral dogs captured by the government that supposedly killed 4 persons (http://www.ohmidog.com/2013/01/14/tests-have-yet-to-incriminate-mexico-city-street-dogs-in-suspected-maulings-at-park/). The same weekend 22 people were killed by organised crime and still there are no suspects, except for the vague entity "organised crime" (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/mexico/130115/dozens-killed-wave-violence-mexico). Days before, several people were demonstrating against the new Mexican president. Around 100 people were arrested that day and until December 28th all of them were released: "Authorities held the 14 for nearly a month on vague charges of “attacks against the public peace.” The charges carry sentences of up to 30 years in prison and contain ambiguous language that defense attorneys say can allow the government to prosecute dissent as terrorism. Whil