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.OTES ON THE #URRENT 3ITUATION $IGNA /CHOA %XPERTS AND ATTORNEYS CONDUCTING THE CASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER $IGNA /CHOA SUBMITTED TO THE COORDINATING GROUP OF $ISTRICT !TTORNEYS OF THE &EDERAL $ISTRICT S !TTORNEY 'ENERAL|S /FFICE OF *USTICE 0'*$& THE FORENSIC MEDICAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL REPORTS THAT PROVE THAT THE ATTORNEY WAS MURDERED )N -AY THREE EXPERT TESTS TO PROVE THE HOMICIDE OF $IGNA /CHOA WERE PRESENTED A FORENSIC CHEMISTRY TEST A CRIMINOLOGICAL TEST AND A FORENSIC MEDICAL TEST (OWEVER THESE REPORTS WERE NOT ADMITTED BY THE 0'*$& 2ELATIVES AND ATTORNEYS OF THE ACTIVIST WERE THUS FORCED TO GO TO THE FEDERAL COURTS /N &EBRUARY THE 3ECOND #RIMINAL #OURT PRESIDED BY SEVERAL JUDGES OF THE @&IRST #IRCUIT ACCEPTED AN APPEAL FOR PROTECTION AND ORDERED THE 0'*$& TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS SUBMITTED BY THE /CHOA FAMILY 4HE FAMILY IN TURN STATED THAT hIF THE AUTHORITIES FOR SOME REASON DO NOT COMPLY WE WILL TAKE THE MATTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURTS WHICH IS ANOTHER MECHANISM AVAILABLE TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF AN OFFENCE v $IGNA /CHOA WAS ONE OF -EXICO S MOST IMPORTANT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 3HE WORKED IN BOTH 'UERRERO AND /AXACA AND DOCUMENTED REPORTED AND TOOK TO TRIAL CASES RELATED TO MILITARIZATION IN THOSE ZONES )N THE CASES THAT SHE CONDUCTED SHE EMPHASIZED THE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS ON THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE WORK OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
/RGANIZATION OF THE )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE -E 0HAA 4HE 'ERMAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE ORGANIZATION @&RONT ,INE DEMANDED THAT 'OVERNOR :EFERINO 4ORREBLANCA 'ALINDO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO GUARANTEE THE SECURITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF /BTILIA %UGENIO -ANUEL AND HER FAMILY FROM THE COMMUNITY OF "ARRANCA DE 'UADALUPE MUNICIPALITY OF !YUTLA DE LOS ,IBRES IN LIGHT OF DEATH THREATS THAT SHE HAS RECEIVED 4HE .'/ ALSO DEMANDED THAT THE !TTORNEY 'ENERAL S /FFICE OF THE 2EPUBLIC 0'2 TAKE UP THE CASE AND BEGIN AN hIMMEDIATE EXHAUSTIVE AND IMPARTIALv INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH THREATS AGAINST THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER WITH A VIEW TO MAKING THE RESULTS PUBLIC AND PUNISHING THOSE RESPONSIBLE )T ALSO REQUESTED THAT PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES STIPULATED BY THE )NTER !MERICAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION #)$( BE COMPLIED WITH 3IGNED BY
