translated from Spanish: Aguayo wins lawsuit H. Moreira

PUEBLA, Puebla-political scientist Sergio Aguayo won the lawsuit that brought you in 2016 the former Governor of Coahuila, Humberto Moreira, by so-called moral damage, which was asked for compensation of at least 10 million of p those.

Friday last, after three years of trial, the sixth tenth judge of the civil of the city of Mexico notified the ruling which determined that Moreira, also a former national leader of the PRI, not credited their action.

Humberto Moreira sued Sergio Aguayo of June 28, 2016 for a column which scientist published in reform in January of that year.

“Moreira is a politician who appears corrupt stink; in the best-case scenario was ignored to terrible violations to human rights in Coahuila, and, finally, is a standard-bearer for the renowned Mexican impunity”, wrote Aguayo in 2016, when Moreira was imprisoned in Spain.

The former Governor of Coahuila, Humberto Moreira sued for moral damages and asked for 10 million pesos. | Reform according to the former President, written by Aguayo injured feelings, emotions, beliefs, propriety and reputation.

Sergio Aguayo holds the hypothesis that demand sought to intimidate him and wear it because in March 2016 began to coordinate, from the College of Mexico, an investigation into the crimes committed by Los Zetas in Allende and Piedras Negras , Coahuila.

in an interview, Aguayo said, while the sentence is in the first instance, it feels quiet living with very solid legal ground.

However, lamented that the claims for moral damages are used to attack critical voices.

“Let me the finding that independent and critical journalists in Mexico are helpless before the power, because those who have the power to use it to harass us, attack us, defame us or kill us, in some cases”, He mused.

“and enter the range of resources which had, in recent years they have included legal action which has taken us by surprise by novel and still we cannot devise a strategy to defend ourselves”.

if, for example, indicated that in the first year of the trial it disbursed more than 400 thousand pesos despite the fact that the law firm representing him took the case pro bono.

why he considered urgent that the mechanism of protection to journalists and human rights defenders can legally advise journalists who face any such demand.

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