0EACE "RIGADES )NTERNATIONAL "ULLETIN FOR THE 0") -EXICO 0ROJECT
IN -ÏXICO .UMBER 3UMMER
.OTES ON THE CURRENT SITUATION
4HE #EREZO #OMMITTEE RECEIVES NEW THREATS
4HE /-%30 MOBILIZES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
)NDIGENOUS PEOPLE DEMAND JUSTICE AT THE NINE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE AT %L #HARCO
4HE ANNIVERSARY OF THE !GUAS "LANCAS MASSACRE
4EN YEARS WORKING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN #HILAPA
4HE PROJECT TEAMgS WORK IN -EXICO
M AKING SPACE FOR PEACE
"ULLETIN FOR THE 0") -EXICO 0ROJECT
.OTES ON THE #URRENT 3ITUATION (UMAN 2IGHTS !BUSES BY THE -EXICAN -ILITARY /N -AY TH THE 0RESIDENT OF THE .ATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION #.$( *OSÏ ,UIS 3OBERANES &ERNÉNDEZ STATED THAT THE !RMY hSHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE STREETS v $ESPITE THIS DECLARATION HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED BY THE -EXICAN MILITARY CONTINUE /N *UNE SOLDIERS ASSASSINATED A FAMILY OF FIVE INCLUDING THREE CHILDREN AT A MILITARY CHECKPOINT IN 3INALOA #ONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATORS OF THE 0ERMANENT #OMMISSION WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE 02) 02$ AND 0!. PARTIES CONDEMNED THE ASSASSINATION AND DEMANDED hA THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND PROPER PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE v 4HE COMMISSION ALSO STATED THAT hSOLDIERS AND POLICE CORPORATIONS SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED IMMUNITY !NY ACTION TAKEN AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME SHOULD RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS v 3OON THEREAFTER ON *UNE TH THE #.$( CONFIRMED hTWO OF THE FOUR CASES IN WHICH MILITARY FORCES ARE ACCUSED OF RAPING WOMEN DURING AN ANTI DRUG OPERATION ON -AY IN #ARÉCUARO -ICHOACÉN v )N HIS STATEMENT ABOUT THE CASES THE PRESIDENT OF THE #.$( ADDED THAT hTHE $EPARTMENT OF .ATIONAL $EFENSE CANNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY BE THE JUDGE OF A CRIME AND THE ENTITY ON TRIAL 4HE REACHES OF THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM MUST BE REVIEWED 7HAT HAPPENED IN 3INALOA SHOWS THAT THE !RMY IS NOT TRAINED TO CARRY OUT POLICE ACTIVITIES v 4HE )NTER !MERICAN #ONVENTION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS ESTABLISHES THAT SOLDIERS THAT COMMIT ACTS OF TORTURE OR RAPE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND TRIED BY CIVIL NOT MILITARY COURTS 4HESE CASES IN -EXICO ARE CURRENTLY TRIED IN THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM !CCORDING TO THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM hBY DEFINITION LACKS THE NECESSARY INDEPENDENCE NEEDED IN ORDER TO IMPARTIALLY INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES v !NOTHER SIMILAR CASE IS THAT OF %RNESTINA !SCENCIO 2OSARIO A YEAR OLD INDIGENOUS WOMAN FROM THE 3IERRA DE :ONGOLICA 6ERACRUZ WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF AN ALLEGED RAPE BY SOLDIERS LAST &EBRUARY (ER CASE WAS TAKEN ON BY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND TO THIS DAY THE PERPETRATORS HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO JUSTICE OFFICIAL VERSIONS ATTRIBUTE HER DEATH TO A hCHRONIC GASTRITIS v !RIE (OEKMAN REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS 0OPULATION &UND IN -EXICO STATED THAT THE 5NITED .ATIONS IS INTERESTED IN TRAINING THE !RMY AND THE -ARINES ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS GENDER EQUALITY
