the former Governor of Veracruz, Javier Duarte de Ochoa, who is prisoner in the Reclusorio Norte, sent a letter to the Senate to demand that the legislator Samuel García (citizen’s movement) to respect their presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings faces.
In recent days the Senator said it will ask the International Court in the Hague that Duarte Ochoa be investigated for crimes against humanity, mainly on the issue of false chemotherapies to children and also false evidence sick with HIV-AIDS.
“Violates this kind of expressions and they transgress fundamental rights of which I am the holder, such as the presumption of innocence.” Such as provided for in article 20, paragraph B, section I of the political Constitution of the Mexican United States “, said the former Governor of Veracruz.
In the letter, Duarte accused Samuel García of having violated by public demonstrations made by against.
“Will be the corresponding ministerial authorities who in any case conduct the investigation and consequently the judicial authorities who will decide if the undersigned participated or committed an illegal, situation as at this point I deny emphatically and call you,” display evidence of malicious manifestations before public opinion”, the letter says.
In addition, Duarte mentions three limitations for civil servants even if they exercise their freedom of expression and places emphasis on the violation of the right of presumption of innocence the document received in the Oficialia of parts of the Senate refers to their lawyers and an address to receive response, through his lawyer, Ricardo Antonio Sanchez Reyes Retana.
In social networks, the Senator Samuel García, said that the former Governor of Veracruz, seeks to intimidate him so it manifest itself publicly on their “presumption of innocence”. ”
“Want to intimidate me and to stop this fight against him, but you will not get, Mexico needs justice, we can no longer tolerate more impunity”, wrote the Senator.
Also, Samuel García blamed the Duarte in the event that it were it to happen something.
“If the federal Government has decided not to act on these findings, it is because the money is scattered from federal coffers to the State has been used intentionally and systematically to distort, corrupting and endangering the public health system”.
This is the letter:
