Mexico: Letter concerning the continued judicial harassment of Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco

01/08/22

In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern about the judicial harassment of Mexican lawyers Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco.

Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco are working as lawyers of the Comité en Defensa del Bosque el Nixticuil – Committee in Defence of the Nixticuil Forest. In this capacity, they have collaborated in the filing of, different judicial amparos, like judicial reviews, against the construction of a planned subdivision in the Nixticuil forest, in a zone adjacent to a protected natural area, located northwest of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, in the municipality of Zapopán, Jalisco.

Members of the Committee in Defense of the Nixticuil Forest were informed of the existence of investigations against them by personnel from the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic. They did not receive any additional information regarding the persons included in the investigations and the reasons for the complaint.

An official letter, which was later issued by the Attorney General’s Office, made apparent that information was requested from the District Court in relation to the opening of the two investigation folders in relation to the amparo claim (FED/JAL/GDL0003860/ 2021 and FED/JAL/GDL/0001742/2022) against Mr. Flores Solís and Ms. Cabral Pacheco. The complaints were filed by a real estate company called JARHA, S.A. de C.V., one of the developers of the Miralto Residencial real estate project in the municipality of Zapopán, Jalisco. According to the information received, Mr. Floris Solis and Ms. Cabral Pacheco, were being accused of including false information regarding the address of the plaintiffs in the appeal.

It is concerning that both lawyers were not informed by the Mexican authorities about the complaint filed by the real estate company. They only became aware of the accusation against them by luck, after meeting one of their client’s members. Only through monitoring the judicial reviews both lawyers were able to learn more details.

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Letter concerning the continued judicial harassment of Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco

https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/break-and-death-threat-against-environmental-human-rights-defenders-juan-carlos-flores-solis-0

https://www.fidh.org/es/temas/defensores-de-derechos-humanos/mexico-allanamiento-ilegal-del-domicilio-de-juan-carlos-flores-solis (ESPANOL)

https://www.somoselmedio.com/2022/07/07/el-comite-en-defensa-del-bosque-nixticuil-denuncia-amenazas-en-contra-de-sus-integrantes/

Comité en Defensa del Bosque El Nixticuil denuncia criminalización y amenazas

https://www.informador.mx/ideas/Criminalizacion-vs-defensores-en-Jalisco–20220712-0178.html

In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern about the judicial harassment of Mexican lawyers Juan Carlos Flores Solís and Ana Elizabeth Cabral Pacheco, who are working as lawyers of the Committee in Defence of the Nixticuil Forest.https://t.co/HsuYAbIN0J

— Lawyers for Lawyers (@L4L_INT) August 1, 2022

🇲🇽 #México: Three break-ins in less than 15 days at the home of environmental lawyer Juan Carlos Flores Solís.

➡️Alerta: https://t.co/uPRnmLLPcB@CNF_it @OrdineAvvMilano @OrdineAvvBari @AvvocatiMessina @OrdineAvvMilano @Coa_Modena @OrdineAvvROMA @COA_VR @OrdreAvocatsGE

— Observatoire international des avocats en danger (@ProtectLawyers) May 3, 2022

🇲🇽#Mexique: Trois effractions en moins de 15 jours au domicile de l’avocat spécialiste de l’environnement Juan Carlos Flores Solís.
➡️Alerte: https://t.co/8CBo3pZW6A@Avocats_Paris @CNBarreaux @barreau92 @BarreauRochelle @Avocatslyon @barreaunantes @BarreauRouen @batonnierthonon

— Observatoire international des avocats en danger (@ProtectLawyers) May 3, 2022

🇲🇽 #México: Tres allanamientos en menos de 15 días en la casa del abogado defensor del medio ambiente Juan Carlos Flores Solís.
➡️Alerta: https://t.co/ob5btGvHZC@MICAPinforma @Abogacia_es @AbogaciayDDHH @icam_es @comunicacioicab @icabizkaia @IcaTalavera @UNIndepJudges

— Observatoire international des avocats en danger (@ProtectLawyers) May 3, 2022

We note the alerts from @RedTDT and @FrontLineHRD about the threat against Nahua defender Miryam Vargas Teutle and lawyer Juan Carlos Flores Solís who are both members of the @PBI_Mexico accompanied @fpdtampt: https://t.co/9isPlTl8ec and https://t.co/amZVt7lUoV #PBIaccompanies pic.twitter.com/WIIRzw3d69

— Peace Brigades International – Canada (@PBIcanada) April 14, 2022

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