-EMBERS OF THE /-%30 0HOTO 0")
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND ()6 AWARENESS )N ADDITION SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE !RMY hIS IN THE STREETS AND HAS FREQUENT CONTACT WITH CIVILIANS WHICH INCREASES THE RISK THAT THEY WILL VIOLATE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS v 7HEN A SOLDIER FINDS HIMSELF AT RISK hTHE IMMEDIATE REACTION IS TO USE VIOLENCE IN WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE 4HIS CAN PROVE DISASTROUS FOR THE CIVIL POPULATION AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ABUSE OF POWER THROUGH SEXUAL VIOLENCE
-EXICO DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS 3INCE -EXICO HAS SIGNED HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HOWEVER LEGISLATORS SPECIALISTS AND .'/|S RECOGNIZE THAT THESE AGREEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN CARRIED OUT !FTER A RECENT VISIT TO -EXICO THE #ENTER FOR *USTICE AND )NTERNATIONAL ,AW #%*), STATED THAT -EXICO ONLY DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS OUTSIDE OF -EXICO )N A RECENT INTERVIEW $IRECTOR FOR ,ATIN !MERICA 3ORAYA ,ONG POINTED OUT THAT h-EXICO IS A COUNTRY IN CONTRADICTION SINCE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS IT SHOWS AN INTEREST IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND HAS EVEN RATIFIED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS BUT REFUSES TO APPLY THE SAME PRINCIPLES WITHIN -EXICO 3INCE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE PRACTICES THAT GO ALONG WITH VIOLATIONS OF THESE NEW AGREEMENTS THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY -EXICO S FOREIGN POLICY DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPACT WITHIN -EXICO v )N ADDITION )RENE +HAN 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL OF !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL POINTED OUT THAT -EXICO IS hA CHAMPIONv IN PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS INTERNATIONALLY BUT THE POPULATION WITHIN -EXICO STILL SUFFERS FROM VIOLATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES )N !PRIL ORGANIZATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES DELIVERED A REPORT TO &LORENTIN -ELENDEZ PRESIDENT OF THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS )!#(2 LISTING AT LEAST TREATIES THAT -EXICO HAS NOT COMPLIED WITH -ARIO %NRIQUE DEL 4ORO LEGISLATOR FOR THE $EMOCRATIC 2EVOLUTIONARY 0ARTY 02$ AND MEMBER OF THE #OMMISSION FOR &OREIGN !FFAIRS OF THE (OUSE OF 2EPRESENTATIVES STATED THAT hA MECHANISM FOR SUPERVISION SHOULD BE CREATED SO THAT THE $EPARTMENT OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS CAN EVALUATE WHY THESE TREATIES ARE NOT CARRIED OUT 7HEN THE 'OVERNMENT SIGNS THESE TREATIES THEY SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED TO PRESENT INITIATIVES THAT RESPOND TO SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS IN THE TREATIES v 3IMILARLY )RENE +HAN POINTED OUT THAT THE hTRUE TESTv FOR THE CURRENT FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION WILL BE TO PUT AN END TO THE IMPUNITY THAT PREVAILS IN -EXICO ESTABLISH AN ADEQUATE SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISING POLICE AND 0UBLIC -INISTRY WORKERS AND INCLUDE IN THE #ONSTITUTION THE HUMAN RIGHTS GUARANTEES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
