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Miguel Angel Lopez Solano is a photojournalist from Veracruz, Mexico. His father Miguel Angel López Velasco, was a prominent columnist at Notiver and brother Misael López Solana, was a photographer with the same newspaper.On June 20, 2011, his father, mother and brother were killed by unidentified gunmen who broke into their home as they were sleeping. In May of 2012 four reporters were killed in Veracruz: Regina Martinez of the newsmagazine Proceso, and photographers Guillermo Luna, Gabriel Huge and Esteban Rodriguez, a cameraman. Shortly after Miguel and his wife fled Veracruz and began their asylum process with Mexicanos en Exilio. Their asylum was granted in June of 2013.
(c) Alex Briseño
Saul Reyes Salazar had six family members summarily executed over the course of two and a half years while fighting the militarization of Chihuahua under Plan Merida. He fled to the United States and sought asylum in April of 2011. On January 9, 2012 he and wife and three sons were granted asylum. Many other family members are still waiting for decisions in their cases.
Monica Arias Hernandez – the daughter-in-law of well-known Mexican activist Marisela Escobedo fled to the U.S. in March of 2011 after Escobedo’s brutal murder. She filed for asylum affirmatively . On August 19, 2011 she was granted asylum. Her husband Alejandra Fraire Escobedo filed for asylum defensively. At this time there is still no decision in his case.
(c) Jacqueline Armendariz Reynolds
Alejandro Hernandez Pacheco was a cameraman from Televisa when was kidnapped by the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in July of 2010. After escaping, he publicly denounced the Mexican head of public security Genaro Garcia Luna as a corrupt, federal police officer who endangered his life after his escape. In August of 2010 he began his asylum claim. In August of 2011 he was granted asylum.
Cipriana Jurado Herrera A long-time human rights activist, Jurado fled Mexico in the summer of 2010. She contacted Carlos Spector in December of 2010 and represented her in her asylum case. On June 8, 2011 she became the first Mexican human rights activist to gain asylum in the United States.
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