MEXICAN SPECIAL PROSECUTOR CARRILLO PRIETO, 2002-01-25 (photo)

Mexican special prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo Prieto, assigned to investigate atrocities from Mexico's 1970s dirty war gestures during an interview with Reuters on January 25, 2002. Carrillo vowed to pursue any army officers or politicians involved in torture or murder, saying his probe is a test of the country's move to broader democracy. While Mexico's counter-insurgency campaigns against leftist guerrilla groups were nowhere near as extensive or brutal as those in other Latin American nations, there is evidence that hundreds of people disappeared after being arrested and tortured by security forces. President Vicente Fox has promised to bring to light what happened in the dirty war era and to put on trial the officials who committed human rights abuses.REUTERS/Henry Romero HR