THE $IRECTOR OF &RONT ,INE -ARY ,AWLOR THE TEXT MENTIONED THAT ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED THE 0'2 DECIDED NOT TO INVESTIGATE THE THREATS AGAINST /BTILIA AND REMITTED THEM BACK TO THE JURISDICTION OF !YUTLA DE LOS ,IBRES FROM WHERE THE THREATS AND HARASSMENT ORIGINATED 4HEY STATE THAT ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS THEY HAVE h/BTILIA S HOUSE AND HER MOVEMENTS ARE UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO IT IS PRESUMED HAVE LINKS TO THE -EXICAN !RMY v 3AN 3ALVADOR !TENCO &OR THE PAST SIXTEEN YEARS FLOWER GROWERS FROM THE 4EXCOCO VALLEY HAVE TRAVELLED TO THE TOWN OF 3AN 3ALVADOR DE !TENCO AT HARVEST TIME TO SET THEMSELVES UP NEAR THE MARKET 4HIS YEAR A CONTINGENT OF LOCAL POLICE INSTALLED THEMSELVES IN THE SAME AREA AN ACTION THAT MADE SELLING DIFFICULT FOR THE FLOWER GROWERS 4HE CAMPESINOS PEASANT FARMERS AND THEIR LEADER 2ODOLFO #UÏLLAR OBJECTED TO THESE POLICE ACTIONS AND INITIATED A ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEIR CUSTOM OF SETTING UP IN THE MARKET 4HE FINAL AGREEMENT WAS THAT FROM -AY RD ONWARDS THE VENDORS COULD CONTINUE TO SELL IN THE SAME PLACE #UÏLLAR AND THE FLOWER VENDORS INVITED THE #OMMUNITIES &RONT FOR THE $EFENSE OF THE ,AND &0$4 LEAD BY )GNACIO DEL 6ALLE TO WITNESS THE INSTALLATION OF THEIR STALLS IN THE HISTORIC CENTER 7HEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE SITE AT DAWN ON 7EDNESDAY -AY RD THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE POLICE WERE STATIONED THERE /NE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE DETAINED WAS )GNACIO DEL 6ALLE LEADER OF THE &0$4 4HE LOCALS FROM !TENCO ORGANIZED THEMSELVES AND DECIDED TO BLOCKADE THE 4EXCOCO ,ECHERÓA HIGHWAY DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF THEIR LEADER 4HE BLOCKADE CONTINUED ALL MORNING AND BY AFTERNOON CLASHES HAD BEGUN WITH BOTH STATE AND &EDERAL 0REVENTIVE POLICE 4HE POLICE ATTEMPTED TO RE OPEN THE HIGHWAY USING TEAR GAS AND STRIKING AT THE PROTESTORS WHO RESPONDED WITH STONES AND MOLOTOV COCKTAILS "Y PM THE CONFRONTATION HAD ENDED AND ONE DEATH HAD OCCURRED THAT OF YEAR OLD *AVIER #ORTÏS 3ANTIAGO WHO WAS SHOT WITH A FIREARM USED BY THE STATE POLICE !MONG THOSE DETAINED WAS 2ODOLFO #UÏLLAR !T DAWN OF THE FOLLOWING DAY MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND STATE AND FEDERAL POLICE ENTERED THE TOWN OF !TENCO 4HEY WENT INTO HOUSES LOOKING FOR MEMBERS OF THE &0$4 AND WERE ACCOMPANIED
BY HOODED MEN WHO POINTED OUT THE HOMES WHERE THE ACTIVISTS COULD BE FOUND 4HEY ARBITRARILY DETAINED AND BEAT MORE THAN PEOPLE AND DESTROYED AND PILLAGED HOUSES &IVE FOREIGNERS WERE ALSO DETAINED AND IMMEDIATELY DEPORTED FROM THE COUNTRY 4HE &RAY "ARTOLOME #ENTER AND THE -IGUEL !GUSTÓN 0RO *UÉREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER 0RO$( MADE THE FIRST FORMAL REPORTS RELATING TO THE TORTURE OF DETAINEES 4ESTIMONIES OF DETAINED WOMEN REPORT SEXUAL ABUSE AND RAPE 4HE #.$( RECEIVED COMPLAINTS OF WHICH RELATED TO SEXUAL ABUSE AND WERE FOR RAPE OF WOMEN AGED BETWEEN AND /THER SOURCES REPORT THAT UP TO WOMEN WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED
