Qué hay detrás de #NestoraLibre? #FreeNestoraYa MEXICO CITY — A proposal to free a female vigilante leader who holds dual U.S.-Mexico nationality has become a subject of heated debate in Mexico. The case of Nestora Salgado has pitted her supporters against victims rights activists. Salgado left her home in the Seattle suburb of Renton, to return to her hometown in the southern Guerrero state to head a vigilante-style community police force. Under state law, indigenous communities such as her hometown, Olinala, are allowed to form such forces. She was arrested in August 2013, after people detained by vigilantes complained they had been kidnapped. The accusation stems from the arrest of several teenage girls on suspicion of drug dealing, and of a town official for allegedly trying to steal a cow at the scene of a double killing. According to the petition, the cow belonged to the victims. The Guerrero state government said following the arrest that authorities had received complaints from the families of six kidnapping victims and that ransom had been demanded. Guerrero governors office suggested last week that charges against Salgado be dropped. But anti-crime activist Isabel Miranda de Wallace said freeing her would be a victims rights violation, and said the governors suggestion constituted improper political pressure. One legislator pressing for Salgados release said Tuesday it was a simple question of rectifying violations of Salgados human rights. Rallies calling for her release have been staged in several cities, including one last year at the Mexican Consulate in Portland.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:49:28 +0000
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