Ex-Teachers Union Leader Faces New Trial on Tax Charges in Mexico Hispanically Speaking News
go to original November 14, 2013

Teachers union boss Elba Esther Gordillo of Mexico, shown in 2006 in Mexico City. (Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press)

The former leader of Mexico’s powerful SNTE teachers union is facing a new trial on tax charges after the judge handling the case refused to accept evidence presented by defense attorneys, judicial officials said.

Elba Esther Gordillo’s initial trial was vacated by an appeals court, which ruled that the lower court judge had violated her due process rights by refusing to accept evidence presented by the defense during the period prescribed by law.

Gordillo’s attorneys will now be able to introduce the evidence to the trial court judge, who will have to rule on whether to admit or reject it.

Gordillo will remain in prison under an order issued by the judge, a move that was approved by the appeals court.

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