Calderon Might Take Flight from Mexico when His Term Ends Apro/Proceso
go to original March 27, 2012

Felipe Calderón Hinojosa. President of Mexico

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Felipe Calderón could fear being assassinated when his term ends and he might plan to flee from Mexico, Dolia Estevez, a correspondent for MVS News, revealed.

The journalist reported that U.S. government sources confided that, at a recent meeting between Felipe Calderón and former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Mexican President admitted his fear of being killed by drug traffickers. In response, Lula offered Calderón political asylum in Brazil.

Calderón's fear, according to Estevez, has led him to support the process of Mexican ex-president Ernesto Zedillo who asked for diplomatic immunity for the killing of indigenous people in the community of Acteal, in Chiapas.

Calderón's bid would be to set a legal precedent that would prevent judgment of ex-presidents in order to thus be free from possible lawsuits against them due to the war versus drug trafficking.

A group of lawyers, academics and intellectuals sued Calderón before the International Criminal Court for crimes against war and humanity stemming from the deaths of more than 50,000 people during the war against organized crime.

Separately, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs classified the diplomatic note delivered to the U.S. State Department, seeking ratification of Zedillo's immunity, as confidential information.

Apro/Proceso, Mexico, DF; edited translation by MexiData.info

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