Marco Delgado
| Marco Delgado | |
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| Full Name | Marco Delgado |
| Occupation | Civil rights attorney |
| Known For | Representing Sofia Reyes against the Federal Gendarmerie |
| Languages | Martino, Alexandrian |
| National Origin |
 Nouvelle Alexandrie |
| Citizenship(s) |
Nouvelle Alexandrie |
Marco Delgado is a New Alexandrian civil rights attorney known for representing the student activist Sofia Reyes in her civil litigation against the Federal Gendarmerie over Operation Faun, the 1750 AN crackdown on university campuses in which a mounted gendarme lassoed and dragged Reyes during the 10.VII raids.[1]
Retained by the Reyes family while she was still hospitalized, Delgado described her as a peaceful protester whose treatment "would be illegal if done to a violent criminal."[2] He filed her civil suit against the Gendarmerie at her discharge in X.1750 AN, seeking NAX€5 million in damages and mandatory reforms that would bar mounted crowd-control tactics and the use of lassos, and acted as her spokesman as she founded the Movement for University Freedom the same day.[1][3]
The government moved to dismiss the suit, but Judge Carmen Olivares of the Federal Capital District Court in Cárdenas denied the motion in 1750 AN, holding that the video of the lassoing "raises substantial questions" about whether the force used was reasonable and sending the case to discovery.[4] Delgado said he would seek the planning records of Operation Faun, mounted-unit training materials, and communications among gendarmerie commanders.[4]
The suit settled in 1751 AN, three months into discovery, after internal documents showed officers had ignored de-escalation protocols and commanders had been warned about crowd density; the Federation paid Reyes NAX€4.2 million, the Department of Interior dismissed all twelve officers placed on leave after the raids, and three faced criminal referrals, while the government admitted no wrongdoing. Delgado called the combined outcome "substantial accountability."[5]
Delgado returned to the matter in 1758 AN, when he obtained a Federal Capital District Court order that required the Gendarmerie to protect Reyes's home, after which the Parade of Lassos and Nooses, in which cadres of the Humanist Vanguard had carried lassos and nooses past her door, was broken up. He argued that the Federation, having already paid Reyes for what one of its officers had done to her with a rope, could not treat rope carried past her window as no concern of its own.[6]
See also
- Sofia Reyes
- Operation Faun
- Movement for University Freedom
- New Alexandrian Civil Liberties Union
- Parade of Lassos and Nooses
References
- ^ a b "Sofia Reyes discharged from hospital, files lawsuit, emerges as activist voice", NBC Newsfeed, 1750 AN.
- ^ "Video of police lassoing student reaches 35 million views as crisis deepens", NBC Newsfeed, 1750 AN.
- ^ Sofia Reyes.
- ^ a b "Federal court denies government motion to dismiss Reyes lawsuit; case to proceed", NBC Newsfeed, 1750 AN.
- ^ "Government settles Reyes lawsuit for NAX€4.2 million, fires 12 officers over Operation Faun", NBC Newsfeed, 1751 AN.
- ^ "A court orders the Gendarmerie to guard Sofia Reyes's door and the torchlit parades are broken up", NBC Newsfeed, 1758 AN.
