Mexico - Mayan journalist released after nine months

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved by Mayan journalist and activist Pedro Canché's release after nearly nine months in prison and hails the judicial decision that freed him. A court in Cancún, in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, ordered his release on the night of 28 May after ruling that his continuing detention violated his rights in the absence of evidence against him. Canché had been held ever since his arrest on 30 August on an absurd charge of sabotage in Felipe Carrillo (...)

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