MEXICO CITY.- When the first trial hearing of Manuel Guerrero AviñaMexican-British in Qatar persecuted for being gay and living with HIV, the authorities of that country charged with the crime of drug possession.
Enrique Guerrero, brother of the 44-year-old Mexican arrested on February 4 through deception for the use of the application Grindrexplained that to Manuel Guerrero The Prosecutor’s Office filed charges for “a misdemeanor” which is possession and use of drugs, and they are also false.
In that sense, he assured that The Qatari authorities “sowed” him a quarter of a gram of methamphetamine to his brother to keep him behind bars. He reaffirmed that the main reason for his arrest was his sexual encounters with people of the same sex.
“That is the position formally. They hid the issue of sexual orientation, we already saw it coming, that’s why they planted the charge of the gram of methamphetamines. They fabricate a completely plausible version,” Enrique Guerrero mentioned when accusing modification of the facts.
At the sentencing deportation might comethe incarceration once more, or an acquittal.
The Manuel Guerrero Committee explained that these charges were made in an effort to avoid admitting that Manuel Guerrero was arbitrarily detainedthey unjustly deprived him of his freedom and They tortured him for his sexual orientation and living with HIV.
Hearing of Manuel Guerrero
At this hearing, Manuel Guerrero had a translator who explained to him what was happening with his case and it was the second time that his lawyer intervened, and for the first time he had access to his file.
Manuel Guerrero acknowledged the presence of authorities from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in this audience, as well as the ambassador for the Middle East and Vanessa Calva, General Director of Consular Protection and Strategic Planning of the Foreign Ministry.
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2024-04-26 18:55:48