#RIMINALIZATION AND REPRESSION OF SOCIAL PROTEST /N !PRIL THE -EXICAN 3ENATE APPROVED THE REFORM OF LAWS THAT SANCTION TERRORISM DESPITE THE FACT THAT THESE LAWS hCRIMINALIZE SOCIAL PROTESTv AND ALLOW FOR SOCIAL ACTIVISTS TO BE ACCUSED OF TERRORISM !CCORDING TO 02) 3ENATOR &ERNANDO #ASTRO 4RENTI ARTICLE OF THE &EDERAL 0ENAL #ODE hCAN IN EFFECT BE USED TO GENERATE A CONFRONTATION IN A SOCIAL MOVEMENT THAT ENDS UP IN TRIBUNALS 3UBSEQUENTLY PEOPLE WHO ARE EXERCISING THEIR POLITICAL RIGHTS ARE SENTENCED AS CRIMINALS v /N -AY )GNACIO DEL 6ALLE -EDINA &ELIPE !LVAREZ (ERNÉNDEZ AND (ÏCTOR 'ALINDO 'OCHICUA LEADERS OF THE h&RENTE DE 0UEBLOS EN $EFENSA DE LA 4IERRA &0$4 v FROM 3AN 3ALVADOR !TENCO WERE EACH SENTENCED TO YEARS AND SIX MONTHS IN PRISON 4HEY WERE FOUND RESPONSIBLE FOR hORGANIZED KIDNAPPINGv OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS BETWEEN &EBRUARY AND !PRIL OF LAST YEAR 4HEIR DEFENSE LAWYER "ARBARA :AMORA STATED THAT THE SENTENCE hIS AN INFAMYv GIVEN THAT THE GOVERNMENT WORKERS WHO WERE SUPPOSEDLY DETAINED WERE NOT EVEN ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE !TENCO LEADERS AS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR KIDNAPPING -EMBERS OF THE &0$4 CONSIDERED THE SENTENCE hA MESSAGEv AND PROOF THAT hTHE STATE GOVERNMENT IS INTERESTED IN SETTING A POLITICAL EXAMPLE IN ORDER TO WORSEN THE CONFLICT v 4HIS SENTENCING COINCIDES WITH A PUBLIC DECLARATION PUBLISHED BY !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL TITLED h-EXICO 4HE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF 3AN 3ALVADOR !TENCO n 5NTOUCHABLE IMPUNITY v IN WHICH IT EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN FOR THE LACK OF ADVANCEMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION AND SANCTIONS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS hSUCH AS THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE ILLEGITIMATE HOMICIDES TORTURE ARBITRARY DETENTIONS SEXUAL AGGRESSIONS AND THE VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIALv IN THE POLICE OPERATIVE IN 3AN 3ALVADOR !TENCO
2EFORMA -AY ,A *ORNADA *UNE ,A *ORNADA *UNE )BID 2EFORMA *ULY 5RGENT !CTION 7ORLD /RGANIZATION AGAINST 4ORTURE -ARCH %L 0ROCESO !PRIL 2EFORMA *ULY 2EFORMA *ULY ,A *ORNADA *UNE ,A *ORNADA !UGUST WWW CENCOS ORG -EXICO DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH )NTERNATIONAL 4REATIES ,A *ORNADA !UGUST ,A *ORNADA !PRIL ,A *ORNADA -AY !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL 0UBLIC $ECLARATION !-2 -AY
"ULLETIN FOR THE 0") -EXICO 0ROJECT
