Seattle Lawyer: Vigilante Leader Nestora Salgado to be Moved from Nayarit Prison The Associated Press
go to original May 20, 2015

Happier Days: This 2009 file family photo provided by Grisel Rodriguez shows Nestora Salgado, who has been detained since she was arrested Aug. 21, 2013 in the state of Guerrero, south of Mexico City, where she had been leading a vigilante group targeting police corruption and drug cartel violence. (AP/Grisel Rodriguez)

A Seattle attorney representing a jailed vigilante leader in Mexico says she will be transferred to another prison facility in Mexico City where she'll have better access to medical attention, her family and her defense team.

Thomas Antkowiak says he expects Nestora Salgado to be moved in coming days. He says a Mexican state court approved the transfer Wednesday.

The 41-year-old resident of the Seattle suburb of Renton is being held at a federal prison in the state of Nayarit. She holds dual U.S. and Mexican citizenship.

Salgado was arrested in August 2013 after people detained by the community self-defense force that she led in the southern state of Guerrero alleged they had been kidnapped. A federal judge cleared Salgado of those charges but related state charges have kept her locked up.

See the original at Fox News

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!