Mexico City, July 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son have been released from ICE detention after being jailed for seven months. Gutiérrez first sought asylum in the United States in 2008 after receiving death threats for reporting on alleged corruption in the Mexican military.
The Mexican journalist was detained in December, only weeks after he criticized U.S. asylum policy during a speech at the National Press Club. A federal judge has questioned whether the Trump administration’s detention of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son Oscar violated his First Amendment rights.
Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, speaking in an exclusive jailhouse interview with Democracy Now! said: “The message that I would like to share with the people of the United States is to, please, express solidarity with the terror experienced by families of journalists who have been assassinated in Mexico and to seek at least a breath of justice, which does not exist. The only thing that has motivated us, at least in my career as a journalist, is to speak with the truth, to participate in the search for social justice.”
Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son freed from immigrant detention
Related Articles
Commentaries
MAKE A COMMENT
All fields requiredMore Views
- Colombia, looking at the pension law from the point of view of love
- UNESCO calls for Cuba's removal from the list of sponsors of terrorism
- International Court of Justice at The Hague rules that Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful
- Nicolás Maduro warned of possible civil war in Venezuela
- Mexican foreign minister highlights positive moment in U.S.-Mexico relations