TZOMPAXTLE TECPILE ET AL. V. MEXICO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION OF THE CASE AND THE CAUSE OF ACTION ............................................ 4
II. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE COURT ............................................................................... 5
III. JURISDICTION ............................................................................................................ 6
IV. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY .................................................................. 6
A.
Arguments of the parties and of the Commission ............................................................ 6
B.
Considerations of the Court .......................................................................................... 7
B.1
B.2
B.3
B.4
On the facts ...............................................................................................................7
On the claims of law ....................................................................................................8
On reparations ............................................................................................................8
Conclusions: assessment of the partial acknowledgement of responsibility ...........................8
V. PRIOR CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................................. 9
VI. EVIDENCE ................................................................................................................... 10
VII. FACTS ....................................................................................................................... 10
A.
On the pertinent normative framework ........................................................................ 10
A.1. On arraigo ............................................................................................................... 11
a) The legal norms in force at the time of the occurrence of the events in the present case .. 11
b) The norms amended or adopted after the occurrence of the events in this case ............... 11
A.2. On pre-trial detention ............................................................................................... 12
a) The norms in force when the events of the present case occurred .................................. 12
b) The norms amended or adopted after the occurrence of the events in this case ............... 13
B. On the detention, the deprivation of liberty and the criminal proceedings against Jorge
Marcial and Gerardo Tzompaxtle Tecpile and Gustavo Robles López ....................................... 15
B.1. On Jorge Marcial and Gerardo Tzompaxtle Tecpile and Gustavo Robles López .................... 15
B.2. On the detention of Jorge Marcial and Gerardo Tzompaxtle Tecpile and Gustavo Robles
López. ........................................................................................................................... 15
B.3. On the investigation and proceedings against Jorge Marcial and Gerardo Tzompaxtle Tecpile
and Gustavo Robles López................................................................................................ 17
C. On the writs of amparo .............................................................................................. 20
D.
On decisions of national and international bodies .......................................................... 20
E.
On threats against the lawyer of the victims and the death of Gustavo Robles López ......... 21
VIII. MERITS .................................................................................................................... 21
VIII.1. THE RIGHTS TO PERSONAL LIBERTY AND TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
IN RELATION TO THE OBLIGATION TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS AND THE OBLIGATION TO
ADOPT PROVISIONS OF DOMESTIC LAW .......................................................................... 22
A.
Arguments of the parties and of the Commission .......................................................... 22
A.1. On the application of arraigo and the subsequent preventive detention............................. 22
A.2. On the right to be brought before a judge or competent court that would decide on the
lawfulness of the arrest or detention .................................................................................. 23
B. Considerations of the Court ........................................................................................ 24
B.1. General considerations on the rights to personal liberty and to the presumption of
innocence during criminal investigations and proceedings ..................................................... 24
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