A month after his arrest, family and friends demanded freedom to Jose Manuel del Rio Virgo, the technical secretary of the Political Coordination Council (Jucopo) of the Senate, who they say is a political prisoner in Veracruz.
They gathered in the capitals and places of the country, such as the Zócalo in Mexico City; Chetumal, Quintana Roo; Xalapa and Papantla, Veracruz; Tuxtepec, Oaxaca; Acapulco Guerrero; Tepoztlán, Morelos and Tijuana, where they claimed Del Río’s innocence.
They specified that on January 22, it had been a month since Del Río Virgen was deprived of his liberty and separated from his family, “accused without evidence” of the murder of René Tovar, candidate for mayor of Cazones Herrera.
For this reason, they demanded a fair trial, with unlimited observance of the law, both for José Manuel and for all those people who were unjustly deprived of their liberty.
They expressed confidence that federal justice would release the Senate official as a judge granted the provisional suspension in the amparo offered by his defense, which was received as good news among his family and friends.
They also acknowledged the support provided by the Senate was given to José Manuel del Río, by the Jucopo chaired by the senator Ricardo Monreal and with the integration of the Special Commission chaired by Dante Delgado and it has documented some 50 cases of abuse of power and human rights violations in Veracruz.
In addition to the civilian marches held in different cities to demand their freedom, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) announced on December 27 that it had attracted the arrest of José Manuel del Río Virgen to document acts or omissions committed by state officials in the State Attorney – General’s office.
The Special Commission reaffirmed that José Manuel del Río Virgen is the victim of injustice and political revenge, as his incarceration is not an isolated event in cases of abuse of power under the Cuitláhuac administration, as he is linked to trial without evidence incriminate.
Del Río Virgen was arrested when he and his family were on their way to spend Christmas Eve in their entity, after months of fighting by Senator Ricardo Monreal, of whom he is a collaborator, against the atrocities and human rights violations committed in Veracruz is. by the application of the crime of transgressions against authority against critics of the government.
In this context, Del Río Virgen’s family and friends maintain that he is innocent and therefore a political prisoner who has been experiencing human rights violations for a month.
They thanked for the support they received in these weeks of fighting for Del Río’s freedom, and also to the people who had the opportunity to meet him and know first hand that he is a person of integrity, with honesty and prestige. is, not only as a servant public but as an academic.
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