Source: Los Ángeles Press
Author: Guadalupe Lizárraga
September 4, 2014
Translation: RZ for CART / ACDV
Wallace charged before the PGR for fabricating the kidnapping of her son in Mexico
On September 3, 2014, family members of the victims accused in the alleged kidnapping and murder of Hugo Wallace in July 2005, filed a formal complaint before the Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) against Isabel Miranda de Wallace and several civil servants of the Federal Public Ministry who assisted her in torturing the victims and in fabricating evidence.
The complaint which was submitted directly to Attorney General, Jesus Murillo Karam, was based specifically on evidence that was published in different reports in the media by the Los Angeles Press and Proceso. These reports revealed that crimes were committed against the Civil Registry, evidence was fabricated and false statements were made. Similarly, the complaint underlined that Miranda Torres submitted false and contradictory statements, made threats, and practiced influence peddling and bribery.
It was reported in the complaint that throughout the legal process, Isabel Miranda was looked upon favourably as she played the role of accuser and intervenor of the Federal Public Ministry to the detriment of the accused victims. The apparent “cogent” evidence she produced in preliminary investigation #PGR/SIEDO/UEIS/146/2005, as well as in criminal case #35/2006-II that was filed with the Sixteenth District Judge of the Federal Criminal Proceedings located in Reclusorio Norte (“North Prison”) in Mexico City, was devoid of any legal basis and validity since in an effort to support the claim of kidnapping and murder of Hugo Alberto Wallace, the evidence was obtained illegally and the human rights of the victims accused were violated.
Enrique del Socorro Wallace Diaz, husband of Miranda Torres, was also identified as a suspect for committing a crime against the Civil Registry and for having lied about the parentage of his adoptive son, Hugo Alberto Miranda Torres, as well as, the date of his marriage to Isabel Miranda Torres.
PGR civil servants accomplices
One of the civil servants of the PGR involved in the complaint was expert witness, Yanet Rogel Montes. She falsified information in the forensic report regarding the drop of blood found in the apartment belonging to one of the accused victims, Juana Hilda Gonzalez Lomeli, seven months after the alleged crime.
Rogel Montes testified as an expert witness that the drop of blood matched the DNA of Isabel Miranda Torres and Enrique del Socorro Wallace. That one and only piece of expert evidence would be used to “prove” the false crime committed against Hugo Alberto Wallace. Meanwhile, evidence of the existence of two birth certificates of the alleged victim that were published in the reports, show that the drop of blood did not belong to Hugo Alberto Wallace since Enrique Wallace was not his biological father. In fact, Nicaraguan-born, Wallace Diaz recognized Hugo Alberto Wallace as his adoptive son at the age of six when he married Isabel Miranda.
Civil servants of the Federal Public Ministry involved in the complaint and charged with torture, threats, influence peddling, bribery, and the fabrication of evidence were Braulio Robles Zuniga, Fermin Ubaldo Cruz and Oswaldo Jimenez Juarez, all agents of the Assistant Attorney General’s Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime (SEIDO).
They were all identified by the accused victims as having participated directly in acts of torture in order to obtain self-incriminating confessions. Nevertheless, in accordance with the testimonies of the accused victims, Braulio Robles Zuniga was identified as Miranda’s “right arm”; entering the prisons at will, perpetrating the abuse of authority with threats and committing acts of physical violence against the accused victims.
Bertet: “Without a doubt, Wallace’s kidnapping was fabricated.”
David Bertet, president of the Canadian Association for Rights and Truths, who coordinated the investigation into the collection of evidence of the false kidnapping of Hugo Wallace, points out that the formal complaint filed before the Mexican authorities is a major step forward in the so-called Wallace case. “It is without a doubt that the alleged kidnapping and murder of Hugo Alberto Wallace, who disappeared and had a criminal record, was fabricated by his family with the complicity of high-ranking civil servants of the State,” he said.
The Canadian activist emphasized that, “it is a decisive step not only in regards to the defense of the persons that were falsely accused for a crime that never happened, but also in regards to the real victims of this case, namely the accused persons and their families, who can finally feel some relief.”
He concluded that the complaint filed against Ms. Wallace and her accomplices remains emblematic for the international human rights community and for all persons who have been victims of the fabrication of evidence in Mexico.
