A meeting with the Appeal Judge

On Wednesday, Sept 10th, Rebecca's sister, Barbara, along with Rebecca's Public Defender and a family friend serving as an interpreter, will meet with Ms. Maria del Pilar Parra, the judge for the appeal, to present the emotional and personal side of Rebecca Roth's case.

We have heard that this woman is above reproach. We hope this is true and that she vindicates Rebecca's claims of innocence and acquits. She could do this in spite of possible repercussions from her own system and colleagues. It will take great courage and resolve for her to acquit in the face of the prosecutor who is asking for an even higher number of years in Rebecca's sentencing in his prosecution appeal. He is asking, in his appeal for a total of 23 years!

The prosecutor feels that the original judge went lightly, only sentencing Rebecca to 9 years. Keep in mind that Alyn Waage, the mastermind behind this whole fraud case was sentenced to 10 years by the US Federal Court in their prosecution of him in what was considered an international case.

We also understand that this appeal judge does not fear the Mexican AFI, which is the equivalent of the US FBI. In many cases, when a judge in an appeal case rules against a previous judge and prosecutor, the Mexican AFI will haunt that judge and make life very difficult. This is done through intimidation, the creation of false claims of wrongdoing, and even threats to family. It's kind of a no holds barred free for all system that feeds on it's own when deemed necessary.

In June, we hired an attorney that is very familiar with the Tri West case and the Mexican judicial system to visit the Secretary of the Court and the Appeal Judge in hopes of having him highlight the evidence of Rebecca's innocence in the final conclusions of the prosecution's case against her.

Much of that 325 page document contains many pages of interviews, descriptions of properties, financial documents and such that have nothing to do with the case against Rebecca Roth. They were presented to make the case convoluted and difficult to sort through, concealing the lack of involvement or participation of any wrongdoing on her part. Many references were made to facts that had nothing to do with her. In other words, the case file was over documented and meant to obscure the truth.

In the meeting on Wednesday, Rebecca's Public Defender will have an opportunity to briefly point out some of the important items that do document Rebecca's innocence and her sister Barbara will have an opportunity to tell the part of the story that has never been really heard. The emotional side. The part of the story that tells of Rebecca's decision to move to a country she saw as Paradise and how she struggled to succeed in her own business and by taking a part time job with a wealthy Canadian, she became a victim and was deceived, just like the hundreds of investors in over 60 countries, by the organizer of one of the largest Internet fraud schemes in history.

I will have news of how this meeting went soon and hope to write of a positive reception by the judge. With that positive reception could come the acquittal that Rebecca Roth deserves and the end of her being a Prisoner in Paradise.