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Veracruz: SSP Chief Detained For Disappearances Posted: 17 Jan 2016 07:30 PM PST  Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat The Attorney General of Veracruz reported that the SSP chief in Tierra Blanca, Marcos Conde Hernández, and Officer Otoniel Cruz Linares, were arrested for their alleged involvement in the disappearances of five youths between the ages of 16 and 27, which occurred on January 11. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. With the arrest of the two officers, there are a total of six police officers detained. The Attorney General of Veracruz reported that a police chief of the Secretariat of Public Safety (SSP) of Veracruz and one of his officers were arrested for their alleged involvement in the “forced disappearance” of five youths in Tierra Blanca, on January 11. With the arrest of the two officers, there are a total of six officers who are detained for their alleged involvement in the January 11th disappearances of five youths in the municipality of Tierra Blanca, nestled in the center of Veracruz. In a press release, the Attorney General’s Office of Veracruz reported the arrest of the police chief in Tierra Blanca, Marcos Conde Hernández, and of Officer Otoniel Cruz Linares.  Both were charged for their alleged involvement in the forced disappearances of youths who were detained by state police and whose current whereabouts are still unknown. The official report states that, based on the strength of evidence presented by the prosecution of ministerial investigations, the lower court judge located in the Judicial District of Cosamaloapan issued the requested arrest warrants. Upon completion of the court orders, the police chief and his subordinate were detained in a penitentiary in the municipality of Cosamaloapan, where they will be made available to a judge. Bernardo Benítez Herrera, father of one of the victims, denounced last week that the five youths were arrested by state police when they were filling up their gas tank. They were last seen there by a neighbor who knew them. State and federal authorities continue to search for and locate the youths with more than 140 operational and intelligence forces. A collaboration strategy with the Mexican Army, the Mexican Navy, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), the federal police, and the Center for Research and National Security (CISEN) has been established. On Saturday, the PGR announced the start of its investigation into the case, following a complaint received by the Specialized Prosecutor for the Search for Missing Persons. The Veracruz Prosecutor, Luis Ángel Bravo, reported on Thursday that four policemen were detained for their alleged involvement in the forced disappearances of five youths.  |
Former PRI chief Humberto Moreira ordered to "prison of the famous" by Spanish Judge Posted: 17 Jan 2016 12:04 PM PST By Lucio R for Borderland Beat  Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, issued a brief statement regarding the arrest in Spain of his friend former PRI party chief, Humberto Moreira Valdes. EPN (Pena) says he is unaware of the particulars of the case, and that the Spanish government gave Mexico no forewarning of the anticipated arrest of former Coahuila governor Moreira.  Moreira was arrested upon his arrival in Spain, where he is seeking a fourth master’s degree. He is charged with money laundering and organized crime. He went before a Spanish judge yesterday and was ordered detained in prison without bail, prosecutors were in fear Moreira was too great a flight risk, or that he would tamper and destroy evidence. Politian Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was very critical of EPN for once again dodging an uncomfortable situation by hiding, evading the press before leaving on a trip to the middle east. AMLO said the president should have sought information on the Spain case that could be shared with Mexicans, and he is critical of the president for not moving on the corruption case and financial improprieties alleged against Moreira, stating Moreira’s case is just one of a pile of cases he named involving Mexican politicians looting the public coffers. Moreira is incarcerated in the española de Soto Real prison, Centro Penitenciario Madrid 5, known as the “Prison of the famous”. Named so, due to the long line of famous and powerful prisoners imprisoned there. Power convicts, from the world of politics, banking and business sectors who have embezzled big money. Among them, one of the most famous in Spain, has been Luis Barcenas, former treasurer of the Popular Party the ruling Popular Party, who is accused of having absconded a fortune of 48.2 million euros, equivalent to 53 million dollars, which was deposited in a Swiss bank. With a conviction he will be in prison for up to 6 years in Spain, then possibility be tried in a U.S. court. To read more on the Moreira case history, follow this link the post by Chivis and DD.  |
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