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IN -EXICO .UMBER *ANUARY .OTES ON THE #URRENT 3ITUATION
)NCARCERATION OF SOCIAL LEADERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN 'UERRERO
.ADIN 2EYES -ALDONADO
DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE DISAPPEARED PEOPLE FROM /AXACA TALKS ABOUT HER FATHERgS DISAPPEARANCE 2ADIO #ALENDA SERVING ITS COMMUNITY -EXICO BEFORE THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS
!CCOMPANIMENT OF THE 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER IN THE ,A 0AROTA CASE
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4HE -EXICO TEAMgS WORK
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.OTES ON THE #URRENT 3ITUATION 4HE -ERIDA )NICIATIVE /N /CTOBER THE 3ECRETARY OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS 0ATRICIA %SPINOSA SPOKE TO THE #OMMISSION ON &OREIGN !FFAIRS OF THE (OUSE OF 2EPRESENTATIVES TO PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SO CALLED -ERIDA )NITIATIVE 4HIS INITIATIVE INFORMALLY KNOWN AS 0LAN -EXICO FOR ITS SIMILARITY TO 0LAN #OLOMBIA THE 5 3 !ID PLAN TO #OLOMBIA TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING HAS BEEN IN NEGOTIATION SINCE THE BILATERAL MEETING OF THE 5 3 AND -EXICO IN -ERIDA LAST -ARCH !CCORDING TO THE &OREIGN 3ECRETARY THIS INITIATIVE INVOLVES A STRONG INVESTMENT BY THE 5NITED 3TATES IN -EXICO AND PROVIDES TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT TRAINING OF POLICE AND MILITARY FORCES AND A STRONGER COLLABORATION OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES OF THE TWO COUNTRIES )N -EXICO THE 5 3 AND #ANADA ALREADY UNITED BY THE .ORTH !MERICAN &REE 4RADE !GREEMENT SINCE CREATED THE 3ECURITY AND 0ROSPERITY !LLIANCE OF .ORTH !MERICA WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING A UNIFIED APPROACH TO SECURITY MATTERS $URING THE SPEECH SEVERAL LEGISLATORS CRITICIZED THE FACT THAT THE AGREEMENTS WERE MADE WITHOUT #ONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL AND THAT THE INITIATIVE WHOSE BUDGET WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE 5 3 #ONGRESS IN &EBRUARY WOULD PUT NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AT RISK 2EPRESENTATIVE 3AMUEL !GUILAR 3OLIS 02) DENOUNCED THE EXISTENCE OF A DOUBLE DISCOURSE REGARDING THE MATTER AN INTERNAL ONE IN WHICH AUTHORITIES SYSTEMATICALLY DENY THE EXISTENCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS AND ONLY GENERALLY TALK ABOUT FIGHTING CRIME AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ANOTHER IN THE 5 3 WHICH STATES THAT THE GOAL OF THE INITIATIVE IS TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND TO SECURE THE BORDERS 2EPRESENTATIVE AND -ILITARY 'ENERAL 2OBERTO "ADILLO 02) EXPRESSED HIS DOUBTS ABOUT THE 5 3 GOVERNMENTgS INTENTIONS REGARDING THE AID PACKAGE AND HIS CONCERN ABOUT THE RISKS THAT IT IMPLIES FOR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY 4HE INITIATIVE ALLOWS FOR THE INVESTMENT OF AROUND BILLION DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE DIVIDED AMONGST THE $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC 3ECURITY AND THE .ATIONAL !TTORNEY 'ENERALgS /FFICE AT AND THE $EPARTMENT OF .ATIONAL $EFENSE AT !TTORNEY 'ENERAL %DUARDO -EDINA -ORA TRAVELED TO "OGOTA IN /CTOBER WHERE HE MET WITH 5 3 AND #OLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES IN ORDER TO SHARE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCES ABOUT FIGHTING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND WHERE HE MAY HAVE REQUESTED SUPPORT IN BREAKING UP THE -EXICAN DRUG CARTELS
