Ángeles Cruz
Martínez
La Jornada, 14th
September, 2013
The Mexican justice system is unable or unwilling to correct injustices, as is evidenced by the decision of the Appeals Court which refused to recognize the innocence of the Tzotzil teacher Alberto Patishtán, declared Amnesty International (AI).
The Mexican justice system is unable or unwilling to correct injustices, as is evidenced by the decision of the Appeals Court which refused to recognize the innocence of the Tzotzil teacher Alberto Patishtán, declared Amnesty International (AI).
This ruling, the agency
warned, once again highlights the lack of protection for residents of indigenous
communities and other vulnerable sectors of society.
The obsession with
protecting the formal image of the justice system over and above the obligation
to guarantee human rights is one of the most serious obstacles to ensuring equal
access to justice in Mexico, they observed.
So, according to the
judgment of the federal court in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Patishtán will
remain imprisoned because of an unjust sentence, in which they did not take into
account the accumulation of irregularities committed during the trial
process.
Alberto Patishtán was
arrested and sentenced to 60 years in prison after being accused of
participating in an ambush in which seven policemen were killed in
2000.
Amnesty International
emphasized that it could confirm anomalies during the trial, such as the
admission of contradictory testimonies in the charge, and that evidence that
Patishtán was not present at the scene of the crime was
ignored.
The organization called on
the Mexican government to take the necessary measures to ensure that there is
justice in this case and that the justice system be reformed to ensure prompt
and fair process to all persons, regardless of their economic status or
membership of any indigenous group.
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