Mexico: further information on Prisoner of conscience/ legal concern: Magdalena García Durán (f)

Index Number: AMR 41/066/2007
Date Published: 22 November 2007
Categories: Americas, Mexico

Prisoner of conscience Magdalena García Durán was released from the Molino de las Flores prison in Mexico state on the evening of 9 November 2007. Her release follows a third federal injunction (amparo), granted on 16 October, which concluded there was no evidence justifying her detention and trial on charges of kidnapping and attacks on public roads.