Tierra Y Libertad Case

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One of the brothers had been accused of illegal woodcutting so the autonomous municipality requested for his arrested. Since it was a process to negotiate settlement between him and the accusers the government of Mexico believed that Tierra y Libertad had violated the law by keeping them longer than 36 hours in jail (p.79). For people in Tierra y Libertad it is important for them that delinquent replace or repair what they have caused damage too, because the accused had not come to an agreement they held the brothers as punishment. Those who are not rich and do not have enough to pay for funds, overly stay more than 36 hours. This is normal in the ruling of Tierra y Libertad. Speed conveyed that the jailing of people in indigenous communities

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