More than 23,000 signatures gathered to remove immunity from Mexican senator accused by the U.S.
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
A group of citizens delivered over 23,000 signatures to the Mexican Senate on Tuesday, demanding that Senator Enrique Inzunza from Sinaloa resign and face investigations against him, including those from the United States, for alleged ties to drug trafficking. The initiative, led by Vania Pérez Morales, former president of the National Anti-Corruption System, was accompanied by a formal request for Congress to initiate a declaration of origin against Inzunza, a constitutional mechanism to remove a legislator's legal immunity and allow for criminal proceedings. 'We are not saying he is guilty,' Pérez Morales stated, emphasizing that the demand is for the senator to respond to the accusations 'without the protective cloak of immunity.' Lawyer Ricardo Beltrán Verduzco, national president of the Mexican Alliance of Lawyers, reported that the document to initiate the procedure was also submitted on the same day to the Chamber of Deputies. 'Here is the declaration of origin we are requesting,' said Beltrán, who urged parliamentary groups to process it swiftly. The request follows the April 29 indictment by the federal prosecutor's office for the Southern District of New York, which charged Inzunza, Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, and eight other officials and former officials with allegedly conspiring with the Sinaloa Cartel to smuggle narcotics into the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice emphasizes that the charges are allegations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven otherwise.
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