Rivero Espinoza: 'It's Hard to Ask for Justice in Mexico, But It's Not Impossible' Jaime Mendez - KOMO News
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Nestora Salgado speaks with Jaime Mendez of Univision Seattle/KUNS-TV on March 15, 2016 (KOMO News)

Justice doesn't seem to work the same for everyone in Mexico.

"It's hard to ask for justice in Mexico, but it's not impossible," Rivero Espinoza said.

Espinoza is one of the lawyers of Nestora Salgado, the woman from Renton who has been imprisoned in Mexico City for almost three years with charges of kidnapping, robbery and even murder. Salgado left Renton to go to her hometown of Olinala to fight against organized crime, forming a community police group.

"When the violence started happening, when there were kidnappings every day, when there was murders, when there was extortions, all these things," said Espinoa's daughter Graciel Rodriguez said. "It broke her heart."

But Espinoza says an ex-governor of the state of Guerrero, along with his attorney general have detained several community police members in small towns to - according to many who live there - send a message of intimidation to other groups rising up.

But Nestora, is about to regain her freedom and in big part because of the international support - keeping in mind she is a U.S. citizen.

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Related: Nestora Salgado Acquited of All Charges and Her Release Ordered (Mexico Voices)

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