Brenda Martin’s story is still making headlines but people haven’t figured out yet that there is more to her story than meets the eye. If there wasn’t she still wouldn’t be sitting in a Mexican jail suffering from whatever it is she suffering from.
The only thing that anybody is getting right when it comes to pleading Martin’s case is the fact that 2 years in jail without a trial is ridiculous.If something like that happened in Canada, hardly an eye would be batted, but because Martin is in a Mexican jail, Canadians are up in arms.
Whether Martin’s rights have been violated or not will have nothing to do with her fraud trial once it begins and her story will disappear whether she is convicted of the crime she’s accused of or not.
I don’t think things are going to turn out in Martin’s favour no matter how hard anybody, let alone the Canadian government, works on her behalf. Just because the wheels of justice are turning slowly in Mexico doesn’t mean that Brenda Martin isn’t guilty of the crime she is accused of.
I think this whole tragic episode of a Canadian National being kept in a Mexican jail without trial for 2 years is a legitimate one, but at the end of the day there is nothing you, I, or the federal government can do except plead or influence Martin’s case. When it comes to the criminal aspect of her case we won’t even be able to do that.
Brenda Martin is going down, and living through her current circumstances will seem like a walk in the park if she is found guilty of her crime and is sentenced to the same ten years her partner-in-crime received for his role in the multi-million dollar internet scam. At least she will have had two years to adjust to her surroundings. She should be able to breeze through any sentence that is handed down if she is found guilty of money-laundering charges.
She’s going down folks. Get over it. I don’t feel sorry for her in the least, though I have to admit and I already have, that two years in jail without being convicted of anything is a little much.
Headline: Case of imprisoned Canadian woman in Mexico is ‘troubling,’ PM says
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1 Spirit Wolf // Mar 21, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Well, whether or not she is guilty (I don’t believe she is), the fact is that the government doesn’t give a damn about her because she’s not an immigrant, a hyphenated Canadian, and she doesn’t wear a burqa or a turban. If she was any of these things, if she were a Muslim or a Sikh, the wheels of Parliamentary intervention would have been burning rubber to get her on Canadian soil.
2 Canadian Gypsy // Mar 21, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Let me start off that the current Canadian government does care and that it was Paul Martin’s government who appointed the Canadian ambassador to Mexico who was responsible for consular affairs (Martin’s case would be moved to the top of the list) at the time of Martin’s arrests. That ambassador was very, very lax in carrying out his consular duties when Martin’s case came across his desk.
Also, the fact that Martin was in the country illegally all but confirms that consular officials didn’t even know she was in Mexico. Martin could have contacted the embassy herself when she was arrested, the Mexican police wouldn’t have contacted them.
Martin has spent so much time trying to cover her own ass she has forgotten to take responsibility for that ass. She has done this to herself.
Don’t forget, she spent 10 years in Mexico without the proper work permits or immigration visa. That’s illegal too. You can almost guarantee that she didn’t pay any tax while she was on her 10 year holiday. That also is illegal and her actions in Mexico do not help her cause.
Then of course there’s the $60m internet scam she claims to have had nothing to do with or know about while trying to explain how she managed to get $26k in severance pay after working for employer for only 10 months.
She is in some serious shit down in Mexico and blaming the Canadian government for her circumstances or not doing enough for her is more than a bit of a stretch.
Bottomline for me is that Martin was a cash mule for her employer and that she never was a chef for him. The chef thing is a cover story as far as I’m concerned.
She looks more guilty than anything else, and I do admit that spending two years in jail without a trial is a little much. Perhaps if Martin had been forthright with Mexican authorities in the first place she wouldn’t find herself in the spot she is today.
Just my opinion mate.
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