A LIFE IS FOUND TO EVIDENTLY BE AT RISK OR IF A THIRD PARTY PROVIDES SUCH INFORMATION v )N ADDITION THE MEASURE WILL GOVERN LOCAL POLICE AND !TTORNEY 'ENERAL S /FFICES AND WILL GIVE A GREEN LIGHT SO THAT TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS CAN BE RECORDED AND ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF A CRIME 4HE 0RESIDENT OF THE #OMMISSION ON *USTICE 02) SAID THAT THE MEASURE PLACES LIMITS ENDS POLICE ABUSES GIVES THE 3TATE THE TOOLS TO COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE TOOLS TO RECONSTRUCT THE SOCIAL FABRIC (OWEVER THE #ONSULTATIVE "OARD OF THE .ATIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #OMMISSION STATED THAT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS hCOULD MEAN A SETBACK IN TERMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS v !CADEMICS AND CIVIL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS SHOWED THEIR DISCONTENT TOWARDS THIS REFORM AND ASKED THE 3ENATE TO REVISE THE INITIATIVE IN ORDER TO AVOID hINCORPORATING RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS INTO THE #ONSTITUTIONv AND hNORMS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PUT THESE RIGHTS AT RISK v 4HE NEED TO REFORM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS URGENT AND HAS BEEN SHARED BY MANY SECTORS OF SOCIETY AND WAS ONE OF THE MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE /FFICE OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS (IGH #OMMISSIONER FOR (UMAN 2IGHTS IN -EXICO TO THE -EXICAN GOVERNMENT IN 4HE GOAL OF THE REFORM IS TO ATTACK THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE PENAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND hSHOULD NOT LEAVE OUT THE 3TATEgS OBLIGATIONS TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE PART OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW v #ASES HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED IN -EXICO IN WHICH FOR POLITICAL MORE THAN JUDICIAL REASONS INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FALSELY ACCUSED OF hBELONGINGv TO hORGANIZED CRIME v 4HE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS IS RECOGNIZED AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE AND SHOULD NOT ALLOW FOR ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION (OWEVER IN THIS REFORM A CERTAIN SET OF RULES WOULD BE DESIGNED FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO ORGANIZED CRIME RINGS STRIPPING THEM OF THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS /RGANIZATIONS HAVE STATED THAT LEGALIZING PRACTICES SUCH AS DETAINING SOMEONE WHILE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION OR CARRYING OUT A RAID WITHOUT A JUDICIAL ORDER IS CONTRADICTORY GIVEN THAT -EXICO ALREADY hHAS THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO DEMOCRATICALLY CARRY OUT SECURITY AND JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES WHILE RESPECTING HUMAN RIGHTS v #URRENT PROBLEMS SUCH AS CORRUPTION AND INEFFICIENCY OF STATE AGENTS ARE DUE TO FACTORS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE #ONSTITUTION
4HE %02 ANNOUNCES NEW ACTIONS 2EFORMS TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM /N $ECEMBER THE (OUSE OF 2EPRESENTATIVES WITH VOTES BY THE 0!. THE 02) AND SOME OF THE 02$ APPROVED A MEASURE INVOLVING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SECURITY 4HE MEASURE WAS PASSED TO THE 3ENATE FOR REVIEW AND AMONG OTHER THINGS IT STATES THAT hHOMES CAN BE RAIDED WITHOUT A COURT WARRANT IF A
4HE 0EOPLEgS 2EVOLUTIONARY !RMY %02 HAS FOUND 0RESIDENT &ELIPE #ALDERON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE ON -AY OF %DMUNDO 2EYES !MAYA AND 'ABRIEL #RUZ 3ANCHEZ ALLEGED LEADERS OF THE %02 )N A RECENT STATEMENT THEY WARNED THAT hTHE STATE ALONG WITH THE LARGE CORPORATIONS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE v
