The lawyer Horacio Culebro Borrayas, who on 3 April opened a legal demand before the PGR against former governor Juan Sabines Guerrero (2006-2012) and 50 members of his cabinet, denounced that he had been the victim of anonymous phone-calls threatening him with death. He called for a citizens’ mobilization on 12 April, toward the end of demanding the application of justice to Sabines Guerrero, and to all those implied in what he calls the “robbery of the century,” with its seizures of assets.
Culebro Borrayas has submitted before the Special Prosecutorial Office of the Federal Attorney General’s Office in Mexico City a complaint involving at least 20 crimes, including delinquent association, organized crime, illicit enrichment, torture and kidnapping, crimes against dignity of persons, and procedural fraud. Public servants and their coalitions are among those accused.
Culebro Borrayas says that “Sabines Guerrero, his former collaborators, and former local deputies must explain what happened, and why there is no money, when there is this crisis, poverty, and marginalization. Someone must say where these state resources are, and they must be returned; the people must not remain silent, but must rather demand justice. It is said that public and private debt is on the order of 40 billion pesos.”
For more information (in Spanish):
Insisten en que PGR investigue a Juan Sabines (El Heraldo de Chiapas, 11 de abril de 2013)
Amenazan de muerte a abogado que denunció a Sabines (Proceso, 8 de abril de 2013)
PGR acepta querella contra ex gobernador Juan Sabines (El Universal, 7 de abril de 2013)
Demandarán a ex gabinete de Juan Sabines (Milenio, 31 de marzo de 2013)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Chiapas: Youth criticizes governor for indebting Chiapas in Comitán ceremony (15 October 2012)
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