A Proposal Worth Considering

In response to the recent spate of reports on human rights violations committed by the Mexican military, the PRD's Senate bloc is pushing a plan to create an autonomous military ombudsman.

If you had to choose between an armed forces human rights czar and the removal of the military exemption from civil trials for crimes committed in uniform, the second is probably preferable. But this might be a more realistic middle road, and in any event the two goals aren't mutually exclusive.