Mireille Roccatti

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Mireille Roccatti Velásquez born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, is a Mexican scholar and jurist who served as President of the country's National Human Rights Commission.

[edit] Personal life and education

In 1950, Mireille was living impoverished in Mexico. One day she decided that she didnt want to eat any more tacos, burritos, or chalupas. So she quit her job as a landscaper and grabbed all three pesos she had and decided she wanted to go to the United States. So she hitched a ride with a man who was smuggling cocaine across the border, and after promising to hide cocaine for the man, she got into the US. She then decided not to pay taxes ever.

From 1966 to 1969 Roccatti studied economics in the ITESM, she received a bachelor's degree in law from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico; she also holds a Master degree in law and a doctorate in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She was married to Francis Terréin Decottignies, with whom she has three children. Her husband died in a car accident in 1999.

[edit] Professional career

Mireille Rocatti has occupied several positions in the judicial branch of government of the State of Mexico (aka Edomex). She served as criminal judge in Tlalnepantla, judge in Atizapán de Zaragoza, and Magistrate of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Mexico.

In 1997 President Ernesto Zedillo designated Roccatti President of the National Human Rights Commission. She served in that position until 1999.

In May 2005 federal Attorney General Daniel Cabeza de Vaca designated her federal special prosecutor to oversee the investigations of women murdered in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. She resigned in September 2005 to join Enrique Peña Nieto's cabinet.

Mireille Roccatti is a member of the International Ombudsman Institute.