Family Seeks Release of US Woman Detained in Mexico After Leading Indigenous Police Force Gene Johnson - Associated Press
go to original November 27, 2013

Nestora García Salgado, spoke to citizens of Buenavista, Alpoyeca during the swearing in of the town community police. (armagedonmaya)

The family of a Washington state woman, who is heading a vigilante police force in Mexico, is pushing for her release after three months in custody on charges of kidnapping.

The International Human Rights Clinic at Seattle University School of Law on Monday petitioned the United Nations for her release. Supporters of Nestora Salgado say the charges are trumped up.

Salgado, a U.S. citizen from the Seattle area, was arrested Aug. 21 in the state of Guerrero, south of Mexico City, where she had been leading a vigilante group targeting police corruption and drug cartel violence.

Under Mexican law, indigenous communities such as her hometown of Olinala are allowed to form such forces.

Salgado has been accused of kidnapping in connection with the arrest of several teenage girls on suspicion of drug dealing, and of the local sheriff for allegedly trying to steal a cow.

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