Journalist Linked for Cover-up; Free 'Terrorism' · Global Voices
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The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Veracruz reported on Tuesday, December 30, that journalist Rafael León was linked to the prosecution for the crimes of cover-up for favor and against public security institutions, and was removed from the charge of terrorism after President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled on it. At the conference on Monday, President Sheinbaum asked the Veracruz prosecutor’s office to clarify the detention of journalist Rafa…
Journalist Rafael León Segovia, who had initially been charged with terrorism by the Veracruz State Prosecutor's Office, was linked to the trial on Tuesday for cover-up for favor and against public security institutions, a charge for which he was issued a year's house arrest as a preventive measure. The case caught attention after it became known that León, a reporter covering the red note from the area of Coatzacoalcos (south of Veracruz), had …
In the face of union pressure, family protests and the questioning of the Presidency, a supervisory judge dismissed on Thursday the charge of terrorism against journalist Rafael León Segovia, 'Lafita', although he will continue his trial for other crimes in residential prison in Veracruz. After being arrested by the Army on December 24, the communicator left this afternoon the Integral Justice Center of Coatzacoalcos. At the end of the initial h…
XALAPA, Veracruz.- Article 19 condemned that the control judge José Guadalupe Nucamendi Albores has “consolidated the criminalization” of the journalist Rafael León Segovia, by linking him to proceedings for cover-up for favors and crimes against public security institutions, despite the fact that the charges of terrorism were dismissed, and imposing home imprisonment on him for a year. [...] La entrada Article 19 accuses criminalization against…
The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) expressed its deep concern over a series of judicial proceedings recently opened against journalists in Mexico, in particular the cases of Rodolfo Ruiz, director of the e-Consulta portal in Puebla, as well as Rafael León Segovia, a communicator in Veracruz. According to the agency, these actions could constitute intimidation mechanisms that put at risk the exercise of freedom of expression. From the fi…
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