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APRIL 2011 CHIAPAS/ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY
BEHIND THE WARS IN MEXICO and CHIAPAS: A Report from the Chiapas Support Committee’s Spring Delegation to Chiapas
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APRIL 2011 CHIAPAS/ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY
In Chiapas
1. Second Marcos Letter to Don Luis Villoro – The CCRI-CG-EZLN released the second letter from Subcomandante Marcos to the Mexican philosopher Luis Villoro. The 2nd letter is titled: “On Critical Reflection, Individuals and Collectives.” Marcos criticizes the lack of critical reflection by the thinkers of the political class and characterizes their ideas as “junk theory,” sort of like “junk food.” He says it doesn’t nourish; it only entertains. We are not aware of a complete online English translation. For those of you who read Spanish see: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/04/13/index.php?section=politica&article=011n2pol
2. Worldwide Declaration To Support the 5 Bachajon Prisoners – International solidarity organizations and collectives participated in another “5 MORE Days of Worldwide Action for the Bachajon 5” from April 23 to April 28 by collecting signatures on a declaration demanding compliance with international law regarding respect for indigenous territory, release of the 5 prisoners and withdrawal of police and military from San Sebastian Bachajon. The Declaration was written by the Frayba Human Rights Center in Chiapas and distributed by the Movement for Justice in the Barrio in New York. The CSC participated in that worldwide mobilization and circulated the declaration. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION!
3. Current Situation in Bachajon – On April 8, the companyeros of San Sebastian Bachajon mobilized to “take back” the ticket booth. The next morning a deployment of around 800 state and federal police threw stones at the approximately 600 Other Campaign members at the ticket booth, forcing them to flee for their lives. The police also shot into the air and were backed up by soldiers and a helicopter that flew overhead. Possession of the ticket booth was turned over to the state government, which in turn gave it to pro-government supporters to administer. Meanwhile, an appeal from the judge’s decision to deny a protective order has been filed, but not forwarded by authorities in Chiapas to the appropriate legal body.
4. Denunciations from La Garrucha and La Realidad – The Good Government Junta in La Garrucha denounced that the ejido commission of Cintalapa Ejido in the Lacandón Jungle has threatened to evict Zapatista bases for refursing to deliver their electoral credential, refusing to pay property taxes and refusing to pay electricity taxes. The Junta in La Realidad denounced that a Zapatista support base was physically attacked, taken to jail and then imprisoned for crimes he did not commit. Patricio Dominguez Vazquez was taken to the state prison in Motozintla falsely charged with cutting down trees that those who attacked him actually cut down. His attackers are alleged to be some of the ejido authorities and police from Monte Rodondo, where Dominguez Vazquez is an ejido member.
5. Mexican Army Adds Two More Military Bases at Guatemala Border – The commander of the Mexican Army’s 7th Military Region in the Chiapas capital of Tuxtla Gutierrez announced the creation of two new military bases on the southern border with Guatemala. One will be at Nuevo Chiapas, in Jiquipilas municipality and the other possibly at Chicomuselo in the municipality of the same name. Each base will have 600 troops reassigned from several parts of the region, although it is not known exactly where they will come from. This move responds to US pressure to stop the flow of drugs that are crossing the Chiapas border with Guatemala, something that has been going on quietly for a long time, but that US officials only became concerned about recently. The commander also said that there are currently 14,000 troops in Chiapas. (NGOs and Human rights organizations estimate at least 50,000 soldiers in Chiapas already, many of them special forces.)
In Other Parts of Mexico
1. Javier Sicilia’s Son Is Murdered – On March 28, Juan Francisco Sicilia Ortega, son of the poet and novelist Javier Sicilia, collaborator with La Jornada and also Proceso magazine, was found murdered in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, together with six other people. There was evidence of torture and a narco-message was found at the site, leaving many to conclude that drug traffickers may have been involved. The grief-stricken father began a series of protests against the Calderon War (the Drug War) that have attracted substantial support from his friends, the families and friends of other victims and those in civil society who oppose the war and the bloodshed. A demonstration Sicilia called in Cuernavaca drew 40,000 people on April 6. Most recently, Sicilia has called for a National March for Justice and Against Impunity, scheduled to leave from Cuernavaca on May 5 and to arrive in the Mexico City Zocalo on May 8. (See next item for EZLN’s position.)
