Videos: Don Ramon Has Been Freed! His Interview Translated

Don Ramon the retired solider who killed a member of the Sangre Nueva Zeta Cartel in self-defense, protecting his son from a kidnapping has been released from prison and is under house arrest---. 

The man who starred in the hashtag # LiberenADonRamón has left the prison; however, he will remain during the complementary investigation under house arrest.

Mr. Ramón Merino, who was arrested in recent days for killing a subject who tried to kidnap one of his children, in the municipality of Acultzingo, Veracruz, was released on Monday because a magistrate judge decided to change the crime of homicide to a quarrel.

This, in accordance with what was reported by the Attorney General of the State of Veracruz, who stressed that the test data had originally been requested to provide a connection for the crime of homicide.

However, a period of three months was set as a complementary investigation period, while a variation was also approved in the precautionary measure and the decision to grant house arrest was decided.

It is worth mentioning that many people disagreed that this person, anointed on social networks as "Don Ramón" was arrested, because they considered that he acted in self-defense when using his rifle.

Likewise, the dissatisfied townspeople had blocked the federal highway Orizaba-Tehuacán to demonstrate and even created the hashtag # LiberenADonRamón to join this demand and stand in solidarity with him.

         Video translation is as follows [1]:

Reporter: Hello there Don. I can see tears in your eyes there.

Don Ramón: Sir, the overwhelming emotions that I’m feeling for everyone here. I wish I could release these tears of joy. But I have to be a man. I’ll have to hold back my tears. But I just can’t explain to you all how I feel so ebullient for the support that you’ve all given me. Thank you sirs. Thank you to all the custodians of this prison that all treated me well. As the old saying goes: Love is repaid with love. I love you all. Forgive me if I ever offended anyone. But I believe I haven’t.

Video translation is as follows [2]:

Crowd is chanting: Yes we could, yes we could, yes we could.

Don Ramón: Thank you all. And I want t send a message to all the young people. Don’t allow yourselves to be betrayed. Don’t get involved with delinquents. Because this is where you will all end up.

Among the dead delinquents. And with the innocents in jail. Parents speak to your children. Children refrain yourselves, don’t allow yourselves to be deceived. It’s easy to make quick money.

You might enjoy yourselves a lot. But you will only live a short life. Thank you to the town, the municipality and everyone I’ve affected. Nevertheless, here we are on the path where we will certainly travel happily.

This is what I can relay to my townspeople. With all of my heart I appreciate everyone here. I don’t have a way to repay you for what you’ve all done. Thank you all ladies and gentlemen.

Sir, I don’t know where to go from here. But something good will come my way. Things have a way of happening for a reason. When life has to make a change it will make that change. We all have to make a change and do something so that  we can return our country to its former tranquility.

And to our beloved town of Acultzingo, and everyone in my municipality I send a kiss to all who are watching me right now. Thank you.

Reporter: Don Ramon you made national news. Everyone found out including national media’s of the plight that you underwent. What would you like to say to the townspeople of Mexico now that people have sympathized with you on social media.

Don Ramón. First off I’m just finding out about this because I wasn’t aware of anything. Well, we need to be strong in Mexico. Determined! There are more of us who are good than the bad ones. And so I send a message to the townspeople that united in strength we will not give up.

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