With less than a month to go before his government ends, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He said that he will continue to manage during that time that the Judiciary criminally prosecute Israel Vallarta accused for 18 years of allegedly participating in the gang of kidnappers known as “The Zodiacs”so that he can grant him the pardon.
“In the case of Vallarta, we have done all the paperwork in the Judiciary:What we want is for him to be sentenced so that, according to my powers, we can pardon him.
I can do it as long as there is a sentence. The biggest injustice in this matter, like many others, is that the Judiciary no sentence is given to them and they have gone years without being sentenced.
This is another flagrant violation of the Constitution“There is no quick, expeditious justice in our country,” he reproached.
“That is why we will continue to look at the issue to see if we can do it, if not I am sure that this matter will be resolved because it is a injustice“That is not possible,” said the president.
He also recalled that Florence Casseza woman of French origin who was arrested along with Vallarta for allegedly belonging to the gang of kidnappers was released, was released thanks to the intervention of the then president of her country, Nicolas Sarkozy.
For this reason, he stressed that he will also manage to free Vallarta. “So we will also continue to look into this issue,” he stressed.