Sanjuana Martínez: “Nestora Salgado, 2 años sin debido proceso”
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Seattle Globalist: “Meeting La Comandante: a jailhouse interview with Nestora Salgado”
For the past two years, though, Salgado has been stuck behind bars, accused by the state of Guerrero of kidnapping.
Guerrero state attorney general Miguel Ángel Godínez Muñoz and other Mexican authorities maintain Salgado crossed the line when the community police force she led detained three cocaine-dealing teenagers and a town official who Salgado claims worked closely with the cartels. Groups such as Mexico SOS that advocate for kidnapping victims and their families have argued that Salgado should not be released without a trial.
But among those demanding her release are dozens of human rights advocates, recently elected Guerrero Gov. Rogelio Ortega Martinez, and 13 Mexican senators, along with her supporters and family in Washington state. Mexico’s federal courts dropped similar charges filed against her, according to her lawyers, but state prosecutors in Guerrero continue to pursue it.
The Takeaway: “American Jailed in Mexico for Taking on the Drug Cartels”
Nestora Salgado is a mother of three who left her hometown of Olinala, Mexico as a teenager 20 years ago for a new life in the United States. She became an American citizen and worked three jobs to provide for her family. But after a car accident in 2002 nearly killed her, she quit working and moved back to her hometown just as drug cartel rivalries became more violent.
The cartels fought for territory around Olinala, subjecting residents to kidnappings, extortion, and murder. Outraged, Nestora became the leader of a community police force that took on the cartels by arresting murderers and drug dealers. She operated under legally recognized community policing rules that were enacted to protect indigenous populations after a massacre of peasants by state security forces in 1995.
Two years ago she was arrested by Mexican authorities.
KUOW: “Renton Grandmother in Mexican Prison: ‘I Need Help’”
Human rights activist Nestora Salgado raised her family in Renton. She’s a U.S. citizen and a human rights activist.
But most people know her now as a political prisoner. She’s been held in a Mexican prison for more than two years, with limited outside contact.
Recently, Salgado was transferred to a lower security facility, and allowed more visitors and phone calls.
KUOW’s Liz Jones met up with Salgado’s husband for an update on her case.
BBC: “Nestora Salgado, la polémica ‘comandanta’ mexicana acusada de 50 secuestros”
Hace dos años, la policía comunitaria de Olinalá, en el estado mexicano de Guerrero, detuvo a un hombre sospechoso de robar una vaca.
Nestora Salgado García era la jefa del grupo. Cuando la esposa del detenido le exigió que lo entregara a la fiscalía del estado, la mujer policía respondió:
“¿Para qué quiere que lo entregue? ¿Para que pague 20.000 pesos (unos US$1.200) y lo dejen libre?”.
Kaosenlared: “Nestora Salgado convoca a movilizaciones por la libertad de las y los presos políticos”
Desde la Torre Médica Tepepan, Nestora Salgado hizo un llamado para que la sociedad mexicana se movilice el próximo 27 de octubre de 2015 por las personas que se encuentran presas por motivos políticos y por las y los activistas y periodistas que han sido asesinados por levantar la voz en contra de los malos gobiernos. Nestora Salgado se encuentra presa desde hace poco más de 2 años a porque, al sumarse a la Policía Comunitaria de su pueblo, desafió a los criminales que se encuentran tanto dentro como fuera de la administración pública. Nestora Salgado se enfrentó al poder capitalista y patriarcal para defender los intereses de su pueblo Olinalá, en el estado de Guerrero.
La Jornada Guerrero – “Nestora Salgado desde la cárcel llama a defender, unidos, los derechos humanos”
Chilpancingo, 4 de octubre. La coordinadora de la Crac en Olinalá, Nestora Salgado, quien está en prisión desde hace dos años, llamó a los guerrerenses y a los mexicanos a estar unidos para defender los derechos humanos, los cuales están siendo violados “por los buitres que están en el gobierno”.
A través de un mensaje de voz difundido por organizaciones sociales, como el Colectivo Contra la Tortura y la Impunidad (CCTI), Nestora Salgado, con motivo del 2 de octubre, pidió a los mexicanos que tienen conciencia y que no olvidan hechos tan atroces contra los jóvenes estudiantes como ocurrió en el 68 en Tlatelolco.
MirarMorir (Watching them die) Trailer
Nestora has received and always supported the teaching college students of Ayotzinapa. This is a 3-minute video in Spanish that shows what happened the night of September 26, 2014 when 43 students disappeared and several were murdered. ¡Adelante!
Freedom for Political Prisoners Committee 