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Ex-Governor of Mexican Puebla State Arrested on Torture Charges After Hiding for More Than a Year © AFP 2021 / RONALDO SCHEMIDT Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/latam/202102041081974570-ex-governor-of-mexican-puebla-state-arrested-on-torture-charges-after-hiding-for-more-than-a-year/ Journalist Lydia Cacho suffered torture after publishing her book "Los Demonios del Eden" in 2005, about a pedophile network run by businessmen close to former Governor Marin. An arrest warrant against Marin was issued by the court in April 2019;...

Ex-Puebla governor arrested in connection with journalist’s torture in 2005 Mario Marín accused of ordering arrest of journalist Lydia Cacho, who was subsequently tortured Published on Thursday, February 4, 2021 95shares Former Puebla governor Mario Marín was arrested in Acapulco, Guerrero, on Wednesday in connection with a 2005 case in which prominent investigative journalist Lydia Cacho was detained and tortured by Puebla police. Marín, Institutional Revolutionary Party governor between 2005 and 2011, was taken into custody by federal agents at a home owned by his sister in the Paci...

Mexico arrests ex-governor in case of tortured journalist by The Associated Press Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 12:28 pm EDT MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities arrested a former governor on charges that he had a reporter who investigated his role in a pedophilia ring illegally arrested and tortured, an official said Thursday. Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero confirmed the arrest of Mario Marín, ex-governor of Puebla, in Acapulco the previous day. On Thursday, Marín was scheduled to appear before a judge in Cancun. Marín, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, governed Puebla from...

Mexican authorities have arrested a former governor on charges that he ordered police to torture a reporter who investigated his alleged role in a pedophilia ring, an official said Thursday. Mario Marín, ex-governor of Puebla, was apprehended at his home in Acapulco, on Wednesday, according to Interior Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero. Marín, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, governed Puebla from 2005 to 2011, and was expected to appear before a judge in Cancún on Thursday. He was a close friend of textile magnate José Nacif, also considered a fugitive. Journalist Lydia Cacho had ...

The case became a national scandal after a taped telephone conversation was leaked in which Marín was heard scheming with one of the men named in Cacho’s book. “Yesterday I gave that old bitch a good old slap,” Marin said. “She’s been going on and on, so let’s see whether she gets the message and learns her lesson.” For years, Marín moved freely in public despite Cacho’s allegations. Finally, in 2019, a judge in Quintana Roo state issued a warrant for his arrest. Leopoldo Maldonado, a lawyer with the Artículo 19 press freedom organization and a representative of Cacho, told...