Diego Fernandez de Cevallos...VIVE!
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molly
Dec 20, 2010, 5:00:21 PM12/20/10
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At the link is video from Diego...apparently released and safe...
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=2010/12/20&id=8782339b040fd9447df3533f3e11fa93
Diego rompe el silencio… y está entero
Agencias | 20-12-2010 | 13:15
Delgado y con una larga barba, pero físicamente completo, Diego
Fernández de Cevallos Ramos rompió el silencio frente a la puerta de
su domicilio 845 en Lomas de Chapultepec, a unas cuantas horas de su
liberación.
En sus primeras declaraciones ante medios de comunicación mencionó que
emitirá una nota informativa respecto a su captura y liberación y dijo
sentirse fuerte y bien.
Con la barba blanca y en compañía de su hijo, declaró que se
encontraba bien y que hablará de todo lo que vivió durante los siete
meses de su cautiverio. "Tengo tantos motivos de agradecimiento a
tantas personas conocidas y desconocidas, que me veo obligado a
preparar un boletín informativo para ustedes", adelantó el ex senador.
"Sólo tengo motivos para agradecer a Dios y a la Virgen y a tantos
amigos", señaló al arribar a su domicilio, luego de ser liberado por
sus captores.
"Por lo que se refiere a los secuestradores, por supuesto que como
hombre de fe, ya perdoné y como ciudadano creo que las autoridades
tienen una tarea pendiente, pero sin abuso, sin atropello", dijo el ex
senador panista, tras llegar a su casa manejando su automóvil.
Fernández citó una frase de "El Quijote de la Mancha" con la que se
identificó: "Mis arreos son las armas, mi descanso, el pelear, mi
cama, las duras peñas, mi vivir, siempre luchar".
También agradeció la forma humana en que se condujeron los medios de
comunicación a raíz de su desaparición.
Aproximadamente una hora y media antes de la llegada a su casa, dos
miembros de seguridad de la familia de Diego Fernández sacaron de la
cajuela de un vehículo una pequeña maleta, que se presume era la ropa
deportiva con la que posteriormente llegó a su domicilio.
Después de haber atendido a la prensa evitó decir si ya había hablado
con el presidente Felipe Calderón y volvió a abordar el mismo Mercedes
Benz en que arribó. Acompañado de uno de sus hijos salió con un ramo
de rosas rojas en el regazo y solamente dijo: “Voy con la Señora”.
Además de los dos guardias de seguridad, ningún otro elemento privado
o de seguridad gubernamental estuvo cerca de la casa y del ex
candidato presidencial.
El 14 de mayo pasado, Fernández de Cevallos fue secuestrado cuando
llegaba a su rancho en el estado de Querétaro; durante seis meses los
captores del político hicieron contacto públicamente. En tres
ocasiones enviaron fotografías de su víctima y textos escritos con
puño y letra de éste como prueba de vida.
El sábado, en su más reciente mensaje, los secuestradores de Fernández
de Cevallos, quienes originalmente se hicieron llamar los “Misteriosos
desaparecedores”, firmaron ahora como “Ex misteriosos
desaparecedores”.
'Diego está en casa de un amigo', confirma su hermana
Agradeció Diego libertad a la Virgen
Regresa a casa Diego Fernández de Cevallos
Secuestro del jefe Diego, acto de desagravio: dicen plagiarios
PGR reabrirá investigación: Calderón
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=2010/12/20&id=8782339b040fd9447df3533f3e11fa93
Diego rompe el silencio… y está entero
Agencias | 20-12-2010 | 13:15
Delgado y con una larga barba, pero físicamente completo, Diego
Fernández de Cevallos Ramos rompió el silencio frente a la puerta de
su domicilio 845 en Lomas de Chapultepec, a unas cuantas horas de su
liberación.
En sus primeras declaraciones ante medios de comunicación mencionó que
emitirá una nota informativa respecto a su captura y liberación y dijo
sentirse fuerte y bien.
Con la barba blanca y en compañía de su hijo, declaró que se
encontraba bien y que hablará de todo lo que vivió durante los siete
meses de su cautiverio. "Tengo tantos motivos de agradecimiento a
tantas personas conocidas y desconocidas, que me veo obligado a
preparar un boletín informativo para ustedes", adelantó el ex senador.
"Sólo tengo motivos para agradecer a Dios y a la Virgen y a tantos
amigos", señaló al arribar a su domicilio, luego de ser liberado por
sus captores.
"Por lo que se refiere a los secuestradores, por supuesto que como
hombre de fe, ya perdoné y como ciudadano creo que las autoridades
tienen una tarea pendiente, pero sin abuso, sin atropello", dijo el ex
senador panista, tras llegar a su casa manejando su automóvil.
Fernández citó una frase de "El Quijote de la Mancha" con la que se
identificó: "Mis arreos son las armas, mi descanso, el pelear, mi
cama, las duras peñas, mi vivir, siempre luchar".
También agradeció la forma humana en que se condujeron los medios de
comunicación a raíz de su desaparición.
