Dr.Mireles Discusses How He Was Framed During Arrest (7/16/2014)
Ricardo Lezama (07/16/2014) - The Michoacán auto-defensa leader, Dr.Mireles, discusses how drugs were planted on his person during his arrest by Mexican Marines. In a military raid, Dr.Mireles was arrested while eating at a 'Pollo Feliíz' restaurant.
Ricardo Lezama (07/16/2014) - The Michoacán auto-defensa leader, Dr.Mireles, discusses how drugs were planted on his person during his arrest by Mexican Marines. In a military raid, Dr.Mireles was arrested while eating at a 'Pollo Felíz' restaurant.
In the video above, Mireles describes being blind-folded and tortured for 8 days. As a result, he pleads with the public in México to discuss with his lawyers any action they take on his behalf. He fears for his personal safety while incarcerated.
Just a few weeks before his arrest, Dr.Mireles gave a lecture on the origins and motives of the auto-defensa (self-defense) movement at the National Autonomous University of México:
Many commentators in México suspect that Mireles was arrested because the government fears armed self-defense groups are becoming a politically viable alternative. They agree that the growing influence of Mireles was the actual cause of his arrest. Mireles affirmed during the UNAM lecture that he was neither an official spokesperson or a leader, but rather a social activist driven by the death of his mother at the hand of kidnappers.