Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MAPUTO470
2008-05-20 14:02:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Maputo
Cable title:
INCREASE IN VIGILANTE KILLINGS EXPOSES BROKEN
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UNCLAS MAPUTO 000470
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM MZ
SUBJECT: INCREASE IN VIGILANTE KILLINGS EXPOSES BROKEN
JUSTICE SYSTEM
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SUMMARY
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UNCLAS MAPUTO 000470
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM MZ
SUBJECT: INCREASE IN VIGILANTE KILLINGS EXPOSES BROKEN
JUSTICE SYSTEM
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SUMMARY
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¶1. (U) Mozambique has registered a significant rise in the number of re
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NUMBERS TRENDING UP
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¶2. (SBU) According to prominent Mozambican sociologist Carlos Serra, th
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THE ROOT OF VIGILANTE KILLINGS
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¶3. (SBU) While media coverage tends to be minimal--usually a paragraph-
¶4. (U) Indications suggest that Mozambicans have lost faith in the over
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COMMENT
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¶5. (SBU) It is alarming that in only the first four months of 2008, Moz
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