%L #HARCO %IGHT YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE %L #HARCO MASSACRE AND THE INDIGENOUS -IXTEC AND -E 0HAA PEOPLE FROM THE !YUTLA MUNICIPALITY REMEMBERED THE ANNIVERSARY *UNE TH WITH A COMMEMORATION EVENT 4HOSE WHO ATTENDED THE EVENT EMPHASIZED THAT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT INVESTIGATED THE CRIME NOR HAVE THEY PUNISHED THOSE RESPONSIBLE 4HEY DEMANDED THE AS YET UNDELIVERED RIGHT TO COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF THE CRIME 4HE NIGHT BEFOREHAND RELATIVES THOSE KILLED AUTHORITIES AND NEIGHBORS UNITED TO PRAY IN THE BILINGUAL SCHOOL WHERE EIGHT YEARS AGO ARMY OFFICERS SHOT AT -IXTECAS WHO HAD REMAINED TO SLEEP IN THE CLASSROOMS AFTER A MEETING )T WAS HERE THAT SOLDIERS KILLED -IXTECAS AND A STUDENT FROM THE .ATIONAL !UTONOMOUS 5NIVERSITY OF -EXICO 5.!- WOUNDED -IXTECAS AND TORTURED AND DETAINED AROUND OTHERS AMONG THEM 5.!- STUDENT %RIKA :AMORA 0ARDO AND REGIONAL COORDINATOR %FRÏN #ORTÏS #HÉVEZ !TTENDING THE EVENT WERE MEMBERS OF THE )NDEPENDENT /RGANIZATION OF -IXTEC #OMMUNITIES /)0- AND THE /RGANIZATION OF THE )NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE -E 0HAA )NVITED GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE INCLUDED A REPRESENTATIVE OF ,A -ONTALA )NDIGENOUS #AMPESINO -OVEMENT -OCIM AND SURVIVORS OF THE MASSACRE %RICKA :AMORA AND %FRÏN #ORTÏS %L 3UR !PRIL HTTP WWW HUMANRIGHTSFIRST ORG DEFENDERS HRD?MEXICO HRD?OCHOA HRD?OCHOA HTM %L 3UR -ARCH ,A *ORNADA NEWSPAPER -AY ,A *ORNADA NEWSPAPER -AY ,A *ORNADA NEWSPAPER -AY ,A *ORNADA NEWSPAPER -AY %L 3UR *UNE
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-AY WAS NOT ONLY THE DAY THAT THREE THOUSAND POLICE TOOK CONTROL IN 3AN 3ALVADOR !TENCO )T WAS ALSO THE DAY THAT -ELANIE EL #ARMEN 3ALGADO ,ØPEZ A STUDENT OF THE .ATIONAL !UTONOMOUS 5NIVERSITY OF -EXICO 5.!- WHO HAS INDEPENDENTLY PARTICIPATED IN POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE 5NIVERSITY RECEIVED THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF DEATH THREATS 4HE THREAT WAS MADE BY AN EMAIL SUPPOSEDLY FROM HER FATHER WHO DIED SIX YEARS AGO IN WHICH HE ENCOURAGES HER TO JOIN HIM !FTER RECEIVING THIS THREAT -ELANIE CONTACTED &RANCISCO #EREZO #ONTRERAS OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE A HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY 0") SINCE TO INFORM HIM ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED )N THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED SHE RECEIVED DAILY THREATS VIA HER EMAIL ACCOUNT AND SEVERAL TIMES &RANCISCO #EREZO S NAME APPEARED WITH DETAILS OF THE CONTACT SHE HAD MAINTAINED WITH HIM /N -AY TH -ELANIE MET WITH &RANCISCO IN THE &ACULTY OF 0HILOSOPHY AND ,ITERATURE AT PM !FTER DISCUSSING THE PREVIOUS DAYS EVENTS THEY AGREED TO MEET AGAIN AT THE SAME PLACE AT PM !T PM -ELANIE CHECKED HER EMAIL AND FOUND A NEW THREAT IN WHICH &RANCISCO WAS MENTIONED ONCE AGAIN AND THERE WAS ALSO A REFERENCE TO THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION THAT SHE HAD SUBMITTED THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH THE &EDERAL $ISTRICT|S !TTORNEY 'ENERAL|S /FFICE OF *USTICE 0'*$&