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)N A PRESS RELEASE DATED $ECEMBER THE GUERRILLA GROUP ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD ONCE AGAIN BEGIN MILITARY HARASSMENT STATING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE %02gS PREVIOUS WARNINGS IN WHICH IT DEMANDED THE PRESENTATION AND LIBERATION OF 2EYES !MAYA AND #RUZ 3ANCHEZ $URING THE MONTHS OF *ULY AND 3EPTEMBER THE %02 TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SERIES OF ATTACKS AGAINST SEVERAL INSTALLATIONS OF THE STATE RUN PETROLEUM COMPANY 0%-%8 CAUSING SERIOUS ECONOMIC DAMAGE 4HE LAST EXPLOSION WAS ON 3EPTEMBER 4HE %02 DISQUALIFIED THE FIRST YEAR OF &ELIPE #ALDERONgS GOVERNMENT CRITICIZED THE .ATIONAL 3UPREME #OURT OF *USTICE AND WARNED ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE HYDROELECTRIC DAM h,A 0AROTAv IN THE STATE OF 'UERRERO )N ADDITION IT CRITICIZED THE REFORM OF THE )NSTITUTE FOR 3ECURITY AND 3OCIAL 3ERVICES FOR 3TATE 7ORKERS AS WELL AS LABOR AND ELECTORAL REFORMS BECAUSE THEY SHOW A hCLEAR TENDENCY OF MOVING TO THE RIGHT AND A LEGALIZATION OF THE NEOLIBERAL RÏGIME v )T ALSO DENOUNCES THE CORRUPTION AND IMPUNITY IN ALL LEVELS OF POWER GIVEN THAT SO MANY EXECUTIONS RELATED TO ORGANIZED CRIME STATING THAT MORE THAN HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED WOULD NOT OCCUR IF THERE WERE NOT A CLOSE LINK BETWEEN ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE GOVERNMENT 4HE 3ECRETARY OF THE )NTERIOR &RANCISCO 2AMÓREZ !CU×A HAS STATED THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THIS PRESS RELEASE AND POINTS OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT KNOW THE LOCATION OF THE TWO DISAPPEARED PEOPLE h7E ARE CARRYING OUT THE CORRESPONDING INVESTIGATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WITH ALL ORGANIZATIONS ; = IN ORDER TO DISCOVER THEIR LOCATION 4HIS WAS THE COMMITMENT WE MADE AND WE WANT TO FIND THEM IN WHATEVER CONDITIONS THEY ARE IN 7HAT IS CLEAR IS THAT NEITHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE ARMY NOR THE &EDERAL !TTORNEY 'ENERALgS /FFICE HAS THEM AND THEREFORE WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE THEIR WHEREABOUTS v
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)NCARCERATION OF SOCIAL LEADERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN 'UERRERO 4HROUGHOUT IN 'UERRERO SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DENOUNCED A LACK OF DIALOGUE AND ATTENTION TO CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL DEMANDS BY THE GOVERNMENT LED BY :EFERINO 4ORREBLANCA 'ALINDO )N MANY CASES THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN REPRESSION AND INCARCERATION OF SOCIAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS THUS WORSENING THE CONFLICTS AND FAILING TO ATTEND TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE BEHIND THE DEMANDS /N .OVEMBER *OSÏ -ANUEL /LIVARES (ERNÉNDEZ DIRECTOR OF THE h*OSÏ -ARÓA -ORELOS Y 0AVØNv 2EGIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER AND WELL KNOWN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER SEE PREVIOUS 0") -EXICO .EWSLETTER NUMBER 3UMMER WAS DOCUMENTING POLICE ABUSES DURING A PROTEST LEAD BY THE #HILAPA #ITIZENgS #OUNCIL IN WHICH PROTESTERS DEMANDED THAT THE MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PUBLIC WORKS THAT SHE HAD PROMISED IN HER CAMPAIGN 4HE MUNICIPAL ASSISTANT GAVE THE ORDER TO DETAIN /LIVARES hDETAIN THIS JERK THAT IS CAUSING US PROBLEMS v /LIVARES (ERNÉNDEZ ARGUMENTED THAT HE WAS ONLY DOING HIS JOB IN DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND THAT HE WAS NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE BLOCKADE TO WHICH HE GOT THE RESPONSE THAT h) DONgT GIVE A SHIT v 4HE PROTESTERS WERE BEATEN UP AND OF THEM ALONG WITH LEADER 6IRGINIO 6ÉZQUEZ 0ILE×O WERE ARRESTED /N .OVEMBER THEY WERE RELEASED ON BAIL AND ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ALL ACCUSED OF THE SAME CRIMES ATTACKS TO COMMUNICATION NETWORKS CRIMINAL ASSOCIATION AND RIOTING /LIVARES (ERNANDEZgS BAIL WAS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE OTHER DETAINEES /N !UGUST $AVID 6ALTIERRA !RANGO LEADER OF 2ADIO OMNDAA THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY RADIO STATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF 8OCHISTLAHUACA WAS DETAINED AND ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING 4HIS ACCUSATION CAME FROM A DECISION MADE IN A COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY IN
TO DETAIN A FARMER THAT ILLEGALLY TOOK OWNERSHIP OF LAND THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM n THERE ARE EIGHT OTHER ARREST WARRANTS OUT FOR THE SAME CRIME /N /CTOBER #IRINO 0LÉCIDO 6ALERIO FOUNDER AND COUNCILMAN OF THE 2EGIONAL #OORDINATION OF #OMMUNITY !UTHORITIES #OMMUNITY 0OLICE WAS DETAINED AND ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING ABUSE OF AUTHORITY AND USURPING FUNCTIONS ALL OF WHICH ALLEGEDLY WERE COMMITTED IN 4HESE INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS ARE BRANDED AS CRIMINALS FOR EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THROUGH THE USE OF THE RADIO AND FOR APPLYING THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF NORMS TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES /N /CTOBER #ÉNDIDO &ÏLIX 3ANTIAGO WAS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF ATTACKING COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 4HIS WAS HIS FOURTH DETENTION THIS YEAR HE HAS ALSO BEEN ACCUSED OF RIOT AND KIDNAPPING &ÏLIX 3ANTIAGO LEADER OF THE 2EGIONAL #OUNCIL FOR THE $EVELOPMENT OF THE -Eg0HAA 0EOPLE WHO SPEAK THE "ATHAA DIALECT HAS LED A SERIES OF PROTESTS SINCE TO DEMAND THE FULFILLMENT OF AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SIGNED WITH THE 'OVERNMENT AND THE $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION OF 'UERRERO 3%' WHICH WOULD SEND BILINGUAL TEACHERS TO -Eg0HAA COMMUNITIES THAT SPEAK THE "ATHAA DIALECT IN THE -ONTA×A REGION &INALLY THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN MARKED BY CONFLICT BETWEEN STUDENTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE 2URAL 4EACHERS 3CHOOL IN !YOTZINAPA h2AUL )SIDRO "URGOSv WITH THE 3%' AND THE GOVERNOR ! SERIES OF PROTESTS BEGAN IN !UGUST TO DEMAND MORE TEACHING POSITIONS FOR THE GRADUATES AND THAT THE PROGRAM FOR #ERTIFICATION IN 0RIMARY %DUCATION BE CONTINUED &INALLY
STUDENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT CAME TO A PARTIAL AGREEMENT ON $ECEMBER THESE MONTHS HAVE BEEN MARKED BY A LACK OF ATTENTION TO THE DEMANDS OF THE STUDENTS AND STRONG POLICE REPRESSION /N .OVEMBER STATE RIOT POLICE EVICTED BEAT AND VIOLENTLY DETAINED PROTESTERS THAT WERE OUTSIDE THE STATE #ONGRESS MORE THAN WERE INJURED /N .OVEMBER WHILE DISTRIBUTING PROPAGANDA ON THE HIGHWAY THAT ENTERS !CAPULCO THE STUDENTS WERE REPRESSED BY THE &EDERAL 0REVENTATIVE 0OLICE STUDENTS WERE DETAINED AND ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED ,OCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STATED THAT A LACK OF DIALOGUE HAS CAUSED THE ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE ACTIONS SUCH AS OCCUPYING PUBLIC SPACES OR BLOCKING HIGHWAYS SO THAT THEIR DEMANDS COULD BE HEARD AND ATTENDED !S A RESULT THE STATE HAS hUSED THIS MOMENT TO PLACE THEM OUTSIDE THE LAW USING PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE 3TATE !TTORNEY 'ENERALgS /FFICE TO NEGATIVELY APPLY THE LAW TO SOCIAL LEADERS FOR POLITICAL MOTIVES v 2EPRESSION AND INCARCERATION AS A MEANS OF ATTENDING TO CONFLICTS 4LACHINOLLAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER #HILAPA #ITIZENS #OUNCIL #OUNCIL OF %JIDOS AND #OMMUNITIES /PPOSED TO THE ,A 0AROTA $AM #%#/0 #OMMUNITY !UTHORITIES OF #ARRIZALILLO 2EGIONAL #OUNCIL FOR THE $EVELOPMENT OF THE -Eg0HAA 0EOPLE *OSÏ -ARÓA -ORELOS Y 0AVØN 2EGIONAL (UMAN 2IGHTS #ENTER .OVEMBER 5RGENT !CTION .ATIONAL #IVIL /RGANIZATIONS .ETWORK h4ODOS ,OS $ERECHOS 0ARA 4ODOSv .OVEMBER 0") -EXICO .EWSLETTER NUM 3EPTEMBER 5RGENT !CTION 4LACHINOLLAN !UGUST ,A *ORNADA 'UERRERO /CTOBER 0RESS 2ELEASE 4LACHINOLLAN /CTOBER %L 3UR $ECEMBER 5RGENT !CTION 4LACHINOLLAN .OVEMBER 5RGENT !CTION 4LACHINOLLAN .OVEMBER 2EPRESSION OP CIT
