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Puracal case comes to Hillary Clinton's office

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By Carlos Larios | National

The case of American Jason Puracal Zachary, 34, sentenced by a judge of the department of Rivas, along with 10 others, 22 years in prison for belonging to an organized crime gang dedicated to the transfer of drugs and money laundering, reached the office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Senators and congressmen have asked Clinton in a letter that his government goal hands of the matter. In the letter, the representatives of Congress say that Mr. Puracal is still denied due process by the judicial system

Nicaraguan.

Janice Puracal, sister of Jason, who is a lawyer, sent to El Nuevo Diario that four letter sent to Clinton congressman.

The firmanrtes are Adam Smith, by Sens. Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and urged the Secretary of State "to address the numerous violations of the law in the case of U.S. citizen convicted of error, Jason Puracal. "

"The hope is that our government we find a way to talk to the President of the Republic of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, that they are concerned about the human rights situation in Nicaragua, and sufficient to correct this injustice, "Janice said by telephone from Washington, United States.

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Meanwhile, in our country, the 11 lawyers convicted in the first court were notified by the Justice Felix Rosales Jacinto Martinez of District Court Criminal Trial of Rivas, in relation to that, after several months of waiting, the record was sent last week to the Court of Appeals of Granada to be valued by the judges.

"We're hoping that they (the judges) see no evidence against Jason, that he is innocent, and that they will do everything possible to correct this injustice, and so Jason let go," said the sister of U.S. expect that is imprisoned in the prison system Tipitapa "The Model" where, according to his family, has been abused and have violated their human rights.