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Nayarit

American  
[nah-yah-reet] / ˌnɑ yɑˈrit /

noun

  1. a state in W Mexico. 10,442 sq. mi. (27,045 sq. km). Tepic.


Nayarit British  
/ najaˈrit /

noun

  1. a state of W Mexico, on the Pacific: includes the offshore Tres Marías Islands. Capital: Tepic. Pop: 919 739 (2000). Area: 27 621 sq km (10 772 sq miles)

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Representing the Nayarit residents — who are seeking unspecified damages — is San Francisco-based Guernica37, a nonprofit organization seeking accountability for global rights abuses.

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Veytia hitched his fortune to the spurs of the charismatic Roberto Sandoval, a glad-handing pol in a cowboy hat who was elected mayor of Tepic and, in 2011, governor of Nayarit.

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Yuri Disraili Camacho Vega, a former Nayarit state police officer, said he resigned from the force fearing for his life.

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Five Nayarit families — among them farmers, small business owners and a former police officer — are suing Veytia in federal court in Washington, D.C., under the Torture Victim Protection Act.

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Chairez was born in the Mexican state of Nayarit and came to the U.S. when he was 9.

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