Mexico
's government publicly apologized to journalist and activist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro , who was criminalized for exercising her right to freedom of speech in 2005, as part of a resolution issued by the UN's Human Rights Commission .
Lydia Cacho
denounced a pedophile ring in Cancún in her book titled “The Demons of Eden.”
Cacho
was detained in Cancún by Puebla police in 2005. She was driven to Puebla , and police threatened her with rape , death and even forced a gun into her mouth. It was later revealed that Mario Marín, PRI, who was then Puebla's Governor , had schemed with Kamel Nacif, a Puebla businessman , to persecute Cacho for her book.
After accepting the public apology , she asked the government to create a true rule of law.
She mentioned cases where impunity reigns, such as Atenco , the ABC daycare, and expressed her will to dedicate her life to protect human rights.
Mexico's Internal Affairs Minister, Olga Sánchez Cordero
, recognize Lydia Cacho 's efforts to give voice to vulnerable groups and marginalized communities , especially girls and women .
Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez
apologized “for the arbitrary detention ” she went through, “for the use of torture as an investigation tool, intimidation , and punishment”, and as well as for the “ violence and discrimination you suffered because of your gender .”
Encinas
also apologized for the “ impunity and corruption promoted by institutions on different government levels.”
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