HIGH COURT APPOINTS COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATION OF CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST JOURNALIST LYDIA CACHO. From: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico | Date: April 26, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Latin American Data Base/Latin American Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mexico's highest court (Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nacion, SCJN) has agreed to appoint two respected jurors to investigate whether Puebla Gov. Manuel Marin Torres violated a journalist's civil rights when she was arrested last year and transported 20 hours across state lines to Puebla to face charges of libel and defamation.

In a 6-4 decision announced in late April, the SCJN appointed a two-person commission, comprising lower-court Judges Emma Meza Fonseca and Osca...

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