This hits a little close to home. Mexico won't drop murder charge:
A Minnesota family's hopes for the release of their daughter from a Mexican prison were dashed Thursday when they learned that Mexican authorities will continue to press murder charges against the Bloomington woman, contrary to promises made by Mexican President Vicente Fox in Minnesota Friday.
The arrests of Kiecker and Perzabal, a Mexican native, received banner headlines across Mexico because authorities alleged that they killed 16-year-old Viviana Rayas in a 'satanic ritual.' Later, however, the couple said they were tortured into confessing to the crime. Three witnesses against them also later said publicly that they had been tortured into testifying.
There have been numerous demonstrations in Mexico over the case and the unsolved murders of as many as 370 young women in the last 10 years in the state of Chihuahua. Several people held in connection with murders reported similar torture. The victim's family has even sided with the Kieckers in the case. Contacted Sunday in Chihuahua City, where the couple is being held, their lawyer, Miguel Zapien de la Torre, said that if 'Fox would follow up on his promise, they could be out in days.'"
A little too close to home.
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