Aproximadamente una hora y media antes de la llegada a su casa, dos
miembros de seguridad de la familia de Diego Fernández sacaron de la
cajuela de un vehículo una pequeña maleta, que se presume era la ropa
deportiva con la que posteriormente llegó a su domicilio.
Después de haber atendido a la prensa evitó decir si ya había hablado
con el presidente Felipe Calderón y volvió a abordar el mismo Mercedes
Benz en que arribó. Acompañado de uno de sus hijos salió con un ramo
de rosas rojas en el regazo y solamente dijo: “Voy con la Señora”.
Además de los dos guardias de seguridad, ningún otro elemento privado
o de seguridad gubernamental estuvo cerca de la casa y del ex
candidato presidencial.
El 14 de mayo pasado, Fernández de Cevallos fue secuestrado cuando
llegaba a su rancho en el estado de Querétaro; durante seis meses los
captores del político hicieron contacto públicamente. En tres
ocasiones enviaron fotografías de su víctima y textos escritos con
puño y letra de éste como prueba de vida.
El sábado, en su más reciente mensaje, los secuestradores de Fernández
de Cevallos, quienes originalmente se hicieron llamar los “Misteriosos
desaparecedores”, firmaron ahora como “Ex misteriosos
desaparecedores”.
'Diego está en casa de un amigo', confirma su hermana
Agradeció Diego libertad a la Virgen
Regresa a casa Diego Fernández de Cevallos
Secuestro del jefe Diego, acto de desagravio: dicen plagiarios
PGR reabrirá investigación: Calderón
molly
Dec 20, 2010, 9:23:23 PM12/20/10
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Dear Friends:
Random thoughts on El Jefe Diego.
Happy Holidays,
George
George W. Grayson
Class of 1938 Professor
Department of Government
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
757-221-3031; 757-810-0034
Jefe Diego Offers Hope for Felipe Calderón’s Party
George W. Grayson
A possible game-changing event happened just as Enrique Peña
Nieto, Mexico State’s movie-star handsome governor and fair-haired boy
of the once dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was
writing his swearing-in speech for chief executive; namely, on Monday,
Diego “Jefe Diego” Fernández de Cevallos, iconic leader of the
governing National Action Party (PAN), gained his freedom from
kidnappers who seized the Santa Claus-bearded politician in mid-May.
Reportedly, the affluent politician/lawyer’s family paid upwards of
millions of dollars in ransom.
Before the redoubtable Jefe Diego emerged from captivity with
fire in his belly, Peña Nieto seemed like a cinch to succeed Felipe
Calderón in the Los Pinos presidential residence in two years.
A recent Reforma newspaper poll showed the Mexico State leader
was not only the overwhelming choice of his party for the nomination,
but ran 29 points ahead any presidential wannabe in the fractured
PAN. Marcelo Ebrard, the leftist mayor of Mexico City (19%), was his
closest rival. Moreover, the 44-year-old “golden boy” has built a
formidable nation-wide organization, raised a Midas-like war chest,
and attracted overwhelming support from the media conglomerate
TELEVISA.
Should he enter the contest, Fernández de Cevallos could slow
Peña Nieto’s juggernaut. Despite being held prisoner for more than
seven months, Jefe Diego appeared none the worst for wear. After
arriving at his home at 1:30 p.m. on December 20, he thanked God for
keeping him well, forgave his kidnappers, and demonstrated that he was
still full of vigor and vinegar.
He told reporters that: “My attitude is well defined, to live
for the future without fear, without cowardliness, without arrogance,
but with clarity of purpose and with bravery …”
He went on to quote Don Quixote, who said that “my ornaments are
weapons; my relaxation, the fight; my bed, the hardest rock; my life,
always to fight.”
Was it a coincidence that the Spanish word for rock is “peña”?
The über-attorney and former legislator has been in the
presidential arena before. In 1994, he took on the nominees of the
PRI (Dr. Ernesto Zedillo) and Left (Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas) in a
televised debate—the first in Mexican history—that attracted 38
million viewers. In this showdown, the haughty Jefe Diego unleashed
his oratorical skills to thrash his opponents.
He flailed the brainy Zedillo for the PRI’s legacy of vote-
stealing and other forms of venality. At the same time, he skewered
Cárdenas, whom he despised, as a self-promoting, do-nothing governor
of Michoacán state in the 1980s.
Fernández de Cevallos grabbed the imagination of millions of
Mexicans who thirsted for political change. Peleador (fighter),
“gallo” (rooster), “cara nueva (new face)—these were some of the terms
applied to the unconventional, quick-witted attorney.
Some post-debate surveys even showed the pugilistic PANista
leading the field. In a volte-face, Jefe Diego failed to pursue his
assault on the ruling party and virtually dropped out of sight. He
wound up with only a quarter of the votes cast as Zedillo swept to
victory. Rumors abounded that Fernández de Cevallos, a pillar of
Mexico’s power structure, had cut a deal with outgoing chief executive
Carlos Salinas, now a powerful backer of Peña Nieto.
