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Over three thousand catholics demand freedom of Alberto Patishtán in Chiapas
Catholics demand the freedom of Alberto Patishtán
Peregrination in San Cristobal
Elio Henríquez, correspondent
Posted: 09.04.2012 15:06
La Jornada
San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Around three thousand members of the local Catholic diocese organization “Pueblo Creyente” took part in a peregrination through the streets of this city to demand the “immediate and unconditional” release of indigenous Tzotzil Alberto Patishtán Gomez, imprisoned since 2000 and sentenced to 60 years.
“Once more, we are present here as a church in solidarity with our brother Alberto Patishtán, to tell him that he is not alone, we won’t give up until he is able to enjoy his freedom, and we insist to the federal and the state governments that in the name of God, we have had enough of all the injustices against indigenous peoples “, Catholics said.
The group demanded a stop to “the sentences full of injustice and suffering that are being committed against” Patishtán Gomez, whom they defined as a “political prisoner”.
“We demand his immediate and unconditional release, because he is innocent and has unjustly been imprisoned,” they claimed. They added: “You, federal, state and magistrates that apply justice, must not assume you are more powerful than God or be above the law of God, and whatever you do on this planet will stand before the Heavenly Court.”
With the slogan of “the faithful, defending innocents”, and at the front of the the contingent a placard saying, “The parish of El Bosque demands the release of Patishtán Alberto Gomez”, the approximately three thousand Catholics from 10 different parishes located in Tzotzil municipalities in the highlands of Chiapas, began their peregrination at the west entrance of San Cristobal at 10 am.
The Catholics, almost all indigenous, carrying crosses, images of the Virgin of Guadalupe, traditional music and photographs of Alberto, walked for more than an hour to the center of the city and then went to the Cathedral to conclude with a mass. The auxiliary bishop of San Cristobal Enrique Diaz Diaz met them at the entrance of the of the Cathedral and celebrated a Mass, accompanied by other priests, including Tzotzil, Marcelo Perez, pastor of Simojovel.
“Today, as in Jesus’ time people are unfairly jailed, convicted, and their rights, freedom and dignity are breached,” he said in his homily that was translated into Tzotzil. “Also today, the poorest, the weakest, the most humble is convicted even if innocent,” he added. “God is against the manipulation of laws oppressing the innocent, the smallest and the poorest,” said Diaz Diaz, who called for “true justice” in the case of Patishtán Gomez.
“Pueblo Creyente” declared that the indigenous Tzotzil, who is imprisoned in a penitentiary located about 20 kilometres from the city, “never committed the crime of which he is accused, all he has done is work for his people and work alongside those fighting for truth and justice “, that’s why “he has been deprived of his liberty merely for political reasons. ”
Alberto Patishtán was arrested in June 2000 on charges of participating in an ambush that killed seven policemen and injured two others, in the municipality of El Bosque, in the north of the state, his place of origin; he was sentenced to 60 years in prison, due to his activism, has been held in different prisons, including Guasave, Sinaloa, from where he was finally returned to Chiapas last month, after ten months of protests.
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C. MINISTRO JUAN N. SILVA MEZA, PRESIDENTE DE LA SUPREMA CORTE DE JUSTICIA DE LA NACIÓN
C. MINISTRO ARTURO ZALDÍVAR LELO DE LARREA, PRESIDENTE DE LA PRIMERA SALA DE LA SUPREMA CORTE DE JUSTICIA DE LA NACIÓN
PRESENTES
Las organizaciones de derechos humanos nacionales e internacionales, sociales y personas que suscribimos la presente petición; señalando como domicilio para recibir notificaciones los despachos 509 y 510 del edificio México, ubicado en Palma Norte 308, esquina Tacuba, Colonia Centro Histórico, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06010, México, Distrito Federal; por este conducto nos dirigimos a ustedes para expresarles:
Que con motivo de la sentencia de sesenta años de prisión impuesta al profesor indígena ALBERTO PATISHTÁN GÓMEZ, por los delitos de Homicidio y Lesiones calificados; Robo calificado; Daños y; Portación de Arma de Fuego de Uso Exclusivo del Ejercito, Armada o Fuerza Aérea, derivada de los hechos suscitados el 12 de junio de 2000, en el tramo Laguna – El Bosque, que une los municipios de Simojovel y el Bosque, en el Estado de Chiapas, solicitamos al Máximo Tribunal que ustedes representan, que ante la interposición del Incidente de Reconocimiento de Inocencia presentado por la defensa legal del sentenciado, La H. Primera Sala reasuma la competencia originaria que le confiere el artículo 561 del Código Federal de Procedimientos Penales para conocer de ese Incidente.
No obviamos que mediante el Acuerdo General número 05/2001, de veintiuno de junio de dos mil uno, del Tribunal Pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, relativo a la determinación de los asuntos que conservara para su resolución y el envío de los de su competencia originaria a las Salas y a los Tribunales Colegiados de Circuito, el Máximo Tribunal ordenó que en los casos de Reconocimientos de Inocencia correspondería resolverlos a los Tribunales Colegiados de Circuito; sin embargo, los suscritos consideramos que por el interés que ha irradiado este asunto a nivel nacional como internacional se pueden fijar criterios trascendentes e innovadores en esos casos a partir de las interpretaciones recientes sobre el alcance y protección de los derechos humanos plasmados en la Carta Magna y en los Tratados Internacionales ratificados por el Estado mexicano, que ha venido desarrollando el Poder Judicial de la Federación a la luz del paradigma de la reforma constitucional en materia de derechos humanos.
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