4HE #EREZO #OMMITTEE 2ECEIVES .EW 4HREATS FILMED BY SOMEONE WHO CARRIED IDENTIFICATION FROM THE $EPARTMENT OF .ATIONAL $EFENSE AND IN 3EPTEMBER &RANCISCO RECEIVED A DEATH THREAT BY EMAIL 3INCE ITS INCEPTION THE WORK OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOPS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR BROTHERgS CASE AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE PENAL SITUATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN FEDERAL AND STATE MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS 4HE #OMMITTEE HAS ALSO CREATED A NATIONAL COUNT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE AND THOSE WHO HAVE UNJUSTLY BEEN IMPRISONED !CCORDING TO THE #OMMITTEE hTHE -EXICAN 3TATE HAS NOT BE ABLE TO CLARIFY INFORMATION ABOUT ALLEGATIONS OF FAMILY TIES TO GUERRILLA GROUPS AND THIS INFORMATION IS BEING USED TO DESTROY THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING DURING THE LAST SIX YEARS /UR WORK NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE #EREZO CASE BUT &RANCISCO #EREZO #ONTRERAS OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE AND A 0") VOLUNTEER 0HOTO 0")
ALSO THE DOCUMENTATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN -EXICO VISITS TO PRISONERS WHO ARE ISOLATED OR
/N *UNE THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE RECEIVED
DEFENDERS
AN EMAIL MESSAGE THREATENING THE #EREZO
ABANDONED MONITORING OF MARCHES MEDIATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF THOSE WHO ARE
#ONTRERAS FAMILY h;x= WE ARE ON TO YOU THREE THE
/N *UNE DAYS PRIOR TO THE WRITTEN THREAT AN
DETAINED WITHOUT CAUSE ADVISING OTHER ACTIVISTS
ONES IN ,A 0ALMA AND YOUR BELOVED FAMILY ;x= WE
UNIDENTIFIED MAN POINTED A CELL PHONE CAMERA
WHO
ARE GOING TO MAKE YOU VULNERABLE AND FUCK
AT !LEJANDRO #EREZO WHILE HE WAS WAITING FOR A
DENUNCIATION OF 3TATE REPRESSION v
YOU UP 4HIS THREAT REFERS TO THOSE FAMILY
MEDICAL APPOINTMENT 4HAT DAY !LEJANDRO ALSO
MEMBERS THAT WORK WITH THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE
RECEIVED A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE ON A CELL PHONE
0") CONSIDERS THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THESE THREATS
AND THOSE STILL DETAINED IN THE h,A 0ALMAv PRISON
THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO HIM BY THE
VERY IMPORTANT SINCE THEY CONCERN THE SECURITY OF
4HE EMAIL ALSO ALLUDES TO A POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN
3ECRETARY OF THE )NTERIOR WITH A PHONE NUMBER
THESE INDIVIDUALS !CCORDING TO THE 5NITED .ATIONSg
THE #EREZO #ONTRERAS FAMILY AND GUERRILLA GROUPS
THAT WAS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL 4HE MESSAGE
h$ECLARATION ON THE 2IGHT AND 2ESPONSIBILITY OF
WHICH SIGNALS AN INCREASE IN THE CONTINUED
WAS A RECORDING OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
)NDIVIDUALS 'ROUPS AND /RGANS OF 3OCIETY TO
HARASSMENT OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE
!LEJANDRO AND %MILIANA .EITHER KNOWS HOW
0ROMOTE AND 0ROTECT 5NIVERSALLY 2ECOGNIZED
THAT CONVERSATION COULD HAVE BEEN RECORDED
(UMAN 2IGHTS AND &UNDAMENTAL &REEDOMS v
)N RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT THE ,IMEDDH -EXICAN
4HE CELL PHONE IS PART OF THE PROTECTION
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY OUT
,EAGUE FOR THE $EFENSE OF (UMAN 2IGHTS AND
MEASURES PUT IN PLACE IN /CTOBER AFTER
