translated from Spanish: Fair trial for Cristóbal and Irineo, require OSC

Social organizations demanded that the Attorney-General of the Republic guarantee A Fair trialWith Due process attention And with respect to human rights, migrants ‘ defenders Cristóbal Sánchez and Irineo Mujica, detained and accused of trafficking in persons.
“The deprivation of the freedom of both defenders represents a form of criminalization against people defending human rights of migrants, which violates the right to defend rights, which is even more worrisome in a context as complex as the one facing migration in the country, “said Organizations, collectives and academics, in a statement.
Added to the arrests of the defenders, they added, “We are concerned that from the recent agreements reached by the Mexican Government with the United States, it was announced the sending of elements of the National Guard throughout the territory, prioritizing the southern border, In order to ‘ reduce irregular migration ‘, thus advancing an agenda for militarization in the southern border and the criminalization of migrants and those who defend and accompany them. ‘
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Cristóbal Sánchez e Irineo Mujica, recalled, were transferred to Tapachula, Chiapas, where this Tuesday, June 12 at 8:00 hours The bond hearing will be held.
“In that hearing, to verify the non-existence adequate and sufficient evidence against Cristóbal and Irineo for the crimes that are unjustly imputed to them, the judge should dictate the self of freedom for lack of elements,” they demanded.
Among the signatories are the Center for Human Rights Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, the House of the migrant Saltillo, the program of Migratory affairs and Master in Migration studies of the Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, the National network of Civil human rights organizations ‘ all rights for all and all ‘, and Miguel Urbán Crespo, MEP of Can.
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Original source in Spanish