Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Give a minute to save Shohn- Email US State Department

Here's the direct link to the State Department. Please email them for Shohn. Remind them that nearly 3,000 people signed the petition calling for his release, and that he is an American citizen victimized by the very corrupt and failing systems that our own State Department is fully apprised.

http://contact-us.state.gov/cgi-bin/state.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_sid=cwJs4Lxk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD05Myw5MyZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE!

Email Kay Bailey Hutchison NOW

Shohn's case is being reviewed right now, with final decision due on Monday, July 4 relating to overturning the unjustified conviction and sentencing, after being unjustifiably detained, tortured, and framed by the Mexican Army and the corrupt justice system in Cd. Juarez in December of 2009.
Just 2 weeks ago the US granted political asylum for a Cd Juarez citizen precisely because of the dangers presented to ordinary citizens by the Mexican Army, federal police, and archaic, arbitrary judicial system.

Please call and email Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson NOW. We can't imagine that she hasn't taken Shohn's case to heart, calling for a review and response from her counterparts and official policy makers. Shohn Huckabee is innocent of all charges, the testimony and evidence speaks for itself. Let her know you fully expect that that the United States, through any and all channels,do all in its power to see that Shohn is exonerated and freed immediately. Let her know that nearly 3,000 people signed a petition demanding support from our government and policy makers, and he deserves to come home now

The decision about Shohn's freedom is to be made on Independence Day, Monday, July 4th! Email Senator Bailey Hutchinson. Please do all you can to get him home, now.
Kay Bailey Hutchinson
http://hutchison.senate.gov/?p=email_kay
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
500 Chestnut Street
Suite 1570
Abilene, Texas 79602
325-676-2839
325-676-2937 (FAX)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
961 Federal Building
300 East 8th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
512-916-5834
512-916-5839 (FAX)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
10440 N. Central Expressway
Suite 1160
Dallas, Texas 75231
214-361-3500
214-361-3502 (FAX)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
1906 G East Tyler St
Harlingen, Texas 78550
956-425-2253
956-412-1468 (FAX)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
1919 Smith Street
Suite 800
Houston, Texas 77002
713-653-3456
713-209-3459 (FAX)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
3133 General Hudnell Drive
Suite 120
San Antonio, Texas 78226
210-340-2885
210-349-6753 (FAX)

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4304
202-224-5922
202-224-0776 (FAX)
202-224-5903 (TDD

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Update June 14th: Report on meeting with Magistrate

Kevin is returning from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico after today's meeting with the Magistrate who will issue final judgement on Shohn's Appeal. He met with him for two hours and was told that the decision will be issued within a week. He is guardedly hopeful that the facts and supporting documentation he was able to present allowed a clearer insight and understanding of the flawed process that caused Shohn to be victimized and wrongfully imprisoned. Importantly, he was provided a certified interpreter.
Please, please, send the l etter to the Magistrate, it is of vital importance that he know we are watching this closely and care deeply about fair and impartial justice. Scroll down this page, copy and paste either the English or Spanish version of the letter into an email, sign, state location, and send to confianza_ciudadana@hotmail.com
That is the office of the Human Rights Ombudsman for Cd. Juarez, and they are forwarding our mail on to the Magistrate.
Your prayers and solidarity are greatly cherished.
Thank you all!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Remember to send emails to the Magistrate deciding Shohn's case

Please don't forget to take a minute and copy the letter below in Spanish or English and email it on to the Magistrate NOW. There will not be another opportunity to do this. Send it now to confianza_ciudadana@hotmail.com.
Just type your name on the bottom, and anything else you want to add. Write a note in English, send the English version if you want. Show your support now.
Thank you all very much!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Update- Urgent letter for Shohn to Mexican Magistrate

Since we can not confirm the fax number we have for the Magistrate's office, we are going to take a different approach, much easier for all of you.
Please email the Spanish language letter to the Magistrate, just copy and paste into an email, sign your name and include your city/state if you like and send it to the confianza_ciudadana@hotmail.com
Please do this now and ask all to do the same. Post it on Facebook. We need to get this to the Magistrate's attention now. The final decision could come as early as Wednesday.
Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience.

Urgent email to Judge for SHohn- Spanish

Send to the email address below
Confianza Ciudadana
confianza_ciudadana@hotmail.com

Favor de enviar este mensaje al Magistrado. Muy amable y mil gracias.

