| Indigenous Mexican Exonerated After 5 Years in Pre-Trial Detention Latin American Herald Tribune | |
| go to original July 7, 2013 |
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MEXICO CITY – A Mixtec Indian was exonerated of kidnapping and sex-abuse charges and released from custody after five years in pre-trial detention, according to the Asilegal organization.
The case of Roberto Pastrana “is emblematic in that it reflects the patterns of criminalization against young people and the indigenous population in particular, as well as the abuse of preventive prison,” Asilegal said in a statement.
Pastrana was exonerated at a hearing on June 24, nearly five years after he was jailed at a detention facility in Tlapa de Comonfort, a municipality in the southern state of Guerrero, it added.
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