2. The EZLN’s CCRI-CG Announces Participation by Zapatista Support Bases –
In a communiqué date April 28, the CCRI-CG (the commanders) announced that Zapatista support bases would participate in a silent march on May 7 in San Cristóbal de las Casas, as part of the National March for Justice and Against Impunity. The CCRI also asked that national adherents to the Other Campaign and international adherents to the Sixth Declaration also participate, each in their own geographies and calendars. This communiqué may be read in English at: https://radiozapatista.org/?p=2673&lang=en
3. Letter to Don Javier Sicilia from Subcomandante Marcos – The Zapatistas released another letter on April 28, this one from Subcomandante Marcos to Javier Sicilia. In this letter Marcos asks that Sicilia “make these words reach the families of the 49 children dead and the 70 injured in the tragedy of the ABC nursery school, of Hermosillo, Sonora; the dignified Mothers of Ciudad Juárez; the Le Barón and Reyes Salazar families, of Chihuahua; the families and friends of the victims of this haughty war; the defenders of human rights of nationals and migrants, and to all those calling for the National March for Justice and against Impunity.” The entire letter may be read in English at: http://www.narconews.com/Issue67/article4400.html
4. The War Against Organized Crime (The Drug War) – The war in Mexico continues to leave a deadly trail. The count soared to 1,427 bodies found in April, in part due to the discovery of numerous clandestine graves. More than 37,000 people have died in this war to date.
In the US
1. High-Level Mexico-US Meeting On Drug War – On April 29, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa met in Washington DC with a significant number of high-level officials from both countries. Little was reported from the meeting other than the usual agreement of mutual respect and cooperation in the “drug war.”
Compiled monthly by the Chiapas Support Committee.
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Campaña Mundial Dislocada por la Libertad de los Presos de Bachajón y el Fin de la Represión en Chiapas
A l@s Compañer@s de San Sebastian Bachajón,
A los Compañeros presos de Bachajón y a todos los presos políticos,
A las Juntas de Buen Gobierno, A las BAEZLN, Al CCRI,
A la Sociedad Civil Las Abejas,
A la Sociedad Civil Nacional E internacional,
A l@ adherentes de La Otra Campaña,
A la Zezta Internacional
A los medios de Comunicación Alternativos,
Al Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Ba,
Al Movimiento For Justice In El Barrio,
En el marco de los “5 días de Acciones por los 5 de Bachajon” de l@s compañeras y compañeros de San Sebastián Bachajón, Movimiento Por La Justicia En El Barrio, y el Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé De Las Casas, después el éxito de los 5 primeros días y las acciones de todos los kolectivos solidarios o individuales, Espoir Chiapas/ Esperanza Chiapas llamó a una Acción Mundial Dislocada.
Esta Acción la hemos llamado “Ahora Solo Son Pancartas…”, solo mostramos una de las fuerzas que tenemos, y avisamos al malgobierno, a los males gobiernos, que el pueblo unido jamás será vencido. Hoy solo difundimos pancartas de protesta, pero ahora ya, saben con cuales fuerzas contamos. Juntos lucharamos hasta que se liberen los presos políticos de Chiapas. Demostramos tambien que se seguira pidiendo la justicia y la fin de la violencia en Mexico con mas y mas fuerzas locales, nacionales y internacionales. Hoy se juntan nuestras voces frente a las guerras violentes, morales y sucias de los malos gobiernos de Mexico y del Mundo. A nosotros no nos callaran ni nos esconderan.
Por esta acción damos un primer paso hacia una mobilisación general. Mostrar que si pues, si tocan a un@s, tocan a tod@s. Hasta esta fecha, hemos recibido más de 69 acciones, de 23 países, de 4 continentes, y más de 32 acciones desde Francia. Siguen llegando más acciones.
