The Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Javier Laynez Potisek was arrested on October 9 in Torreón, Coahuila, for an alleged lack of traffic.
On October 12, the minister published a letter where he denied having gone drunk, although he said “I did not have the opportunity to prove it.”
According to Laynez, the arrest made by a municipal police officer in Torreón was outside any checkpoint or breathalyzer protocol.
Communiqué addressed to the public by Minister Javier Laynez Potisek pic.twitter.com/oYjcov6fYG
— Supreme Court (@SCJN) October 13, 2021
“Until the next day, I learned that, to justify the arrest, the agent wrote down the traffic violation called: ‘untimely lane change’, which never took place,” he published in a letter reproduced by the Court’s account.
The minister of the Second Chamber of the Court said that during his detention he was never able to speak with a doctor, judge, public prosecutor or human rights representative, and that his family paid a fine of 6,500 pesos in cash without receiving any kind of proof.
Although he said he was in favor of the use of operations such as the breathalyzer, he maintained that they should be carried out under high standards that avoid corruption and respect human rights.
“I have absolutely nothing to hide or be ashamed of,” he posted.
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