# Amnesty documented a lethal strategy against protesters

Date: 2018

Amnesty International published its investigation "Shoot to kill," concluding that the authorities had adopted a strategy of violent repression against the April-May protests. The organization documented police use of lethal weapons, firearm injuries and patterns it said provided evidence of extrajudicial executions by police and pro-government armed groups. The IACHR's subsequent institutional investigation described a comparable pattern of disproportionate and lethal force. [Amnesty International](https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr43/8470/2018/en/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Ortega–Murillo family autocracy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/ortega-family-autocracy

## Sources

- https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2018/134.asp
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr43/8470/2018/en/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/amnesty-shoot-to-kill-report-may-2018