THEIR ACTIVITIES WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS AND WITHOUT
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS
THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN
FEAR OF REPRISALS 4HE THREATS AGAINST THE #EREZO
EMITTED AN URGENT ACTION TO &ELIPE #ALDERØN TO
2IGHTS GRANTED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO THE
#OMMITTEE HINDER THEIR ABILITY TO PURSUE THEIR
3ECRETARY OF THE )NTERIOR &RANCISCO 2AMÓREZ !CU×A
FAMILY
HUMAN RIGHTS WORK
HAVE
RECEIVED
DEATH
THREATS
AND
TO THE 0RESIDENT OF THE .ATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION *OSÏ ,UIS 3OBERANES TO FEDERAL
&RANCISCO AND %MILIANA #EREZO #ONTRERAS HAVE
LEGISLATORS THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON
BEEN VICTIMS OF THREATS SINCE THEY FOUNDED THE
(UMAN 2IGHTS AND TO THE /FFICE OF THE 5NITED
#EREZO #OMMITTEE SHORTLY AFTER THEIR THREE
.ATIONS (IGH #OMMISSIONER FOR (UMAN 2IGHTS
BROTHERS !LEJANDRO (ÏCTOR AND !NTONIO
4HE URGENT ACTION REQUESTED THAT THIS THREAT BE
#EREZO #ONTRERAS WERE DETAINED WITH TWO
INVESTIGATED AND THAT hCONCRETE AND URGENT
OTHER MEN ON !UGUST ON CHARGES OF
MEASURESv BE TAKEN TO ENSURE ADHERENCE TO
PLANTING EXPLOSIVES IN A BANK )N -AY
TREATIES REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
&RANCISCO #EREZO REALIZED THAT HE WAS BEING
5RGENT !CTION !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL *ULY ,A *ORNADA *ULY 5RGENT !CTION !MNESTY )NTERNATIONAL *ULY -EXICAN ,EAGUE FOR THE $EFENSE OF (UMAN 2IGHTS 5RGENT !CTION !5 #%2%:/ "OLETÓN #OMITÏ #EREZO DE AGOSTO DE
"ULLETIN FOR THE 0") -EXICO 0ROJECT
4HE /-%30 -OBILIZES TO 0ROTECT THE %NVIRONMENT
&IRST 2EGIONAL &ORUM ORGANIZED BY THE /-%30 0ETATLÉN 0HOTO 0")
/N *ULY TH THE /RGANIZATION OF 7OMEN %COLOGISTS OF THE 3IERRA DE 0ETATLÉN /-%30 ORGANIZED THE FORUM h$EFORESTATION AND 2EFORESTATIONv IN THE 0ETATLAN #ULTURE (OUSE TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK ON DEFORESTATION AND GLOBAL WARMING 4HIS WAS THE FIRST FORUM OF ITS KIND AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SPEAK 2EPRESENTATIVES FROM THE -AYAN )NSTITUTE %CO )XTAPA &ORESTA #AMPESINOS #ONSERVATIONISTS OF .ATURALLY 0ROTECTED !REAS THE !UTONOMOUS #AMPESINOS OF "ANCO .UEVO THE .ETWORK OF 3USTAINABLE $EVELOPMENT IN -EXICO AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE .ATIONAL &OREST #OMMISSION #ONAFOR TOOK PART IN THE FORUM 3ILVESTRE 0ACHECO OF 3/3 "AHIA COLLABORATED IN ORGANIZING THE EVENT AND SERVED AS THE MODERATOR
MANY AUTHORITIES THAT WERE INVITED DID NOT ATTEND SHOWING LITTLE INTEREST FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE
)N THE FORUM #ELSA 6ALDOVINOS 2ÓOS 0RESIDENT OF THE /-%30 DETAILED HOW AN INCREASE IN EARTHQUAKES AND DECREASE IN WATER SUPPLY IN THE REGION BEGAN WITH INDISCRIMINATE LOGGING OPERATIONS YEARS BEFORE 4HE RECOGNITION THAT A MORE SUSTAINABLE LAND USE POLICY WAS NEEDED RESULTED IN THE BIRTH OF MANY CONCERNED ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (ER ADDRESS INCLUDED SEVERAL INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS ON GLOBAL WARMING 3HE ALSO LAMENTED THAT ALTHOUGH THE FORUM WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
