The mayor of San Pedro Ixtlahuaca announced that separate from office so as not to hinder the investigations of the Oaxaca Prosecutor’s Office about the case of assault on an indigenous woman.
Through a statement on their social networks, Roberto Perez Delgado -mayor of the municipality of San Pedro Ixtlahuaca and who belongs to the ranks of the Green Environmental Party of Mexico (PVEM)- announced that he is separating from this position Thursday December 19.
However, he said that in the events broadcast in videos – of yesterday’s attack Wednesday December 18 in it Huajales place of the municipality that governs – was in a “decontextualized” manner are the supposed purpose of discrediting its image.
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Pérez Delgado acknowledged that possibly “my actions were incorrect,” but he did so “in defense of my physical integrity and the citizens who were being attacked.”
It is worth mentioning that Solomon Jara -governor of Oaxaca-, the PVEMthe Women’s Secretariat and several feminist groups condemned the councilor’s actions against indigenous women.
Furthermore, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Oaxaca (FGEO) opened an investigation folder for the events reported against someone who is also a substitute for the senator for Oaxaca, Laura Estrada Mauro of the Green.
Mayor of Ixtlahuaca attacks indigenous person
In the clip of the events, the mayor is seen physically hitting an indigenous person, who is trying to help a person who was being beaten by police and people related to the mayor.
In a second moment, who was a second candidate for the Senate for the Green Party once again unleashes his fury against the woman with a slap in the face and then pulling her by the hair.
The attacked female, whose identity is unknown, is helped by several men to remove her from the hands of the mayor, who orders his police officers to arrest a man: “Take him away, take him away,” he orders his police officers.
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In a third moment, a police officer is seen pulling the lady, a moment that Pérez Delgado takes advantage of to snatch her cell phone, who makes useless attempts to recover her cell phone from the former candidate’s hands.
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