Jorge Hank Rhon
Photo Terra
Mexican military accused of planting arsenal at Hank Rhon's residence in Tijuana.
By H. Nelson Goodson
June 12, 2011
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico - On Friday, Fernando Benítez Álvarez del Castillo, an attorney for former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon, 55, announced that the allegations against his client and the arrest report by the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) conflicts with actual events taped by home surveillance video footage from Rhon's home. Álvares del Castillo confirmed, Rhon's defense team had turn over 120 minutes of 5 hours of video footage from 8 home video cameras as evidence that will show no weapons exclusively used by the military were confiscated at Rhon's residence other than the handguns that were properly registered and licensed to Rhon's security detail.
Some of the video shows how the military disarmed the private security guards at the home and how the main gate unarmed security guard was mishandled when detained in the raid.
The surveillance video was being taped at another location and the military disabled some cameras at Rhon's residence, but failed to secure the video footage from a different location, according to the defense team.
The video footage was turned over to Judge Blanca Evelia Parra Meza, from the Mexican Federal 9th District Court in Baja California who is presiding over the case. Judge Meza who reviewed the video footage went to Rhon's residence on Saturday to inspect Rhon's residence.
Vladimir Téllez another attorney for Rhon has said, the military lacked a search warrant at the time of Rhon's arrest and the video evidence shows the weapons used exclusively by the military were not at Rhon's residence. Also, the military did not come in through the front of the residence as the PGR criminal complaint states.
The defense team is claiming the Mexican military planted the weapons to frame Rhon for illegal possession of a military arsenal and ammunition used by the arm forces.
Connected by MOTOBLUR™ on T-Mobile
Photo Terra
Mexican military accused of planting arsenal at Hank Rhon's residence in Tijuana.
By H. Nelson Goodson
June 12, 2011
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico - On Friday, Fernando Benítez Álvarez del Castillo, an attorney for former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon, 55, announced that the allegations against his client and the arrest report by the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) conflicts with actual events taped by home surveillance video footage from Rhon's home. Álvares del Castillo confirmed, Rhon's defense team had turn over 120 minutes of 5 hours of video footage from 8 home video cameras as evidence that will show no weapons exclusively used by the military were confiscated at Rhon's residence other than the handguns that were properly registered and licensed to Rhon's security detail.
Some of the video shows how the military disarmed the private security guards at the home and how the main gate unarmed security guard was mishandled when detained in the raid.
The surveillance video was being taped at another location and the military disabled some cameras at Rhon's residence, but failed to secure the video footage from a different location, according to the defense team.
The video footage was turned over to Judge Blanca Evelia Parra Meza, from the Mexican Federal 9th District Court in Baja California who is presiding over the case. Judge Meza who reviewed the video footage went to Rhon's residence on Saturday to inspect Rhon's residence.
Vladimir Téllez another attorney for Rhon has said, the military lacked a search warrant at the time of Rhon's arrest and the video evidence shows the weapons used exclusively by the military were not at Rhon's residence. Also, the military did not come in through the front of the residence as the PGR criminal complaint states.
The defense team is claiming the Mexican military planted the weapons to frame Rhon for illegal possession of a military arsenal and ammunition used by the arm forces.
Connected by MOTOBLUR™ on T-Mobile
No comments:
Post a Comment