2EPRESENTATIVES OF THE -AYAN )NSTITUTE PRESENTED THEIR WORK AGAINST THE IMPORTATION OF AND PLANTING OF TRANSGENIC CORN 4HEY HAVE WORKED TO PROMOTE THE .ATIONAL #AMPAIGN IN $EFENSE OF &OOD 3OVEREIGNTY WHICH DEMANDS THAT REGULATIONS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF CORN AND BEANS IN THE .ORTH !MERICAN &REE 4RADE !GREEMENT BE REVISED
-ANY ORGANIZATIONS SHOWED HOW ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IS PERPETUATED BY TRADITIONAL METHODS USED FOR FARMING AND FOR CATTLE GRAZING 4HEY STATED THAT THERE IS A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING ABOUT MODERN METHODS 4HEY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT SOCIAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN FAMILIES OR COMMUNITIES CAN CAUSE VIOLENCE THAT IN TURN AFFECTS THE LAND SUCH AS WHEN NATURAL AREAS ARE BURNT IN REPRISAL 4HE DECOMPOSITION OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL NETWORKS HAS ALSO NEGATIVELY AFFECTED THE ENVIRONMENT
!T THE END OF THE FORUM /-%30 EMPHASIZED
THE LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEFEND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PERSECUTION THEY FACE FOR THIS WORK )LLEGAL LOGGING IS GENERALLY TOLERATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A SOLUTION TO THE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE REGION !CCORDING TO THE !GRICULTURAL AND %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCE REGISTRY AT THE !UTONOMOUS 5NIVERSITY OF 'UERRERO 5!' FIVE HECTARES OF FOREST ARE CUT DOWN DAILY IN THE STATE AS A RESULT OF THE LOGGING AND THE GOVERNMENT DOES LITTLE TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM .EITHER THE GOVERNMENT NOR THE STATE HAS A CLEAR POLICY THAT ADDRESSES PRESERVING ENVIRONMENTAL BIODIVERSITY AND THOSE WHO DENOUNCE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION RISK THEIR LIVES AS IN THE CASE OF *UAN -ILLÉN -ORALES WHO DENOUNCED AT LEAST CASES OF ILLEGAL LOGGING IN THE /MILTEMI FOREST #HILPANCINGO 'UERRERO (E WAS KILLED ON -ARCH IN THE PARK TO WHICH HE DEDICATED YEARS OF HIS LIFE /N -AY !LDO :AMORA WAS KILLED AND -ISAEL :AMORA WAS INJURED FOR SIMILAR REASONS "OTH WERE CHILDREN OF )LDEFONSO :AMORA "ALDOMERO PRESIDENT OF 3AN *UAN !TZINGO AND A VOCAL DEFENDER OF THE FORESTS IN HIS COMMUNITY WHICH IS PART OF THE :EMPOALA ,AGOONS .ATIONAL 0ARK 3TATE OF -EXICO AND -ORELOS 4HE SHOOTING OF !LDO AND -ISAEL ADDS TO THE LONG HISTORY OF REPRESSION AGAINST THOSE WHO DEFEND THE FORESTS 3IMILAR CASES ARE THOSE OF 2ODOLFO -ONTIEL 4EODORO #ABRERA )SIDRO "ALDENEGRO &ELIPE !RREAGA AND !LBERTANO 0E×ALOZA &OR THIS REASON #ELSA 6ALDOVINOS AND HER HUSBAND &ELIPE !RREAGA HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY 0") SINCE )N ADDITION TO ORGANIZING THE FORUM #ELSA 6ALDOVINOS 2ÓOS HAS PROVIDED WORKSHOPS ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING THE ENVIRONMENT SINCE TO MORE THAN WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THE 3IERRA DE 0ETATLÉN
%L 3UR *ULY ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO *UNE ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO *UNE ,A *ORNADA DE MAYO DE
"ULLETIN FOR THE 0") -EXICO 0ROJECT