4HAT SAME DAY THE &ACULTY WAS THE SCENE OF SEVERAL NOTEWORTHY OCCURRENCES -OMENTS BEFORE STARTING AN ASSEMBLY TO DEFINE THE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF 3AN 3ALVADOR !TENCO VARIOUS STUDENTS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PERSON LATER IDENTIFIED AS #ARLOS %DUARDO /RTEGA -ARTÓNEZ FILMING THEM (IS VIDEO CAMERA WAS TAKEN FROM HIM AS WELL AS HIS CELLULAR PHONE HIS IDENTIFICATION AND A COPY OF A FINANCIAL DOCUMENT FROM THE .ATIONAL $EFENSE AND -ILITARY $EPARTMENT FOR HIS BILLING EXPENSES )T IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE FOOTAGE INCLUDED IMAGES OF &RANCISCO SPEAKING WITH -ELANIE OF &RANCISCO IN AN ASSEMBLY AND ALSO OF &RANCISCO IN #AFÏ 6ILLA AN ECONOMIC PROJECT OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE /N THE SAME DAY -ELANIE AND &RANCISCO DECIDED THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS IT WOULD BE BETTER THAT -ELANIE MOVE INTO &RANCISCO S HOUSE &ROM THAT DAY ONWARDS 0") INCREASED THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF &RANCISCO #EREZO BOTH IN HIS HOME AND IN HIS DAILY ACTIVITIES !CCORDING TO &RANCISCO #EREZO hTHE THREATS AGAINST -ELANIE ARE RELATED TO THE &EDERAL 0REVENTATIVE 0OLICE 0&0 BURSTING INTO THE VILLAGE OF !TENCO 4HE OTHER PART OF THIS REPRESSIVE ATTACK IS TO GENERATE TERROR AMONGST ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENT ACTIVISTS TO PREVENT THEIR SUPPORT AND THE REPORTING OF THESE OCCURRENCES 4HERE ARE MORE STUDENTS WHO
HAVE BEEN THREATENED OR HARASSED BUT MANY OF THEM DO NOT REPORT IT WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DOCUMENT THE FACT THAT -ELANIE S CASE IS NOT AN ISOLATED SITUATION BUT RATHER A REPRESSIVE PLAN OF THE 3TATE TO INHIBIT PARTICIPATION IN REPORTING AND MOBILIZING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE GUILTY OF RAPE AND TORTURE AGAINST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE !TENCO CASE ARE PUNISHED 4HE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT OCCURRED AFTER THE ATTACK BY THE 0&0 IN !TENCO ALSO CONVEY A MESSAGE OF TERROR TO ALL OF SOCIETY )T IS INTENDED TO PREVENT A CIVIL MOBILIZATION IN THE CASE OF FRAUD OR DISCONTENT CAUSED BY THE RESULTS OF THE UP COMING ELECTIONS ON THE ND OF *ULY 4HAT IS TO SAY APART FROM INHIBITING THIS MOBILIZATION IT WILL ALSO INHIBIT THOSE WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY ORGANIZED FROM DOING SO BECAUSE THEY WILL BE CONSCIOUS OF THE FEAR PRODUCED BY THE OCCURRENCES IN !TENCO )T IS WELL KNOWN THAT STUDENT ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A TREMENDOUS CAPACITY FOR MOBILIZATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR IN -EXICO AND THE REPRESSIVE ATTACK THREATS MONITORING AND HARASSMENT IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THEM v 4HE THREATS TOWARDS -ELANIE AND THE EVENTS OF THE TH -AY IN THE 5.!- WERE REPORTED TO THE !TTORNEY 'ENERAL S /FFICE OF THE 2EPUBLIC 0'2 ON THE TH -AY AND TO DATE THE !TTORNEY 'ENERAL IS INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE CASE FALLS WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION /N THE TH OF -AY THE )NTER !MERICAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION #)$( REFERRED A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO THE 3TATE IN RELATION TO THE SITUATION CONCERNING -ELANIE AND &RANCISCO AND ALSO ABOUT THE MEASURES ADOPTED TO INVESTIGATE THE EVENTS AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO THE STUDENTS 4HE #OMMISSION GAVE DAYS FOR THE 3TATE TO REACT
