Date

Jan 7, 2016

Description

Juan Ibarrola Carreón, a journalist with Milenio who is also a paid consultant to the Mexican military, sends Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos an analysis of recent articles in La Razón, Excelsior, and El Economista that accuse two members of the GIEI of impropriety, naming a conservative Mexican organization as the source of the information. The articles claimed that Claudia Paz y Paz - “when she was a judge in Guatemala” [she was never a judge but was Attorney General] - had deep ties to leftist guerrilla organizations in Central America and held criminal trials based on false evidence and invented testimonies. The articles further claimed that Ángela Buitrago - a former federal prosecutor from Colombia - fabricated evidence to put a high-ranking Colombian military officer in prison. Paz y Paz and Buitrago, the journalist reminds Cienfuegos, “are the ones insisting on interrogating the military for the Iguala case.”

In his recommendations, Ibarrola suggests that Sedena ask the Colombian defense attaché in Mexico for all relevant information about the claims against Buitrago, “so that at the right time it can be fully documented and disseminated in a strategic manner within Mexico.” Ibarrola also proposes that he personally make an approach to the conservative organization, “so as to avoid directly associating it with the institution” - in other words, the Defense Ministry.

Document published in following posting(s):

Guacamaya Leaks and the Ayotzinapa Case

Mar 10, 2023

Nota Publicada en La Razón de México.