.ADIN 2EYES -ALDONADO DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE DISAPPEARED PEOPLE FROM /AXACA
TALKS ABOUT HER FATHERgS DISAPPEARANCE %DMUNDO 2EYES !MAYA WAS DISAPPEARED ON -AY TH OF LAST YEAR IN THE CITY OF /AXACA TOGETHER WITH 'ABRIEL !LBERTO #RUZ 3ÉNCHEZ !T THE TIME OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE .ADIN 2EYES -ALDONADO AND HER FAMILY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR FATHERgS ACTIVITIES HOWEVER THAT DID NOT STOP THEM FROM DEMANDING THAT HE BE FOUND ALIVE 4HEY POINT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND TO THE /AXACAN GOVERNMENT LED BY 5LISES 2UÓZ AS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DISAPPEARANCE SAYING THAT THE 3TATE HAS NOT DONE ITS JOB IN LOOKING FOR HER FATHER DUE TO THE FACT THAT hTHE 3TATE IS NOT INTERESTED IN RESOLVING THIS CASE BECAUSE THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE DISAPPEARANCE v 4HE -EXICAN ,EAGUE FOR THE $EFENSE OF (UMAN 2IGHTS HAS DENOUNCED HARASSMENT TOWARDS THE FAMILIES OF THE TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE DISAPPEARED DUE TO SUPPOSED TIES BETWEEN THEM AND THE 0EOPLEgS 2EVOLUTIONARY !RMY .ADIN STATED THAT SHE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO HARASSMENT hFROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES ) FEEL HELPLESS AND SAD MAINLY DUE TO THE IMPUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE
"ESIDES SUFFERING FROM THE LOSS OF MY FATHER WE LIVE IN FEAR THAT SOMETHING ELSE COULD HAPPEN TO US FOR BEGINNING TO FIGHT BACK v .ADIN HAS TURNED INTO A HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER SINCE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER FATHER 3HE STATES THAT THE WORK THAT BOTH SHE AND HER FAMILY HAVE DONE HAS BEEN TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF HER FATHER AND 'ABRIEL !LBERTO #RUZ 3ÉNCHEZ hAND ALSO THE RIGHTS OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME THING v 3HE EXPLAINS THAT AN AWARENESS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT IN HER FAMILY AND THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HER FATHER hHAS AFFECTED US DEEPLY AND HAS MADE US EVEN MORE AWARE OF SO MANY OTHER THINGS AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE FIGHTING BACK v
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2ADIO #ALENDA SERVING ITS COMMUNITY AUTHORIZATION "ECAUSE OF THIS IT IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER THAT THE ,AW ;FOR 2ADIO AND 4ELEVISION= INCLUDE ADEQUATE RULES SO THAT INDIGENOUS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES CAN EASILY OBTAIN THE PROPER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION v !CCORDING TO #ARLOS !PARICIO $IRECTOR OF 2ADIOBEMBA hWHEREVER THERE ARE COMMUNITY RADIOS THERE HAS BEEN BETTER SOCIAL ORGANIZATION INCREASED SHARING AND DIALOGUE AMONGST THE LOCAL POPULATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY A DEBATE ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND DEBATES ABOUT THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE v
