Sinaloa.- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked yesterday for confidence that Justice will be served in the murder of journalist Luis Enrique Ramírez Ramosbecause impunity does not prevail in his government and “the truth is going to be known.”
Meanwhile, Governor Rubén Rocha Moya affirmed that the case is practically resolved and could be in “hours or days” when findings are announcedbecause it is necessary to complement a legal element to issue the arrest warrant.
At the morning conference held at the facilities of the Ninth Military Zone in Culiacán, López Obrador pointed out that a thorough investigation is being carried out, but he clarified that not only in this case but in all the murders, since before they were not punished.
“Since partner Luis Enrique was murdered, I personally spoke to the governor and asked him to intervene the Prosecutor’s Office, and that, if necessary, we would help to clarify the facts and find out what really happened and punish those responsible,” he added. He pointed out that the journalist’s investigation was a topic at yesterday’s security table.
“I asked for a report and they let me know what is being carried out from the investigation, and I endorse what he spoke here, what Rubén Rocha mentioned here, that the truth is about to be known.”
Do not reveal details
Governor Rocha Moya acknowledged that López Obrador entrusted him with the case the same day the events occurred, for which he coordinated with the head of the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, and Undersecretary Ricardo Mejía.
“This is an issue that I must tell you, President, that we have practically resolved it. We do not want to issue, we do not want the arrest warrant to be issued until we complete a legal element that we need, but we have located the motivations, the causes, the people; however, we do not want to fail”, he ratified.
“President, I tell you that very soon, hours or days, we will have solved the murder of Luis Enrique Ramírez, who was a friend of ours, you knew him,” said Rocha.
Solidarity
After these statements, the international organization for the defense of freedom of expression, Article 19, told Debate that the local Prosecutor’s Office is the one that should speak out regarding the information on the case, since there have already been discrepancies with the Executive.
Pedro Cárdenas Casillas, an activist for Article 19, expressed that the arrests are not justice nor can it be affirmed that there is no impunity, but that they are an advance, since sentences must be handed down, identifying both material and intellectual authors.
Yesterday afternoon, on the Radio Formula program of Paola Rojas and Jaime Núñez, this journalist spoke about the case of Luis Enrique Ramírez and sent his support to his colleagues at the newspaper Debate from Sinaloa.
(With information from Lucia Mimiaga)
the voice of the expert
“The Prosecutor’s Office should not be pressured”: Pedro Cárdenas, coordinator of article 19 protection
The activist of the organization Article 19, Mexico and Central America, Pedro Cárdenas, announced to Debate that, as an organization, reiterate that, for greater confidence, it is the Sinaloa Justice Prosecutor’s Office that should take the lead in the investigation, especially due to the previous discrepancies that have been noticed between local and federal authorities. “The Prosecutor’s Office should not be pressured to carry out the investigation in accordance with the proper protocols, this includes the approved protocol.”
Context
23 day of the homicide
journalist and columnist Debate Luis Enrique Ramírez Ramos, 59, was found dead and beached on May 5 on a stretch of dirt road on the El Ranchito highway, south of Culiacán.
Ramírez Ramos was in the Article 19 protection program for journalists in 2011, considering that his integrity was in danger.
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