RIGHTS-MEXICO: Supreme Court Lets Governor Off the Hook - (the Lydia Cacho story)

Mexico’s Supreme Court disappointed human rights groups Thursday when it voted not to uphold an earlier decision according to which activist Lydia Cacho was the victim of trumped-up legal charges and human rights abuses aimed at punishing her for exposing an alleged child sex ring.

By six votes against four, the Court, which was investigating the case at the request of Congress, concluded that Governor Mario Marín of the central Mexican state of Puebla as well as a number of prosecutors and judges could not be found guilty due to “lack of evidence.”

The magistrates said they were unable to use as evidence around a dozen telephone calls that were taped without a legal order and leaked to the press.”*

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