4HE !NNIVERSARY OF THE !GUAS "LANCAS -ASSACRE /N *UNE TWO 0") TEAM MEMBERS ACCOMPANIED 4ITA 2ADILLA -ARTÓNEZ 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF THE !SSOCIATION OF 2ELATIVES OF THE $ETAINED $ISAPPEARED AND 6ICTIMS OF (UMAN 2IGHTS !BUSES IN -EXICO !&!$%- AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE !GUAS "LANCAS MASSACRE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF #OYUCA DE "ENITEZ 'UERRERO 0") HAS PROVIDED INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO 4ITA 2ADILLA SINCE /N *UNE UNDER INTENSE SUNSHINE THREE GROUPS OF PROTESTERS LEFT THE TOWN OF !GUAS "LANCAS FOR THE CLEARING WHERE STATE POLICE MASSACRED FARMERS YEARS AGO 4HE THREE CARAVANS THAT COMMEMORATED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE WERE LED RESPECTIVELY BY TWO SECTIONS OF THE 3IERRA DEL 3UR &ARMERgS /RGANIZATION /#33 ONE FROM #OYUCA AND ONE FROM !TOYAC AND BY THE /RGANIZATION OF 0RODUCERS OF THE #OSTA 'RANDE !ROUND MIDDAY 4ITA 2ADILLA ACCOMPANIED BY 0") TEAM MEMBERS AND THE OTHER MARCHERS WALKED A MILE AND A HALF ON THE HIGHWAY THAT LEADS TO THE CLEARING WHERE THE MASSACRE OCCURRED !BOUT PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT THAT BEGAN WITH A MASS HELD BY PRIEST *UVENAL !PONTE IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS 4HE PRIEST EXPRESSED SORROW FOR THE DEATHS OF THESE PEOPLE WHO hLOST THEIR LIVES FOR THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND FOR BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS v
REOPENING OF THE !GUAS "LANCAS CASE THE PUNISHMENT OF THE EX GOVERNOR 2UBÏN &IGUEROA !LCOCER WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE INTELLECTUAL AUTHOR OF THE MASSACRE AND THE REJECTION OF A TRUTH COMMISSION THAT THE $EMOCRATIC 2EVOLUTIONARY 0ARTY 02$ HAS PROPOSED 2OCÓO -ESINO OF THE /#33 IN !TOYAC STATED hWE DO NOT NEED A TRUTH COMMISSION WHEN WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE HERE AND THAT PERSON IS 2UBÏN &IGUEROA !LCOCER AND HE SHOULD BE PUT ON TRIAL v
$URING THE CEREMONY MORE THAN TEN PEOPLE SPOKE NEXT TO THE MONUMENT THAT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE LOST COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEMANDING THE
2EPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 3OCIAL ,EFTIST -OVEMENT THE #OUNCIL OF %JIDOS AND #OMMUNITIES /PPOSED TO THE ,A 0AROTA $AM #%#/0 THE TH 3ECTION OF THE .ATIONAL
4HE MOTHERS AND WIDOWS OF FOUR OF THE MEN WHO WERE EXECUTED MANIFESTED THEIR DISCONTENT WITH THE IMPUNITY OF THE PERPETRATORS #RUZ ,OZANO 2EBOLLEDO WIDOW OF 0AZ (ERNÉNDEZ 'ONZÉLEZ LAMENTED THAT EVEN THOUGH YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE HER HUSBAND S DEATH THE INTELLECTUAL AUTHORS OF THE MASSACRE HAVE STILL NOT BEEN DETAINED
2ELIGIOUS CEREMONY IN MEMORY OF THE !GUAS "LANCAS MASSACRE 0HOTO 0") #OORDINATION OF %DUCATION 7ORKERS THE .ATIONAL &RONT FOR 3OCIALISM THE 7ORKERgS 0ARTY AND THE $EMOCRATIC 2EVOLUTIONARY 0ARTY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CEREMONY !T THE END OF THE EVENT A LIST OF THE MEN WHO WERE ASSASSINATED WAS PASSED AROUND AND THE ORGANIZATIONS REITERATED THEIR DESIRE TO SHED LIGHT ON THE TRUTH ABOUT THE !GUAS "LANCAS MASSACRE %L 3UR *UNE %L 3UR *UNE ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO *UNE