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OF PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF SUBVERSION DURING THE $IRTY 7AR AND INCLUDES THE NAMES OF THOSE GUILTY OF THE CRIMES $ESPITE THE FACT THAT THE !TTORNEY 'ENERAL S /FFICE OF THE 2EPUBLIC 0'2 AND THE HEAD OF &EMOSPP )GNACIO #ARRILLO 0RIETO INITIALLY DENIED THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE REPORT A FEW WEEKS LATER THEY ADMITTED THAT IN FACT THE DOCUMENT WAS A ROUGH DRAFT A PAGE PRELIMINARY &EMOSPP REPORT @0RINCIPLE 2ESULTS WAS SELECTIVELY DISTRIBUTED IN !PRIL )N &EBRUARY THE HEAD OF THE 0'2 $ANIEL #ABEZA DE 6ACA UNEXPECTEDLY ANNOUNCED THAT &EMOSPP WAS GOING TO CLOSE ON THE TH OF !PRIL DECLARING THAT THE 3PECIAL 0ROSECUTOR HAD COMPLETED ITS WORK EVEN THOUGH IT HAD NOT RESOLVED ANY OF THE CASES FOR WHICH IT WAS IN CHARGE (E SPECIFIED THAT PENDING PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS LEGAL CASES OPENED AGAINST THOSE IMPLICATED IN CRIMINAL ACTS IN PAST DECADES WOULD NOT BE FROZEN OR CANCELLED BUT RATHER THAT THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO DIVERSE FEDERAL AND STATE ENTITIES IN ORDER THAT THE RESPECTIVE PROCEDURES MAY CONTINUE !FTER THE NEWS OF THE CLOSURE OF &EMOSPP IN -EXICO STRONG CRITICISM WAS HEARD FROM CIVIL SOCIETY BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY -EMBERS OF !FADEM IN !TOYAC BEGAN TO PLAN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES IN PROTEST AGAINST THE CLOSURE /N !PRIL RD AND TH MEMBERS OF !FADEM LEAD BY *ULIO -ATA SECRETARY AND 4ITA 2ADILLA
VICE PRESIDENT AND ACCOMPANIED BY TWO MEMBERS OF 0") TRAVELLED IN CARAVAN FROM !TOYAC TO -EXICO #ITY 4HE GOAL OF THE CARAVAN WAS TO DECLARE ITS CONCERNS RELATING TO THE CLOSURE OF &EMOSPP AND TO DEMAND THAT THE -EXICAN GOVERNMENT CARRIES OUT ITS PROMISE TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE PAST CRIMES !FTER STOPPING AND HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE IN !CAPULCO|S MAIN SQUARE THE MOBILIZATION CONTINUED ON TO -EXICO #ITY REACHING THE CAPITAL LATE THAT NIGHT 4HE FOLLOWING DAY ACTIVITIES BEGAN WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE -IGUEL !GUSTÓN 0RO *UÉREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER 0RODH IN THE MORNING A PROTEST AT @,OS 0INOS THE OFFICIAL -EXICAN PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE AND ANOTHER PROTEST AND PRESS CONFERENCE IN -EXICO #ITY|S MAIN SQUARE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE .ATIONAL #IVIL /RGANIZATIONS .ETWORK h4ODOS LOS $ERECHOS PARA 4ODOSv 4D4 AND THE -EXICAN #OMMISSION FOR THE $EFENSE AND 0ROMOTION OF (UMAN 2IGHTS !T @,OS 0INOS MEMBERS OF !FADEM WERE ABLE TO DELIVER A DOCUMENT TO THE 3ECRETARY OF #ITIZEN ,IAISONS !RTURO -ATUS %SPINO WHO ASSURED THEM THAT HE WOULD COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCERNS TO 0RESIDENT &OX )N THE PETITION BACKED BY !FADEM AND SEVEN OTHER SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE #OMMITTEE FOR $EMOCRATIC ,IBERTIES !