Mexican Prosecutor Rules on Criminal Misconduct Case - Finds No Grounds for Prosecution - Case is Closed

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 9 /CNW/ - Farallon Resources Ltd. ("Farallon" or the\n"Company") (TSX: FAN) announces that the Prosecutor General's Office in\nHermosillo, Sonora State, Mexico has issued a ruling, reaffirming a previous\nruling dated October 15, 2007 (see News Release dated November 6, 2007)\nfinding no evidence of any criminal misconduct in a complaint filed by David\nL. Hermiston in 1999. The ruling re-states that there are no grounds\nwhatsoever for criminal prosecution against Farallon or any of its Directors\nin the matter.\n\n\nOn December 15, 2008, the Second Collegial Tribunal for Criminal and\nAdministrative Matters for the Fifth Circuit sitting in Hermosillo, Sonora\nentered judgment on the Criminal Review Constitutional Relief (Amparo)\nPetition filed by David Leslie Hermiston Chester, identified with case file\nNumber 287/2008, against the decision entered by the Third District Judge\nsitting in the same city in which: i) the amparo suit is dismissed; and ii)\nrelief and protection of federal justice against the acts of the Assistant\nProsecutor for Process Control in the Attorney General's Office for the State\nof Sonora is denied.\n\n\nIt is worth noting that the acts of the Assistant Prosecutor for Process\nControl in the Attorney General's Office for the State of Sonora refer to\nissue of the resolution given in preliminary investigation 16/99, dated\nOctober 15, 2007, which ruled "to affirm the decision of 'non-exercise of\ncriminal action' against any of the representatives of Farallón Minera\nMexicana, S.A., including the Directors of same for the crimes of 'Perjury,'\n'Cover-up,' and 'Criminal Association.'" The criminal accusation, resolved\nthrough the aforesaid ruling of December 15, 2008, was filed by David\nHermiston in 1999.\n\n\nThis judgment finally concludes the criminal case with regard to Farallón\nand its representatives, there being no further appeal that can be filed by\nHermiston. It is also important to note that the preliminary investigation\ncontinues open with regard to the possible commission of some crime by Minera\nSummit de Mexico, S.A. de CV, Pedro Villagran and his group.\n\n\nThe foregoing judgment was issued on December 15, 2008, and it was\npublished on December 24, 2008.\n\n\nAlthough the previous judgment (October 15, 2007) was fina...

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