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!T THE REQUEST OF THE 7ORLD !SSOCIATION OF #OMMUNITY 2ADIOS !-!2# -ÏXICO AND THE -EXICAN #OMMISSION FOR THE $EFENSE AND 0ROMOTION OF (UMAN 2IGHTS 0") ACCOMPANIED REPORTERS FROM 2ADIO #ALENDA WHILE THEY WERE REPORTING IN 3AN !NTONINO #ASTILLO 6ELASCO AND THE SURROUNDING TOWNS DURING THE ELECTIONS TO 3TATE #ONGRESS IN /AXACA ON !UGUST AND IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ON /CTOBER /N ELECTION DAY THE REPORTERS FOR 2ADIO #ALENDA ENCOURAGED THEIR LISTENERS TO GO OUT AND VOTE 4HEY WERE PROVIDED WITH MEDIA CREDENTIALS WHICH HELPED THEM RECEIVE FURTHER RECOGNITION AMONG LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND POLITICAL PARTIES 0RIOR TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT 0") UNDERTOOK AN INTENSE WORK AGENDA MEETING WITH AUTHORITIES ON ALL LEVELS OF -EXICAN GOVERNMENT !S A RESULT THE ACCOMPANIMENT WAS CARRIED OUT WITHOUT SECURITY INCIDENTS OR THREATS TO ANY OF THE 2ADIO STAFF )T IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT /AXACA HAS A POPULATION OF MILLION PEOPLE AND IS A COMPLEX STATE DUE TO THE FACT THAT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ELECT AUTHORITIES BY hUSES AND CUSTOMS v )N ADDITION DUE TO SOCIAL AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE STATE AN UNRESOLVED CONFLICT FROM LAST YEAR WITH THE 0OPULAR !SSEMBLY OF THE 0EOPLE OF /AXACA AN INCREASE IN ORGANIZED CRIME AGRARIAN CONFLICTS DISPUTES FOR CONTROL OF SCHOOLS BETWEEN THE TEACHERS OF THE 3ECTION AND AND THE %02gS ACTIONS RELATED TO THEIR DEMAND THAT THEIR TWO MILITANTS BE FOUND CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS AND AUTHORITIES WERE CONCERNED THAT THE ELECTIONS MIGHT NOT GO SMOOTHLY (OWEVER CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS EXPECTED THE ELECTION DAY WAS RELATIVELY CALM AND PEACEFUL %VEN SO LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED DIFFERENT INCIDENTS SUCH AS PERSUADING VOTERS BUYING VOTES WITH MONEY OR WITH FOOD AND SEVERAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE 4HE MOST SERIOUS VIOLENCE INCLUDED CONFRONTATIONS THAT ENDED IN GUNSHOT INJURIES HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICIALS HOSTAGE AND
AGGRESSIONS TOWARDS SYMPATHIZERS OF OPPOSITION PARTY SUPPORTERS 4HERE WERE ALSO MANY ACTS OF BUYING PERSUADING OR CONVINCING VOTES IN SOME COMMUNITIES AND INCIDENTS IN WHICH SOME PEOPLE OR PUBLIC ELECTION OFFICIALS hHELPED PEOPLE CAST VOTES v VIOLATING THEIR RIGHT TO SECRET BALLOT /THER COMPLAINTS INCLUDED THAT BASIC FOOD BASKETS AND MONEY IN CASH UP TO THOUSAND PESOS PER VOTE WERE GIVEN TO VOTERS 4HERE WERE SEVERAL EXPRESSIONS OF INCONFORMITY DISCONTENT AND SOCIAL MOVILIZATION WHEN THE ELECTION RESULTS WERE RELEASED (OWEVER THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE ELECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT IN A hCLIMATE OF TRANQUILITY AND SOCIAL PEACEv WHILE AT THE SAME TIME RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE PROBLEM AREAS THAT IS MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR HIGH LEVEL OF POLITICAL CONFLICT !MONG THESE MUNICIPALITIES IS 3AN !NTONINO #ASTILLO 6ELASCO 4HE SITUATION OF COMMUNITY RADIOS IN -EXICO 2ADIO #ALENDA IS A COMMUNITY RADIO IN OTHER WORDS A LOCAL NON COMMERCIAL RADIO STATION THAT TRANSMITS INFORMATIVE PROGRAMS OF GENERAL AND CULTURAL INTEREST DIRECTED TOWARD THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL POPULATION )T IS ONE OF THE FEW RADIOS THAT HAS THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND THAT HAS AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSMIT FROM THE $EPARTMENT OF #OMMUNICATIONS AND 4RANSPORTATION SINCE #OMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN ,ATIN !MERICA -EXICO HAS RELATIVELY FEW COMMUNITY RADIOS !LTHOUGH THERE ARE RADIOS IN THE COUNTRY WITH A hFREE ANTENNA THERE ARE ONLY COMMUNITY STATIONS THAT HAVE THE PROPER
