The Attorney General's Office (PGR) will initiate a formal investigation into the use of false statements by protected witnesses and the possible fabrication of evidence, according to the head of the agency, Jesús Murillo Karam.
"I'm obligated to do it because a judge indicated that in one of the sentences."The investigation is related to "Operation Clean" and the case of General Thomas Angeles Dauahare [Mexican Army general arrested during the Calderón administration on charges of ties to drug cartels, based on the testimony of an arrested cartel member. He was released this week "for lack of evidence"].
He explained that it is the responsibility of the PGR to see that the law is applied.
"I have an obligation to investigate what is reported and I'll start doing it. Obviously, I can't announce anything."Asked about which former officials would be under investigation, he said that it would be necessary to wait for the investigation to develop, but warned that hierarchies will not matter because
"the law doesn't recognize levels, and the last thing made known are the names."He said the investigation will include protected witnesses such as 'Jennifer'.
"The prosecutor made clear that the scope of the investigative process had been exhausted and, according to criteria, came to the conclusion that the findings were not sufficient to consider any convictions, because it was based on the testimony of a protected witness who was very discredited and under highly unlikely circumstances," he said.Asked whether, in cases of other imprisoned generals, the same procedure would apply, Murillo Karam said:
"I never announce ahead of time what I have to do in legal matters. Let me review the cases and, as I have said as many times as I have been asked, I am going to analyze them, and I will resolve them in due time."Spanish original