Attn: Magistrado Eucebio Avila Lopez
Primer Tribunal Colegiado de Circuito del Centro Auxiliar de la Quinta Región (Culiacán)

Honorable Magistrado Ávila López:

Por medio de la presente escribimos en apoyo a Shohn Huckabee, un joven de 24 años, dueño de una pequeña empresa cuya vida ahora sufre los daños irrevocables de una convicción y encarcelamiento por un crimen que ni el, ni su empleado, Carlos Guillermo Quijas, cometieron.

Creemos que, usted, al emplear su jurisprudencia en una revisión propia, y a fondo, al aplicar su discreción jurídica podrá determinar que, después de 17 meses de un encarcelamiento dictado sin causas y bajo prejuicio, en sus manos radica la habilidad de restaurar no solo la libertad de Shohn, sino también la de su desafortunado empleado.

Hoy en día, se da por hecho que en los procesos penales una convicción se dictamina solamente después de analizar evidencia obtenida de manera legítima por una autoridad acusatoria. Lo anterior no sucedió en el caso que ahora espera su sabia revisión. En algún momento se decía que es mejor liberar a diez hombres culpables que condenar a un inocente. Dado que, con el paso de los años, nuestro mundo ha sido victima de la violencia que atraviesa el planeta cabe mencionar que una sociedad se mide por el trato que se le otorga a los menos afortunados así como la justicia garantizada por su sistema jurídico. La privación de la libertad debe ser solo después de la culminación de un proceso legítimo; entendiendo que la presunción de inocencia no solo es el cimiento de la justicia sino es la base fundamental de una sociedad democrática.

El caso que ahora se le presenta es un ejemplo de los errores inaceptables que pueden plagiar al sistema jurídico. Estamos concientes de las pruebas, o falta de las mismas, que encontrará al examinar el caso a detalle, mismas que en nuestros corazones y mentes, creemos hablarán por si mismas, o como algunos dirían - res ipsa loquitor.

¿Por qué sucedió? Es un caso en donde la justicia estuvo omisa; no existió un manejo legitimo de la evidencia, los testigos de la autoridad acusatoria se contradijeron, el juicio en sí fue llevado a cabo de forma displicente con falta al respeto al proceso y al sistema – por razones desconocidas se manejó con rapidez y pareció existir presión por obtener la sentencia reiterando que, por lo menos en este caso, la corte mexicana no obró con justicia. Le suplicamos examinar el caso con la diligencia que se merece. Imploramos que actúe en el nombre de libertad, justicia y como autoridad moral- finalmente mostrando una acto de gran humanidad.


Respetuosamente,

Urgent Email regarding Shohn's final Appeal

Please print the Spanish translation posted below, sign with name and place of residence (city/state) and email it to confianza_ciudadana@hotmail.com
This in English can be emailed to elected officials here in the US. I"ll post email addresses here in following post.



Fax:
Tel: From US- 011 52 667 846 5757
Attn: Magistrado Eucebio Avila Lopez
Primer Tribunal Colegiado de Circuito del Centro Auxiliar de la Quinta Región (Culiacán)

Honorable Judge EUCEBIO ÁVILA LÓPEZ:

We write in support of Shohn Huckabee, now 24, a young, self employed small business owner whose life has been dramatically and irrevocably impacted by a conviction and imprisonment for a crime that neither he, nor his employee Carlos Guillermo Quijas, in fact committed.

At the outset, we feel that your cool reflection and proper exercise of judicial discretion will restore not only Shohn's freedom, but also that of his unfortunate employee after some 17 months of unjust imprisonment without cause and with great prejudice.

It is a given that in any penal proceeding in the civilized world, a conviction can be had only on legal evidence that has been properly obtained by the charging authority. This was not done in the case that awaits your decision. There was a time when it was said that it was better that ten guilty men go free rather than to incarcerate one who is innocent. Given that over time our world has become more brutalized by the violence that seems to be sweeping the globe, it bears mention that a society is measured by how it treats the least fortunate and by the fairness of its penal system. To take one's freedom has been authorized across the world only on a showing of due process. The presumption of innocence is the basis of a fair trial and of a democratic society.

