Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, Aug 12, 2025 (AFP) - Pro-migrant activist released from prison in Mexico

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2025-08-12

An activist known for leading massive migrant marches across Mexico to the US border was released from prison on Monday after a judge ruled there was no evidence to hold him. Luis Garcia Villagran was arrested and detained in Tapachula last Tuesday, near Guatemala, where he had planned to lead a march headed for Mexico City the following day. A judge "determined there were not enough elements to take our client to trial," his lawyer Jose Antonio......

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