We are appealing this decision, given the importance of this case to the family in their ongoing fight for justice, as well as the public interest in Canada in ensuring that the foreign service is living up to its policies, that say it will respect human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. If, in fact, officials at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico were acting under orders from Ottawa to promote and protect this Canadian mining company’s interests at all costs, then we need to know that too.