Francia
Desde Bretaña,
Desde Lyon, denunciando los transgénicos en Francia,
Desde Brousse Et Villaret,
Desde Carcassone,
Desde Preuseville,
Desde Le Tréport,
Desde Brest, Bretaña,
Desde Besançon,
Desde Rennes, Bretaña,
Desde Vitré, Bretaña,
Desde Corsica,
Desde Fouras,
Desde Marseille, durante un evento de sensibilización de Espoir Chiapas / Esperanza Chiapas yAmnesty Internacional
Desde Saint Ouen,
Desde Berck,
Desde Bordeaux,
Desde Angers,
Desde Saint Malot, Bretaña,
Desde el Faro de la Isla Virgén, Bretania,
Desde Les Champs Elysées, Paris, después de la proyección del documental “Actéal 10 años de impunidad y cuanto más” con Amnestia Internacional Francia.
Desde Dieppe,
Desde Le Gard,
Desde Sorans,
Desde La Défense, Paris,
Desde Lille,
Desde Magnanville,
Desde Marseille,
Desde Montmartre, Paris, denunciando la ley de restricción de las plantas medicinales en Europea,
Desde l’Opéra Garnier, Paris,
Desde Torre Eiffel, Paris,
Desde Saint Père Sur Loire,
Desde Sceaux, y contra la contaminación por la explotación del gas de schiste.
Desde Vendée,
A TRAVES DEL MUNDO
Desde Guatemala Ciudad, Guatemala,
Desde Marruecos, a Montmartre, No A la Injusticia, -Solidaridad Agardir-Marruecos-
Desde Edinburg, Escosia,
Desde Holanda,
Desde Adelanto, California, Estados Unidos,
Desde Huddersfield, Ingleterra
Desde El Trujillo, Honduras, y con la solidaridad del colectivo artista en Resistencia del Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular,
Desde Argentina, del Bachilerato Popular Agustín Tosco
Desde Madrid, España,
Desde Finlandia,
Desde Lund, Suécia,
Desde Cuzco, Perú,
Desde Poznan, Polonia,
Desde Tanzania, África,
Desde Los Angeles, Estados Unidos,
Desde Colombia,
Desde Curitiba, Brazil
Desde Hambourg, Alemania,
Desde Barcelona, España,
Desde Leeds, Inglaterra,
Desde Buenos Aires, Argentina, de Pañuelos en Rebeldia, un equipo de Educación Popular de Argentina, y denunciando la injusticia en el caso similar de Betty Carino
Desde Second Valley, Autralia,
Desde Bruselas, Bélgica, durante una marcha en contra el Nuclear
Desde Montréal, Canada,
Desde Alemania,
Desde Cisterna, Italia,
Desde Macchu Picchu, Perú,
Desde Concepcion, Chile,
DESDE MEXICO
Desde la Tierra Sagrada de Actéal, Chiapas, Mexico, denunciando igual las detenciones ilegales, la injusticia y la impunidad, y las Presas Politicas.
Desde Mexico Distrito Federal, Mexico,
Desde Oaxaca, Mexico,
Desde San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico
Desde Mexico DF, Mexico,
Desde Chihuahua, Mexico, “Presos Politicos del Mundo, hoy..en especial quiero darle las gracias a la vida que me ha mostrado la injusticia del ser humano la he visto y conocido en carne propia. Gracias vida! Gracias injusticia! Me haz ensenado que de nada sirve vivir, si no estas dispuesto a morir, por devolverle la justicia al mundo”
Asi vamos entonces. L@s invitamos a conseguir esas acciones, a juntar ese movimiento hasta que se liberen los presos políticos de Chiapas. Infórmenos de su lucha local, porque nuestras luchas son las de tod@s y tod@s las compartemos.
Les invitamos a descubrir dia por dia las próximas fotos de « Ahora solo son Pancartas… »:
www.espoirchiapas.com/Action%20urgente.html
PRES@S POLITIC@S! LIBERTAD YA!
RESPETO DE LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDIGENAS Y DE LOS PUEBLOS DEL MUNDO!
FIN DE LA REPRESIÓN EN CHIAPAS Y EN EL MUNDO!
FIN DE LA IMPUNIDAD Y DE LA INJUSTICIA!
SI TOCAN A UNOS TOCAN A TODOS!
VIVA LA AUTONOMIA!
EL PUEBLO UNIDO JAMAS SERA VENCIDO!
Atentamente,
Asociación Espoir Chiapas / Esperanza Chiapas
Dia 28 de Abril 2011
