[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 28370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  PERSECUTION OF JOURNALISTS IN MEXICO

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the people in Mexico are expected to remain 
silent to the corruption and despicable acts among the rich and 
powerful. Sort of the philosophy: Sin ain't sin as long as good folk do 
it.
  Lydia Cacho refused to remain silent, and for that she fears for her 
life, has been arrested, verbally abused, imprisoned, and sued.
  Lydia Cacho, founder and director of a shelter for sexual assault 
victims in Cancun, wrote a book, ``The Demons of Eden.'' In it, she 
exposed and named the rich and powerful who lured poor young girls to 
millionaire Cancun businessman Jean Succar Kuri's home so he and his 
friends could have sex with them.
  Powerful politicians and businessmen had Cacho jailed for her work. 
Without explanation, state police whisked her away in the darkness of 
the night to a prison 900 miles away. So much for freedom of the press 
in Mexico.
  Lydia Cacho is one of several journalists that have been persecuted 
for articles about corruption in high places in Mexico. Lydia Cacho 
became a political prisoner of the rich, famous, and powerful of 
Mexico. Accusations against her should be dismissed, and the child sex 
offenders should go to jail.
  And that's just the way it is.

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