He died at the weekend Juan Velásquez, known as the ‘devil’s advocate’ for the characters he protected and, sometimes, save from going to jail. For that reason it was said that he won all the tests.
Some of his clients were vice president Luis Echeverría and Jose Lopez PortilloOlympic medalist Joaquín Capilla, muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, Cardinal Norberto Rivera, among others.
That was one of the issues that stood out former president Luis Echeverría, when the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) that he would be prosecuted for his role in the Tlatelolco massacre on October 2, 1968.
In 2005, federal judge José Angel Mattar ordered the arrest of Oliva because of his possible role in the crime of genocide.
However, due to advanced age, Echeveria it was ordered house arrest which he achieved until March 2009.
“The special prosecutor at that time was sure in court, in front of journalists, that even Juan Velásquez was not going to prevent Mr. Echeverría from going to prison and seeing him behind bars. However, he was not in prison for a second; He didn’t go to prison: they couldn’t photograph him behind bars. In the end, I won the fight,” the lawyer said in an interview for The Advocate Law Journal.
The liberation came after a the battle of the court in which Echeverría won an injunction in 2007. He was the only vice president of Mexico to face impeachment.
Who was the lawyer Juan Velásquez?
Juan Velásquez died on Sunday, October 27 at the age of 77. He was recognized for maintaining an undeveloped defense for more than 50 years.
The announcement was made through a report for the University Faculty of Law National Independent of Mexico (UNAM).
When Velásquez was a teenager he was a student at a military university until he entered the UNAM School of Law in 1964, where he, years later, taught.
he is a lawyer He was also the legal representative of Arturo ‘El Negro’ Durazo, former police chief during the government of José López Portillo.
2024-10-28 22:39:00
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