!LEIDA #ALLEJA REPRESENTATIVE OF !MARC -ÏXICO STATES THAT COMMUNITY RADIOS HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN -EXICO FOR YEARS ALTHOUGH hWITH FEW POSSIBILITIES OF PERMANENCE THERE HAVE BEEN RADIOS USED FOR LITERACY IN RURAL AREAS WHICH ARE KNOWN AS hRADIO SCHOOLSv SUCH AS IN 6ALLE DEL -EZQUITAL (IDALGO AS WELL AS RADIOS THAT TALK ABOUT POLITICAL VIEWS AND DEMOCRACY SUCH AS 2ADIO 0IRATA AND 4ELEVERDAD BOTH OF WHICH WERE SHORT LIVEDv h#OMMUNITY RADIO TRIES TO SHOW THE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF DIFFERENT SECTORS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS DEFENDING DEMOCRATIC LEGALITY PROVIDING A FOCUS ON SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND ACTING AS AN OPEN TRIBUNAL FOR THE ENTIRE SOCIETY )N SUMMARY RADIOS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD SPECIFIC SECTORS OF THE POPULATION WOMEN CHILDREN FARMERS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE POPULAR ORGANIZATIONS ENVIRONMENTALISTS YOUTH AND SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS 4HEIR HALLMARK IS NON PROFIT PUBLIC SERVICE v !CCORDING TO %MILIO 3ANTIAGO $IRECTOR OF 2ADIO #ALENDA NOWADAYS IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO GAIN ACCESS TO RADIO FREQUENCIES AND THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO THIS MEANS OF COMMUNICATION CONTINUES TO BE FUNDING h7E HARDLY RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT WE CAN NOT COMMERCIALIZE OUR AIRTIME AND RUNNING THE RADIO INCURS HIGH COSTS WE HAVE TO BUY AND REPAIR EQUIPMENT PAY THE GOVERNMENT RENT A PLACE TO HOUSE THE RADIO ETC (OWEVER DESPITE THESE DIFFICULTIES ) AM CONVINCED THAT THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY RADIOS IS FUNDAMENTAL )T ACTS AS AN ESCAPE VALVE AND AS A MEANS IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN EXPRESS THEIR INCONFORMITY AND EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS v
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-EXICO BEFORE THE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS 4HE )NTER !MERICAN #OMMISSION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS )!#(2 TOGETHER WITH THE )NTER !MERICAN #OURT OF (UMAN 2IGHTS IS ONE OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE /RGANIZATION OF !MERICAN 3TATES /%! THAT WORKS FOR THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 4HIS BODY CAME INTO BEING AS A RESULT OF THE !MERICAN (UMAN 2IGHTS #ONVENTION -EXICO SIGNED THE CONVENTION IN AND ACCEPTED THE COMPETENCY OF THE #OURT IN !MONG ITS FUNCTIONS THE )!#(2 RECEIVES ANALYZES AND INVESTIGATES INDIVIDUAL PETITIONS THAT ALLEGE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN COUNTRIES THAT BELONG TO THE /%! AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO EMIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO STATES REGARDING SPECIFIC CASES )N ADDITION IT CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STATES TAKE SPECIFIC hPRECAUTIONARY MEASURESv TO AVOID SERIOUS AND IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN URGENT CASES 4URNING TO INTERNATIONAL BODIES IS A RESOURCE THAT IS USED WHEN INTERNAL JUDICIARY PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED WITHIN THE COUNTRY #URRENTLY THERE ARE TWO CASES IN THE )!#(2 FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE STATE OF 'UERRERO 4HE -EXICAN !RMY IS INVOLVED IN BOTH OF THESE CASES AND BOTH ARE RELATED TO THE PREVALENCE OF THE MILITARY JUDICIARY SYSTEM IN -EXICO #ASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY SOLDIERS AGAINST CIVILIANS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY TRIED BY THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM AND NOT BY A CIVILIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM AS IS INDICATED IN RECOMMENDATIONS BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANISMS 4HE FIRST CASE HAS BEEN IN REVIEW BY THE )!