# THE $IEGO ,UCERO &OUNDATION THE -OTHERS #OMMITTEE OF THE 0OLITICALLY $ISAPPEARED OF #HIHUAHUA $AUGHTERS AND 3ONS "ORN IN THE 3TORM THE 4D4 .ETWORK THE -EXICAN #OMMISSION AND THE 0RODH #ENTER THE ORGANIZATIONS STATE h&ORESEEING THE AGITATION OF AN ELECTORAL YEAR WE DEMAND THAT CONCRETE MEASURES ARE TAKEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE INFORMATION RETRIEVED AND SYSTEMIZED BY &EMOSPP BOTH IN ITS JUDICIAL INQUIRIES AND IN ITS HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIVE WORK v .OTE !T THE BEGINNING OF *ULY &EMOSPP WAS STILL IN OPERATION AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OPERATING UNTIL .OVEMBER 4HE DECISION REGARDING ITS FUTURE WILL BE TAKEN BY THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
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4HE :IHUATANEJO "AY IS WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND VISITED TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN 'UERRERO (OWEVER ACCORDING TO ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE CITY A SERIES OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND BAD MANAGEMENT OF WASTEWATER ARE SERIOUSLY THREATENING THE PORT S ENVIRONMENT
AS A BREAKWATER WITH A VIEW TO CREATING A MARINA WITH CALM WATER FOR YACHTS 4HE BREAKWATER HAS MODIFIED THE NATURAL CIRCULATION OF OCEAN CURRENTS WHICH HAS CAUSED STAGNATION OF THE WASTEWATER POURED OUT BY THE LOCAL COUNCIL AND THE SEDIMENTATION AND ACCUMULATION OF GARBAGE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR SHALLOWING THE DEPTH OF THE BAY
4HE .ETWORK OF %NVIRONMENTAL /RGANIZATIONS OF :IHUATANEJO 2/'!: HAS ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS DENOUNCED ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES THAT ARE AFFECTING THE BAY
&URTHERMORE A GAS STATION WAS BUILT NEAR THE BREAKWATER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION AND THE BOATS DIRECTLY LOAD FUEL WITHOUT ANY SECURITY MEASURES RESULTING IN DIMINISHED WATER QUALITY DUE TO THE HYDROCARBONS THAT SPILL INTO THE SEA 0UERTO -ÓO HAS ALSO CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF %L !LMACÏN BEACH LOCATED CLOSE TO THE BREAKWATER WHICH NOW PRACTICALLY NO LONGER EXISTS DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF SAND AND LAND FILLING DONE BY THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER &INALLY 0UERTO -ÓO CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONTAMINATION OF THE BAY BY POURING OUT UNTREATED WATER NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMPLEX WAS CONDITIONAL UPON THE INSTALLATION OF ITS OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT HAS STILL NOT BEEN INSTALLED
)N PARTICULAR IN THE DOCUMENTARY h:IHUATANEJO IN $ANGER OF %XTINCTION v PRODUCED BY 2/'!: AND THE 02/$( #ENTER IT IS POINTED OUT THAT THE WATER QUALITY OF :IHUATANEJO "AY HAS DIMINISHED ALARMINGLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS )N THE ,AS 3ALINAS ,AGOON THE WATER IS A CLOUDY COLOR SMELLS FOUL AND A LOSS IN WATER DEPTH HAS BEEN REGISTERED DUE TO AN INCREASE IN SEDIMENTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAGOON 4HIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE FIVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS IN THE CITY HAVE AN OPERATING CAPACITY OF LITRES PER SECOND EVEN THOUGH PRODUCTION OF DRINKING WATER IN THE MUNICIPALITY IS LITRES PER SECOND AS WAS RECOGNIZED IN THE 4HIRD 