The conference “Protecting the media to protect democracy” is currently being held in Vienna, following the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which is commemorated every November 2. One of the countries with the greatest impunity is Mexico, where 88% of the murders of journalists remain in total impunity. The case of the Belgian journalist Emmanuelle Steel is a reflection of the attacks to which they are exposed
Text: Aida Palau
since three months Emmanuelle Steelsa Belgian journalist based in Mexico, receives intimidating messages due to the investigation she carried out on the Florence Cassez and Israel Vallarta case between 2009 and 2015, a case that has come back to the fore due to the series of Netflix The Cassez-Vallarte case. a crime novel. In this investigation, Steels delved into the evidence of a false police operation that was also televised, in which two leaders of a kidnapping organization were allegedly arrested: Florence Cassez and Israel Vallarta.
“Israel Vallarta has been in a Mexican prison for the crime of kidnapping for 17 years, although his trial has not concluded and he has not been found guilty. He has been the shadow of the case of Florence Cassez, who in 2005 was arrested along with Vallarta. The case of the Mexican has been forgotten while disproportionate attention has been given to the French: he has been sentenced by the media courts, but not by the Mexican justice system. Extract from an article published in Washington Post.
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As a result of her research, Emmanuelle Steels published the book The theater of deception. story of a montage in which he explains that it was a case of corruption, a judicial machination set up by Mexican authorities with the complicity of a businessman. Although the book is from 2015, the spread of the documentary has caused some to become upset and begin to intimidate her.
You can hear the testimony HERE.
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