Mendoza: Two Assemblymen Detained for Opposing Megamining · Global Voices

Mauricio Cornejo and Federico Soria (both in the main image), members of the Popular Assembly for the Water of Mendoza, were released on Thursday when they declared themselves incompetent in the case Judge Claudia Tula, who referred the case to federal justice. The assembly’s lawyer considered the measure “a sign of impartiality and not to be intimidated by the political power of Mendoza.” Cornejo’s arrest occurred on February 24 and that of Sor…