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| public defender (left), Cemeí Verdía (right) |
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
Morelia, Michoacán— Ignacio Mendoza Jiménez, who was the lawyer of Cemeí
Verdía Cepeda, leader of the Community Police of Santa María de Ostula, in
Aquila, said in a telephone interview that the Michoacán government obliged Verdía
to change his layer in exchange for his release.
In that regard, “Nacho” Mendoza said verbatim: “the state government
obliged Cemeí to give up his defense under the promise that they will release
him, the government secretary, Adrían López Solís, was the one who operated
this matter."
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| Adrían López Solís |
In an 11 minute video, you can precisely see Cemeí Verdía with Mendoza and
in front of two more lawyers, who as told by Mendoza, are public defenders, one
by the name of Efraín and the other one with the surname of Quintana.
In the recording, it shows that those present dispute the fact that Cemeí
is being obliged to appoint lawyers and Verdía on several occasions says that
all he wants is to get out “of this mess,” referring to the jail where he is
imprisoned, which is the David Franco Rodríguez Prison, also known as “Mil
Cumbres,” located in the municipality of Charo.
Mendoza Jiménez is asked about the subject which he responds: “it is
pathetic that they keep on politicizing justice and obliging people to do
things that they do not want because the government is the one deciding, on the
other hand very content because it goes to show what we have said from day
one: that the issue of Cemeí Verdía, like others, is a political issue, it had
nothing to do with justice.”
The lawyer was also questioned as to why the state government didn’t want
him to be defending Cemeí and if he is considered to be an obstacle, he replied:
“I don’t know, ask them (the government), I’m a citizen, I work, I pay taxes, I
don’t know how they view me and I don’t care.”
The video shows that Verdía Cepeda signs some documents, in which he
would be agreeing to be represented by the public defender.
A promise from the Mexican government is the same as a promise from a used car salesman. Unless it is in writing, on a legal document that is bulletproof, that verbal promise is worthless. Mr. Verdia should have considered the possible scenarios driving the Michoacan's desire to replace his defense attorney. Perhaps, the defense attorney was extremely capable with the wherewithal to deliver a defense that the government's attorneys could not overcome in this mockery of the justice system. Could it have been that the defense attorney refused to play along with underhanded deals proffered by the government's attorneys? I seriously doubt that Mr. Verdia will be released any time soon from the hellhole where he is currently incarcerated. What he will discover is that he was deceived, just as so many other self defense members have been in past dealings with Mexican government officials.
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DeleteWell said.
Deletenew car salesmen used to be worse than used car salesmen, then luis videgaray, peña nieto, and all their lambeculos, tried to sell us so much bullshit, that now they are the crown queens of lying, from drugs to the benefits of privatizing pemex, to the white house of epn/la gaviota, the houses of osorio chong, the houses of videgaray...
Delete--they even bought the votes of the senators and congressmen to make it all "look legal"
I am the ferret el hijo de la tuta.huber.damn this guy is getting on my nerves.i hope he just signed his life away.pinches ratas comunitarias never go away.if my dad was out we would still be kicking ya ass.americano papa pitufo y viagras sold their ass to menso.my respects to el dr. He had balls to shoot it out with us like men.but ours hang longer. -C.T.G.M-
ReplyDeleteYou sound very ignorant. I bet you're someone that wears knock off fashion and drives a 1998 Silverado with a make shift sticker that says Cheyenne.
Delete10:35 I bet he's not from michoacan, hes just trying to be funny behind a computer. Lol
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Delete1:53 mother theresa, paraded to us to learn to be humble and accept faithfully our fate, has her detractors...
Delete--brother gorgoglio also has his detractors, some of them can't talk about it, because the argentinian junta of the "honorable heroic" argentinian armies murdered them...as part of henry kissingers' "Operation Condor"...
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ReplyDelete"Giving Cemei the Mireles treatment "
ReplyDeleteNo shit, right on !
VIVE en Paz........
Gracias
I wouldn't trust the Government in this matter, if they wanted to release him they would and it wouldn't matter wich lawyer represented him. I smell bull shit, Something similar happened to me here in the U.S with a crooked lawyer wich I paid $10,000 and a public defender beat the case after I fired that stupid paid attorney who just wanted me to sign a plea agreement for 4 years!. The law system is fishy and you gatta know who is working for your best interest, if not you will be gone for a long time. Real spit
ReplyDeleteI hear you, I wouldn't trust that judge either! I have a feeling he will be there for years, sad but true. My respects for him and Dr. Mireles!
DeleteMireles was told to accept "a deal" and when he did it made it harder for him to get out of jail, and "he has no one to blame for it but himself"...I bet la tuta has more chances to get free than the real AD, nestora salgado, cemei and mireles...
Deleteno news about el americano's life in prison... eso si...
What is hp?
ReplyDeleteHp=half pound?half price?hypocrite?hamon con pan?half penis? Next time express yourself better buddy.no harm doing.smh
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ReplyDeleteHijo de su puta madre
ReplyDeleteEl steve harvey
He's free. Will spend Christmas Eve at home with his family:
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He hasn't been released, yet. The case against him was dropped. The waiting isn't over. His release papers have yet to be signed by a judge.
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