Jailed community leader freed in Mexico
Source: Associated Press
Jailed community leader freed in Mexico
Jacobo Garcia, Associated Press
Updated 5:20 pm, Friday, March 18, 2016
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A woman who returned to Mexico from Seattle to lead a community police force was freed from prison on Friday after courts threw out charges of homicide and kidnapping.
The case of Nestora Salgado has become a rallying point for activists who say the vigilante-like community groups that have sprung up across rural Mexico are cracking down on crimes ignored or fostered by corrupt government police forces.
"My only crime was defending the poor and the voiceless," she said after her release. Accompanied by relatives and supporters Salgado waved what appeared to be an air-rifle and said "If needed we will even use this, but we won't allow ourselves to be walked over."
Salgado donned a green t-shirt with the symbol of her community police force in the town of Olinala, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) south of Mexico City. It's in Guerrero state, one of the most violent regions off Mexico.
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