Thread: Spain grants asylum to former Juárez reporter

Spain grants asylum to former Juárez reporter

By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso Times
Posted: 07/05/2011 06:35:22 PM MDT

A former Juárez reporter was granted political asylum in Spain, according to La Jornada on Tuesday.

Rosa Isela Perez, who worked for El Norte de Ciudad Juárez, left Mexico with her family after they received numerous threats.

Perez previously said she received threats when she began reporting on the murders of girls and women in Juárez. She garnered several awards for her coverage of the topic.

She had considered applying for U.S. asylum in El Paso, but opted later to try in Spain.

Perez said the threats against her increased after she provided testimony in 2009 for the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights about the murders.

Diana Washington Valdez may be reached at dvaldez@elpasotimes.com; 546-6140.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18412229

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

Rosa Isela Perez, who worked for El Norte de Ciudad Juárez, left Mexico with her family after they received numerous threats.

She had considered applying for U.S. asylum in El Paso, but opted later to try in Spain.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18412229

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Spain actually is a safer choice for those who have exposed the drug and slave cartels in Mexico. The United States simply cannot protect them since the cartels can enter the US at will and do whatever they want to them.

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

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Rosa Isela Perez, who worked for El Norte de Ciudad Juárez, left Mexico with her family after they received numerous threats.

She had considered applying for U.S. asylum in El Paso, but opted later to try in Spain.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18412229

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Spain actually is a safer choice for those who have exposed the drug and slave cartels in Mexico. The United States simply cannot protect them since the cartels can enter the US at will and do whatever they want to them.

Not to mention they speak spanish there, which means culturally, it's probably a better fit right off the bat. Then again, they can still press#2 for spanish in our country....

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Spain actually is a safer choice for those who have exposed the drug and slave cartels in Mexico. The United States simply cannot protect them since the cartels can enter the US at will and do whatever they want to them.

Not to mention they speak spanish there, which means culturally, it's probably a better fit right off the bat. Then again, they can still press#2 for spanish in our country....

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The bottom line is that the drug and slave cartels have SO MUCH POWER AND INFLUENCE *both* in Mexico and the United States that anyone publicly exposing them is in dire jeopardy of losing their lives. That is why Mexico is such a corrupt nation, and the United States is rapidly becoming just like it.