Oaxaca: Arrest Of Human Rights Defender Ms Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez

Oaxaca: Arrest Of Human Rights Defender Ms Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez   On 22 February 2012, human rights defender Ms Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez was arrested by agents of the Attorney General's office of Oaxaca before being released on bail in the early hours of the morning of 24 February. Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez is well known for her fight in defence of land rights and she is the co-founder of the Asamblea de los Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo de Tehuantepec en Defensa de la...

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