The case in bar is a singular example of a system gone grievously and unacceptably wrong. We are aware of the evidence, or lack thereof, that you will find on a close examination of the file before you. We will not belabor it, for we believe in our hearts and minds that the evidence speaks for itself - res ipsa loquitor, as some would say.

Why? Because there is no showing of a proper chain of custodial evidence, the prosecution's witnesses contradicted themselves, the trial itself was conducted in a seemingly lackadaisical manner, in short - because for reasons not known to us, there was a rush to judgment and justice in Mexico was in this instance not served. We urge you to examine the file with great care. We urge you that in an act of great humanity, you act in the name of freedom, justice, and moral authority.

Respectfully,

Urgent Action - Send fax and emails now to Mexican Judge and US officials

Friends:

Shohn Huckabee, an American citizen who was wrongfully and illegally detained, tortured, and charged by the Mexican Army in Cd. Juarez. He has been imprisoned for 17 months. His final appeal on based on the preponderance of evidence and witness testimony that clearly reveals his innocence will be decided by a Magistrate this week. If his wrongful conviction is not overturned, he will have to come back to serve his sentence as a convicted felon in the US. He has endured 17 months in prison out of his belief that justice would prevail, because he is innocent. We desperately request that you take a few minutes to sign the letters and fax the Spanish leter to the Judge immediately.
Time is of the essence, as the final decision will be made this week.
We will confirm the fax number to the Tribunal Court in Mexico tomorrow, Sunday morning, and post it here for you. Please take action to free Shohn now. We will also post the email to Texas elected officials and Hillary Clinton, as the US State Department is responsible for policies and diplomatic efforts on behalf of US ciizens.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Please call Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Senator Kay Bailey of Texas received nearly 3,000 petitions respectfully asking that she take any and all action to investigate the events that led to Shohn's torture and wrongful conviction in Mexico, and to work to free him.
Now, we each need to take 5 minutes to help save Shohn. Senator Bailey needs to hear from us right now and to know that we are serious, and that Shohn is in great peril and we are running out of time. His case has been transferred over 1,000 miles away and he has no representation. It will be decided next week.
I just called her office in Austin, and they have notes about the case, but will refer my message to Washington. Call any office in Texas, and call Washington to let her know that we expect her to do her best for an innocent son of her own state before it's too late.
Here's a link to all her phone numbers throughout Texas and Washington:
http://hutchison.senate.gov/?p=agency_assistance

Urgent Request- Critical Shohn needs your help now!

Nearly 3,000 people from all around the US signed the petition Justice for Shohn Huckabee. We have had no meaningful or recognizable response from the elected officials who received the petition directly by fax.
A very sensitive and important development has occurred in the issues affecting Shohn's final constitutional appeal. His case was transferred to a court in Culiacan, Sinaloa, an eight hour plane trip away from El Paso. He has no legal representation there before the Magistrates who will most likely decide his appeal NEXT WEEK. This is the difference between his being freed to return home without carrying an unjust conviction on his record for the rest of his life. Shohn is innocent and has nothing to hide. He is clearly a victim of the corruption and medieval system of justice.
We need you to please fax a letter to the Magistrate who will decide his case next week. We will post a sample in Spanish that you can use here later today. If you can not dial Mexico from your home fax, please go to a Fedex Kinko's or other mail service to fax the letter to the judge asking for full consideration of the preponderance of the evidence demonstrating Shohn's innocence. We need to show them that we care and are closely following the just resolution of Shohn's case.
Please email us at khuckabee@aol.com or prettyskies@gmail.com for any additional information you might need. If you would like to go ahead and send a message of your own now, in English or Spanish , please address it to:
ATTN: Magistrado EUCEBIO ÁVILA LÓPEZ
Fax: from US dial 011 52 667 846 5713

Today, June 8, without any warning, Carlos Quijas his co defendant was removed from the cell they share with two others at 5:00 AM and sent to the airport and flown to a very isolated prison island off the Pacific coast. This is illegal. There is no way to communicate with him, or to get him money to pay for food and toiletries out there. It is illegal to transfer prisoners who have an appeal underway. We don't know what the message is within this plot.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Some news

We got news last night that the judge is going to make a decision on Shohn's case in the next 15 days. We pray that this will be the decision that we are all looking for. Keep those prayers a coming. We will prevail in this fight.
Tammy