2EPORT OF THE -UNICIPAL 'OVERNMENT 4HE DEFICIT AMOUNTS TO APPROXIMATELY LITRES PER SECOND OF WASTEWATER THAT IS NOT TREATED AND IS DISCHARGED AT POINTS THAT CONNECT DIRECTLY TO THE BAY AND TO ,A 3ALINAS ,AGOON 4HIS GENERATES CHANGES AND DETERIORATION IN WATER QUALITY AND IN FLORA AND FAUNA AS POINTED OUT BY THE 3ECRETARY OF .AVY IN ITS EVALUATION OF THE WATER QUALITY ! SECOND HIGHLY CONCERNING FACTOR IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TOURISM PROJECT NAMED h0UERTO -ÓOv WHICH BEGAN IN AND BELONGS TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT FIRM 0UNTA DEL -AR n 'RUPO 2EGINA 0UERTO -ÓO CONSISTS OF AN IMPOSING REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WITH HOTELS CONDOMINIUMS VILLAS COMMERCIAL AREAS AND A MARINA WITH MORE THAN BERTHS 3OME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MEGA PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED SERVING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN :IHUATANEJO "AY v %COLOGISTS FROM :IHUATANEJO RECEIVED THREATS AND HARASSMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO DEFENDING THE ENVIRONMENT /N THE TH &EBRUARY %RICA 2UBÓ 3ERRANO &ARÓAS THE ATTORNEY WHO PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND FOLLOWED THE CASES OF 2/'!: FOUND A GRENADE EXCLUSIVELY USED BY THE MILITARY IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE 4HIS ACT OF INTIMIDATION OCCURRED AT THE SAME TIME THE CASE WAS ADMITTED BEFORE THE 4,! WHICH %RICA 3ERRANO WAS LEADING !CCORDING TO THE @-IGUEL !GUSTÓN 0RO *UÉREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER THE INCIDENT CONSTITUTES h A CLEARLY INTIMIDATING ACT AGAINST THE WORK OF %RICA 3ERRANO AS A HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ATTEMPTING TO HOLD BACK THE WORK DONE BY 2/'!: DURING ALL OF THESE YEARSv
! FURTHER STEP IN THE PROJECT WOULD BE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BIGGER WHARF FOR CRUISE SHIPS INTEGRATED INTO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BREAKWATER SO THAT THEY CAN ARRIVE TWO BY TWO AND TOURISTS COULD DISEMBARK WITHOUT NEEDING THE SMALL SPEEDBOATS OF THE RESIDENTS OF :IHUATANEJO WHO CURRENTLY TAKE THEM TO THE PORT !CCORDING TO 2/'!: THE STRUCTURE OF THE WHARF WOULD LATER IMPEDE CIRCULATION OF THE WATER IN THE BAY WOULD FACILITATE THE ACCUMULATION OF SEDIMENT AND COULD EVEN CAUSE A GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BAY ITSELF
/N *UNE .OÏ !GUIRRE A MEMBER OF 2/'!: RECEIVED TELEPHONE THREATS AND AT THE SAME TIME REALIZED THAT INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF HIS FAMILY STORE WHERE HE WAS LOCATED WERE WATCHING HIM /NE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WAS ARMED AND DRESSED IN -UNICIPAL 0OLICE UNIFORM )N VIEW OF THESE EVENTS hTHE @-IGUEL !GUSTÓN 0RO *UÉREZ (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER DECLARES ITS CONCERN THAT THREATS MAY CONTINUE AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE .ETWORK OF %NVIRONMENTAL /RGANIZATIONS OF :IHUATANEJO 2/'!: AN ORGANIZATION THAT STANDS OUT BECAUSE OF ITS DEFENSE OF THE :IHUATENEJO "AY S ENVIRONMENT v
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