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Betrayed Assassination of Digna Ochoa

By (author) Linda Diebel





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Despite a note beside her body addressed to other""sons-of-bitch"" human rights lawyers, the Mexican government ruledDigna Ochoa s violent death ""probable suicide"" and slammed the caseshut in July 2003. But Linda Diebel, a three-time recipient of the AmnestyInternational Media Award, will not let Ochoa s story die. Here is herchilling account of a cold-blooded murder and a cover-up that reaches into thetop echelons of the Mexican government.Tracing Ochoa s extraordinary rise from the streets to becomea champion of Mexico s most persecuted peoples, Diebel uncovers a byzantineplot surrounding Ochoa s death. From the corridors of presidential power, tothe Vatican, to jungles inhabited by Zapatistan rebels, Betrayed is ariveting expos?, a depiction of friendship and betrayal, a love story and atestament to the Mexican people s continuing fight for truth and dignity.""

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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 26 Sep 2005
Language |
Format | Hardback
Pages | 513
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 726g
ISBN | 978-0-0020-0654-5
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / political


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