Although the Mexico State governor tops the charts, average
people continuously express disdain for politicians. Jefe Diego has
served in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. However, like John
McCain, who showed bravery in a POW camp, the PAN stalwart’s much
briefer imprisonment could make him a hero. If he should detonate a
groundswell of support as a tough, courageous victim of the criminals
now running rampant in Mexico, Peña Nieto will have to lay aside his
word-smithing and prepare for a rough-and-tumble campaign.
George W. Grayson, author of Mexico: Narco Violence and a Failed
State? (Transaction), teaches Government at the College of William &
Mary; 757-221-3031 and gwg...@wm.edu.
On Dec 20, 3:00 pm, molly <mollymol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At the link is video from Diego...apparently released and safe...
>
> http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=2010/12/20&id=8782339b040fd9447d...
Random thoughts on El Jefe Diego.
Happy Holidays,
George
George W. Grayson
Class of 1938 Professor
Department of Government
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
757-221-3031; 757-810-0034
Jefe Diego Offers Hope for Felipe Calderón’s Party
George W. Grayson
A possible game-changing event happened just as Enrique Peña
Nieto, Mexico State’s movie-star handsome governor and fair-haired boy
of the once dominant Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was
writing his swearing-in speech for chief executive; namely, on Monday,
Diego “Jefe Diego” Fernández de Cevallos, iconic leader of the
governing National Action Party (PAN), gained his freedom from
kidnappers who seized the Santa Claus-bearded politician in mid-May.
Reportedly, the affluent politician/lawyer’s family paid upwards of
millions of dollars in ransom.
Before the redoubtable Jefe Diego emerged from captivity with
fire in his belly, Peña Nieto seemed like a cinch to succeed Felipe
Calderón in the Los Pinos presidential residence in two years.
A recent Reforma newspaper poll showed the Mexico State leader
was not only the overwhelming choice of his party for the nomination,
but ran 29 points ahead any presidential wannabe in the fractured
PAN. Marcelo Ebrard, the leftist mayor of Mexico City (19%), was his
closest rival. Moreover, the 44-year-old “golden boy” has built a
formidable nation-wide organization, raised a Midas-like war chest,
and attracted overwhelming support from the media conglomerate
TELEVISA.
Should he enter the contest, Fernández de Cevallos could slow
Peña Nieto’s juggernaut. Despite being held prisoner for more than
seven months, Jefe Diego appeared none the worst for wear. After
arriving at his home at 1:30 p.m. on December 20, he thanked God for
keeping him well, forgave his kidnappers, and demonstrated that he was
still full of vigor and vinegar.
He told reporters that: “My attitude is well defined, to live
for the future without fear, without cowardliness, without arrogance,
but with clarity of purpose and with bravery …”
He went on to quote Don Quixote, who said that “my ornaments are
weapons; my relaxation, the fight; my bed, the hardest rock; my life,
always to fight.”
Was it a coincidence that the Spanish word for rock is “peña”?
The über-attorney and former legislator has been in the
presidential arena before. In 1994, he took on the nominees of the
PRI (Dr. Ernesto Zedillo) and Left (Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas) in a
televised debate—the first in Mexican history—that attracted 38
million viewers. In this showdown, the haughty Jefe Diego unleashed
his oratorical skills to thrash his opponents.
He flailed the brainy Zedillo for the PRI’s legacy of vote-
stealing and other forms of venality. At the same time, he skewered
Cárdenas, whom he despised, as a self-promoting, do-nothing governor
of Michoacán state in the 1980s.
Fernández de Cevallos grabbed the imagination of millions of
Mexicans who thirsted for political change. Peleador (fighter),
“gallo” (rooster), “cara nueva (new face)—these were some of the terms
applied to the unconventional, quick-witted attorney.
Some post-debate surveys even showed the pugilistic PANista
leading the field. In a volte-face, Jefe Diego failed to pursue his
assault on the ruling party and virtually dropped out of sight. He
wound up with only a quarter of the votes cast as Zedillo swept to
victory. Rumors abounded that Fernández de Cevallos, a pillar of
Mexico’s power structure, had cut a deal with outgoing chief executive
Carlos Salinas, now a powerful backer of Peña Nieto.
Although the Mexico State governor tops the charts, average
people continuously express disdain for politicians. Jefe Diego has
served in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. However, like John
McCain, who showed bravery in a POW camp, the PAN stalwart’s much
briefer imprisonment could make him a hero. If he should detonate a
groundswell of support as a tough, courageous victim of the criminals
now running rampant in Mexico, Peña Nieto will have to lay aside his
word-smithing and prepare for a rough-and-tumble campaign.
George W. Grayson, author of Mexico: Narco Violence and a Failed
State? (Transaction), teaches Government at the College of William &
Mary; 757-221-3031 and gwg...@wm.edu.
On Dec 20, 3:00 pm, molly <mollymol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At the link is video from Diego...apparently released and safe...
>
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