Mexican Reporter Asylum Case Postponed Until 2012

A final ruling in the case of a Mexican reporter seeking asylum in the United States along with his teenage son has been postponed until next year after his attorney was subpoenaed to appear in federal court as an expert witness in an unrelated case and asked for a rescheduling.

Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, a former reporter from Ascensión, Chihuahua, who wrote for the affiliate of El Diario de Juárez, has been seeking asylum since 2008. His initial hearing began last month in El Paso and was originally scheduled to continue today after both sides agreed more time ...

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