Carlos Agustín Ahumada Kurtz (born 1964) is an entrepreneur of dual Argentine-Mexican nationality. His main areas of business are mining, construction and football. He founded the El Independiente newspaper in Mexico and was a partner and founding member of Colegio de Imagen Pública A.C.
He gained public notoriety in 2004, when he denounced corruption of top officials in the government of Mexico City, going public with videos showing him being extorted by public officials. This episode became known as the "video scandal".
He was apprehended in Havana by Cuban authorities, acting on an extradition request by Mexico, and later deported.[1] On May 8, 2007, he was released from prison, cleared of all charges. Several analysts and columnists considered Ahumada a "political prisoner".[2][3][4]
On December 28, 2007, the Federal District Human Rights Commission (Comisión de Derechos Humanos del Distrito Federal CDHDF) issued its recommendation 19/2007, addressed to the Government Secretariat of the Federal District (Secretaría de Gobierno del Distrito Federal) and the General Justice Department of the Federal District (Procuraduría General de Justicia del Distrito Federal), requesting them to offer public apologies to Carlos Ahumada and his family.[5] Ahumada was the subject of an article by Fidel Castro, entitled "El Gigante de las Siete Leguas, Parte II".[6]
In May 2009, Ahumada published his first book: Derecho de réplica.[7]
Carlos Ahumada, wanted by the Attorney General of Mexico, was arrested in Argentina on August 16, 2019.[8]
Currently, Carlos Ahumada is President of Club Sportivo Estudiantes in the province of San Luis, Argentina, a football team competing in the Torneo Argentino "A" of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA).
References
edit- ^ "Comunicado del Ministerio de relaciones exteriores de Cuba". Cuba MinRex. 28 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Labios Cosidos, Ricardo Pascoe Pierce
- ^ El preso político de López Obrador Archived November 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Ciro Gómez Leyva
- ^ abril 06.htm Ahumada el preso político del PRD, Jorge Medina Viedas[permanent dead link]. Diario Milenio, 6 de abril de 2006
- ^ "Boletín 509/2011 Promoción, difusión y defensa de los Derechos Humanos, Fundamentales para una sociedad democrática: CDHDF". www.cdhdf.org.mx. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "El gigante de las siete leguas (Parte 2)". 13 August 2010.
- ^ Ahumada y la Nauseabunda Inquisición, Ciro Gómez Leyva. Diario Milenio, 12 de mayo de 2009.
- ^ "Detienen en Argentina a Carlos Ahumada" [Carlos Ahumada arrested in Argentina], El Segundero.com (in Spanish), August 16, 2019, retrieved August 16, 2019
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Carlos Ahumada's personal web site
- (in Spanish) Carlos Ahumada Kurtz on terra.com