Source: CART (Spanish)
Author: David Bertet
On July 25th, 2014
Translation: RZ for CART / ACDV
Montreal, Canada, July 25, 2014
JESUS MURILLO KARAM
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC
As president of the Canadian Association for Rights and Truth, based in Canada, I am writing to you to express our disagreement and profound disappointment in the manner in which the legal authorities of your country, especially the PGR, which falls under your responsibility, have not shown any interest in investigating the facts that we have presented in relation to the Wallace case.
To date, it is obvious that the evidence that was found and published in the Los Angeles Press, a digital newspaper in the United States (with whom we had the pleasure of working together in support of the victims of human rights violations and falsely accused persons), was deliberately ignored by the PGR when it should have launched an extensive and urgent investigation. Beyond the silence and lack of support for our work in favour of the real victims of the Wallace case—silence which can be interpreted as the tacit support for the course of action planned by Isabel Miranda de Wallace who accuses reporters and activists of taking revenge against her—it is necessary to inform you that much of our work lies in investigating and promoting human rights by defending those people whose fundamental rights have been violated. We are now aware that some of your staff members have been mobilized with the aim of putting pressure on and intimidating defenders of human rights. Our friend and colleague, Giel Meza, president of the association Gente de Mexico por la Democracia (“People of Mexico for Democracy”), was arbitrarily detained on Sunday, July 13, 2014, by SEIDO agents in a flagrant violation of the due process of law and of his human rights and later interrogated for five hours in relation to the recent reports on the Wallace case that were published in the Los Angeles Press.
Such behaviour by your agents is totally unacceptable as is the fact that the objective of such behaviour is to intimidate defenders of human rights and reporters. The truth remains that Isabel Miranda de Wallace or Maria Isabel Miranda Torres did not comment on the second birth certificate belonging to her son who allegedly disappeared and that was published, and, the Unique Population Registry Code (CURP) that was registered in February 2010 under the name Hugo Alberto Miranda Torres, five years after his supposed death. She resorted to committing libel against us through interviews in the media that suited her, claiming being a victim of an imaginative personal revenge against her, resorting to threats, and now intimidation, with the help of staff members from a federal entity such as the SIEDO. We maintain that we’re not interested in Isabel Miranda, the person, nor is she our problem, but rather the system of corruption that she created causing serious harm to the administration of justice in Mexico. In a country with a solid rule of law, no one should be above and beyond the law. No one can exploit justice which all of us strive for, for motives totally far from justice itself. No one can trample on the system of laws and avoid the consequences of their acts. In the case of Isabel Miranda Wallace, we have provided evidence of a system of corruption that she created with the help of SEIDO. She deceived Mexico by fabricating an alleged crime without any valid expert evidence that would substantiate the truth about the case, and with contradictory testimonies obtained under acts of torture.
Isabel Miranda confirmed in front of television cameras that her son’s biological father is Jose Enrique del Socorro Wallace Diaz, despite the birth certificates and the recognition of parentage of Hugo Alberto that were published. A simple DNA sample of the following four people namely, the daughter and ex-wife of Hugo Alberto, Maria Isabel Miranda Torres and her second husband, Enrique del Socorro Wallace Diaz, would have proven otherwise and would have resolved any doubt which has served to lock up seven innocent people in jail during the past nine years.
The Wallace case which remains an emblematic case of falsely accused persons in Mexico and the systemic violation of basic human rights such as the presumption of innocence, among others, has certainly stirred international interest thanks to reporters, activists and defenders of human rights in and outside Mexico. We would like to reiterate that we are at your disposal to work with you in order to provide you with the truth about the Wallace case. With all due respect, we would also like to inform you that we will continue our efforts to bring justice to this case. As you may know, legal recourse at the international level is one remedy in which a case may be appealed especially when the delivery of justice is not expeditious in a country. We hope that you will fulfill your obligation to respect and promote human rights, an obligation that was taken on by President Enrique Pena Nieto and made public when he entered into office.
David Bertet
President
Canadian Association for Rights and Truth
[email protected]
