Communiqué from the Revolutionary Indigenous Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation

Mexico

October 19, 2014

To the classmates, teachers, and family members of the dead and disappeared of the Escuela Normal[i] “Raúl Isidro Burgos” of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico.

To the Yaqui people:

To the National Indigenous Congress:

To the National and International Sixth:

To the peoples of Mexico and the world:

Sisters and Brothers:

Compañeras and Compañeros:

The Zapatista Army for National Liberation joins the actions slated for October 22, 2014, at 6pm, in demand of  safe return for the 43 disappeared students; in demand of punishment for those responsible for the murders and forced disappearances; and in demand of unconditional liberation for our Yaqui brothers Mario Luna Romero and Fernando Jiménez Gutierrez,

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In a conference a few days ago at Rincón Zapatista in Mexico City, journalist John Gibler shared the testimonies collected in his visit to the Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos school in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Based on interviews and testimonies by witnesses, relatives, and friends of the dissappeared students, Gibler reconstructs these youths’ profile and shares a detailed chronicle of the attack against them on the night of September 26 in Iguala, Guerrero.

Testimonio de John Gibler

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Por Koman Ilel

En silencio o a todo pulmón la consigna fue la misma:
“Su dolor es nuestro dolor, Su rabia es también nuestra”.

El pasado 28 de septiembre estudiantes de la Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos, mejor conocida como Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, fueron perseguidos y atacados por elementos de la policía municipal y sicarios del cártel Guerreros Unidos, en la ciudad de Iguala, dejando el escalofriante saldo de 3 muertos, 13 heridos y 43 desaparecidos. Esta escuela normal es de gran tradición de lucha, siendo en la que se formaron los guerrilleros de los años 70, Lucio Cabañas Barrientos y Genaro Vázquez Rojas, y donde ha existido un fuerte movimiento estudiantil, que desde hace tiempo ha sido objeto de persecución y represión.

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Presentation of the Frayba Annual Report

Human Rights in Debate
Between Official Cinicism and Peoples’ Dignity

(Read or download the full report in PDF here.)

Introduction – Víctor Hugo López – Dirctor of Frayba
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Father José Javier Avilés Arriola – Vicar of justice and peace of the San Cristóbal de Las Casas diocese
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Dolores González Saravia – Director of Servicios y Acesoría para la Paz (Serapaz) and member of the board of directors of Frayba
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Father Gonzalo Ituarte Verduzco – Founder and member of the board of directors of Frayba
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Comments by Víctor Hugo López
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For Ayotzinapa and Zapatista Anthem:

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COMMUNIQUE FROM THE INDIGENOUS REVOLUTIONARY CLANDESTINE COMMITTEE—GENERAL COMMAND OF THE ZAPATISTA ARMY FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION.

October 2014:

To the students of the Escuela Normal[1] “Raúl Isidro Burgos” in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico.
To the national and international Sixth:
To the people of Mexico and the world:

Sisters and Brothers:

Compañeras and Compañeros:

To the students of the Escuela Normal of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico, and to your family members, classmates, teachers, and friends, we simply want to let you know that:

You are not alone.

Your pain is our pain.

Your dignified rage is ours also.

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To the compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and the world, we call on you to mobilize, according to your means and ways, in support of the community of the Escuela Normal in Ayotzinapa, and in demand of true justice.

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We as the EZLN will also mobilize, within our capacities, on October 8, 2014, in a silent march as a signal of pain and outrage, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, at 1700 hours.

Democracy!
Liberty!
Justice!

From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

For the Indigenous Revolutionary Clandestine Committee—General Command of the Zapatista Army for National Liberation.

Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.

Mexico, October 2014. In the twentieth year of the war against oblivion.

[1] The Escuelas Normales in Mexico are teaching colleges that principally train rural and indigenous young people to be teachers in their own communities.

Translated by El Kilombo