)NDIGENOUS 0EOPLE $EMAND *USTICE AT THE .INE 9EAR !NNIVERSARY OF THE -ASSACRE AT %L #HARCO THE COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE WITH A MARCH 4HIS YEAR 0") ACCOMPANIED THE /0)- WHO HAD SUPPORTED THE )NDEPENDENT /RGANIZATION OF -IXTEC 0EOPLE /)0- IN ORGANIZING THE EVENT
-ARCH COMMEMORATING THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE AT %L #HARCO AND A 0") VOLUNTEER 0HOTO 0")
/N *UNE AND TWO 0") -EXICO TEAM MEMBERS ACCOMPANIED MEMBERS OF THE /RGANIZATION OF THE )NDIGENOUS -Eg0HAA 0EOPLE /0)- AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASSACRE OF PEOPLE IN %L #HARCO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF !YUTLA DE LOS ,IBRES 'UERRERO 0") HAS PROVIDED INTERNATIONAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO /0)- SINCE /N THE MORNING OF *UNE IN THE COMMUNITY OF %L #HARCO -IXTEC PEOPLE AND ONE STUDENT OF THE .ATIONAL !UTONOMOUS 5NIVERSITY OF -EXICO DIED AT THE HANDS OF -EXICAN SOLDIERS IN THE BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL h#ARITINO -ALDONADO 0ÏREZ v %VERY YEAR
0") TEAM MEMBERS ACCOMPANIED THE CARAVAN THAT LEFT !YUTLA ON *UNE TH AND ARRIVED AT THE COMMUNITY OF %L #HARCO 5PON NIGHTFALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHO DIED HELD A VIGIL 4HE SCHOOL S TWO CLASSROOMS ARE JUST AS THEY LEFT THEM YEARS AGO AND STILL HAVE BULLET HOLES AND BLOOD STAINS ON THE WALLS CEILING AND FLOOR )N ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS THERE IS A CROSS WITH THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS HANGING ABOVE AN OFFERING WITH FLOWERS AND CANDLES 4HROUGHOUT THE EVENING THE FAMILY MEMBERS PRAYED AND SANG SONGS ABOUT THEIR LOST LOVE ONES 4HE NEXT DAY THREE WIDOWS AND TWO MOTHERS OF THE VICTIMS LED A MARCH ON THE ROAD LEADING FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE SCHOOL !BOUT PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT MOST OF THEM -IXTEC AND -Eg0HAA PEOPLE FROM THIS MUNICIPALITY 4HEY CARRIED A SIGN DEMANDING THAT THE SOLDIERS THAT COMMITTED THIS MASSACRE BE PUNISHED )N ADDITION TO JUSTICE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE REGION SEEK REPARATION OF DAMAGES AND INDEMNIZATION FOR THE VICTIMSg FAMILIES
!FTER A MEMORIAL MASS SEVERAL SPEAKERS REPRESENTING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN 'UERRERO SPOKE AT A RALLY &ELIPE #ASTRO -ORALES BROTHER OF ONE OF THE WIDOWS SPOKE IN THE NAME OF THE VICTIMSg FAMILIES h/N *UNE THE SOLDIERS ARRIVED HERE AND IN COLD BLOOD KILLED OUR FELLOW -IXTEC PEOPLE /UR PEOPLE WERE NOT ARMED BUT INSTEAD WERE TALKING WITH OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY 4HOSE THAT ATTENDED THIS MEETING SLEPT IN THE SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING THE SOLDIERS ARRIVED AND KILLED THEMv )N THIS REGION THE MASSACRE AT %L #HARCO IS ONE OF MANY CONTINUED AGGRESSIONS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE /RGANIZATION OF THE -IXTEC 0EOPLE 2AÞL ,UCAS ,UCÓA SUMMED UP THE FEELING h!LL OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DESIRE JUSTICE 7E HAVE BEEN MASSACRED EXPLOITED HARASSED AND REPRESSED BY OUR CORRUPT GOVERNMENT v
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