#(2 SINCE AND HAS TO DO WITH FORCED DISAPPEARANCES DURING THE SO CALLED h$IRTY 7ARv IN -EXICO IN THE S 4HE CASE INVOLVES THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 2OSENDO 2ADILLA 0ACHECO DETAINED BY THE MILITARY AND DISAPPEARED IN !UGUST IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF !TOYAC (IS CASE PASSED FROM THE CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO THE MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM IN -EXICO 2OSENDO 2ADILLAgS DAUGHTER 4ITA 2ADILLA -ARTINEZ VICEPRESIDENT OF THE !SSOCIATION OF 2ELATIVES OF THE $ETAINED $ISAPPEARED AND 6ICTIMS OF (UMAN 2IGHTS !BUSES IN -EXICO !&!$%- HAS RECEIVED 0") ACCOMPANIMENT SINCE AND HAS BEEN WORKING TO ATTAIN JUSTICE IN THIS CASE FOR SEVERAL YEARS !&!$%- IS WORKING ON MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CASES OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES OF WHICH 2OSENDO 2ADILLAgS IS ONE OF THE BEST DOCUMENTED 7ITH THE CREATION OF THE 3PECIAL 0ROSECUTOR FOR 3OCIAL AND 0OLITICAL -OVEMENTS OF THE 0AST &EMOSPP DURING 6ICENTE &OXgS PRESIDENCY THERE WAS A LOT OF HOPE THAT CRIMES COMMITTED DURING THE $IRTY 7AR WOULD BE SOLVED (OWEVER THE &EMOSPP WAS CLOSED IN THE BEGINNING OF AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS AGREED THAT THE RIGHT TO TRUTH AND JUSTICE IS STILL FAR FROM BEING ACHIEVED )N !UGUST THE )!#(2 SENT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE -EXICAN GOVERNMENT IN WHICH IT FOUND THE GOVERNMENT
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THEM TO BEGIN WORK ON THE DAM !CCORDING TO 4LACHINOLLAN LAWYER 6IDULFO 2OSALES 3IERRA h%LÓAS !YUB AND 4ORREBLANCO 'ALINDOgS DECLARATIONS REFLECT THE DELIBERATE INTENTION TO REACTIVATE THE CONFLICTv AND hINDICATE THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT ARE TRYING TO REPOSITION THEMSELVES IN THE PUBLIC OPINION IN ORDER TO IMPOSE THE DAM v 0LEASE SEE 0") -EXICO .EWSLETTER NUM -ARCH !N hEJIDOv IS A COOPERATIVE FARMING COMMUNITY !GRARIAN 4RIBUNAL INVALIDATES ASSEMBLY IN FAVOR OF ,A 0AROTA #)-!# *UNE WWW CIMACNOTICIAS COM 0RESS 2ELEASE 4LACHINOLLAN h5NANIMOUS REJECTION OF ,A 0AROTA IN THE NUCLEUS OF #ACAHUATEPECv %L 3UR .OVEMBER %L 3UR $ECEMBER %L 5NIVERSAL DE NOVIEMBRE DE %L 3UR .OVEMBER
0")gS SERIOUS CONCERN FOR THE SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE WE ACCOMPANY )N 0") -EXICOgS LAST NEWSLETTER NUM 3UMMER WE PUBLISHED INFORMATION ABOUT A THREAT AND HARASSMENT TOWARDS THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE DURING *UNE 3INCE THEN THE LEVEL OF RISK FOR %MILIANA &RANCISCO AND !LEJANDRO #EREZO #ONTRERAS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED 0") ACCOMPANIMENT SINCE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED 3INCE *UNE THE #OMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED FOUR E MAIL DEATH THREATS AND HAS REGISTERED SEVERAL SECURITY INCIDENTS AND HARASSMENT ANONYMOUS PHONE CALLS SURVEILLANCE ETC )N ADDITION THIS YEAR THIRTY ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED THAT MAKE REFERENCE TO A SUPPOSED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE AND ARMED GROUPS 4HE LAST FEW THREATS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN 3EPTEMBER WERE ALSO SENT TO JOURNALISTS WHO PUBLISHED THE THREATS AND MADE REFERENCE TO THESE SUPPOSED LINKS 4HE #EREZO #OMMITTEE CONSIDERS THESE EVENTS TO BE PART OF A SERIOUS DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEM )N THIS CONTEXT ON $ECEMBER -ELANIE DEL #ARMEN 3ALGADO ,OPEZ MEMBER OF THE #EREZO #OMMITTEE WAS ATTACKED WHILE SHE WAS WALKING TO HER HOUSE !N UNKNOWN SUBJECT PUSHED HER AGAINST A WALL
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