The AFL-CIO is outraged by the ongoing harassment and false criminal charges that have been filed against Mexican independent trade union lawyer and attorney Susana Prieto Terrazas by the state governments of Tamaulipas and Chihuahua. Prieto was jailed in Tamaulipas in June, and ordered to attend court hearings in Chihuahua, where it is possible that she will again be detained and incarcerated. The ongoing repression against Prieto is designed to undermine her efforts to support independent labor unions in these states.

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