Mexico court rules against journalist

Mexico's supreme court has ruled, by a six-four margin, that the governor of Puebla state did not violate the rights of journalist Lydia Cacho in arresting her for defamation. The decision overlooked an investigation which found that at least 30 public officials had conspired to harass her. An editorial in La Opinión, a Los Angeles-based Spanish-language paper, argues that the ruling proves that the Mexican elite enjoy full impunity. In her book, The Demons of Eden, Cacho wrote about the link between child sex rings and networks of powerful people in Mexico. (Via New America Media)