Human Rights Commission accepts complaint from El Menchito

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat  from ElSolDeMexicoand INM Gob.Mx

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) accepted the complaint filed by the defense of Rubén Oseguera González “El Menchito” and analyzes the alleged violations of the due process of extradition to the United States, corruption of authorities whereby influencing it and human rights violation of the detainee.

The lawyer Víctor Beltrán García, legal representative of Oceguera González, reported that he denounced before the IACHR the series of violations of human and legal rights Oseguera González.

Beltrán García explained that the extradition process to the United States is plagued by irregularities and judicial instances have ignored the defense's complaints, such as the fact that his defendant is not the son of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel CJNG, Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho," he stressed.

“Oseguera González, victim of the facts reported to the IACHR, has been imprisoned in Mexico since 2015 as a result of accusations of organized crime and other crimes that were resolved in five different lawsuits in the country, which resulted in his freedom for lack of evidence and deficiencies in the procedure”, the litigant points out in the complaint filed before the International Organization.

Despite these failures in his favor, he adds, the 28-year-old, captured in Zapopan, Jalisco, is still following an extradition process to the United States, with this government requiring him to carry a firearm and conspiracy to deal with drugs, crimes that have already been tried and in which would apply the principle 'non bis in idem' that prohibits being tried for the same crime twice.

According to the lawyer, the legal process of Rubén Oseguera González remarkably violates the terms of the extradition treaty between Mexico and the United States, such as the fact that the authorization signatures of this process were falsified, as well as the fact that they include also false testimonials.

“This and other irregularities were proven in trials before Mexican courts, which ended up ruling in favor of Oseguera González. However, the foreign authorities of the past administration refused to release the detainee, arguing that the ruling was not binding. Today the decision to carry out extradition or not is in the hands of the current government that has repeatedly expressed that it will not allow corruption and human rights violations”.

However, the defender said that before the inaction of the authorities he saw the need to go before the IACHR; where he provided evidence of the violations and irregularities incurred by actors of the Mexican judicial system against his client, and included in them the names of the persons responsible for the violations.

Finally, he hoped that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will enforce due process and avoid continuing to violate the rights of Oceguera González, before the IACHR decides on the matter.