University confirms plagiarism in the thesis of a Mexican Supreme Court minister Yasmín Esquivel

The thesis with which the Minister of the Supreme Court obtained the degree MexicanYasmín Esquivel, has coincidences in its content by up to 90% with a degree work delivered a year earlier, so “the existence of plagiarism is evident,” said the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

“After the analysis of the documentation by the Committee and based on the high level of coincidences between the theses under review, greater than 90 percent, the existence of plagiarism is evident,” said in a statement the rector of the UNAMEnrique Graue.

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Recently, it was revealed that the thesis presented by the Mexican Supreme Court Minister in 1987, outgoing from the Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Aragón, was similar to that of the graduate of the Faculty of Law of the UNAMJosé Báez and with which he graduated in 1986.

However, this house of studies indicated that it will continue with the investigations, since, due to contradictions, “It is necessary to gather additional information to deepen the documentary analysis and, if applicable, call the parties involved.”

According to the UNAMthe first conclusions “They make us presume that the original thesis was the one supported in 1986″, written by Báez, before the academic review of the contents of both theses, their publication dates, as well as the physical and digital files.

Although he also pointed out that José Báez delivered a notarized testimony that contains a document “expressing that he used several references, texts and important parts of the content of the thesis published later, in 1987.”

yesterday the minister dodge It also maintained that Báez had declared before a notary public that he recognized and expressly stated: “I took several references and text from that work” and “I was able to take several important parts of her work in the year 1985 to 1986.”

“Given these facts, it is confirmed that the original authorship of the work is mine,” he said. dodge in a public statement, in which he also confirmed that he will not give up his attempt to preside over the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), after being involved in an alleged plagiarism of his undergraduate thesis.

For its part, the FES Aragón announced that the ruling will take longer than when the renewal of the presidency of the Mexican Supreme Court is carried out on January 2, since the investigations will resume until the return to school at the end of the first month. of the coming year.

“Once the academic-administrative activities at the Faculty have resumed, a next session will be convened to continue the work (of scrutiny),” he said.

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Also, the rector of the UNAM He pointed out that this university will carry out a series of actions to avoid the repetition of reprehensible events such as these.

Even, Graue mentioned, they could mean legal changes to the university regulations of this house of studies and digital tools to detect irregularities.

“These measures could include reforms to university regulations and prevention strategies, using specialized digital tools to detect possible irregularities,” he concluded.

Source: Elcomercio

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