{"id":49347,"date":"2024-10-25T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=49347"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:18:33","slug":"letter-to-the-ambassador-of-mexico-in-australia-following-attacks-against-the-zapatistas-support-bases-community-named-october-6th-and-the-murder-of-the-tzotzil-jesuit-pries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=49347","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the ambassador of Mexico in Australia following attacks against the Zapatista\u2019s Support Bases community named \u201cOctober 6th\u201d and the murder of the Tzotzil Jesuit Priest Marcelo Perez on October 20th in Chiapas.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Melbourne-Australia, October 25,  2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention:<\/strong>
MR. ERNESTO C\u00c9SPEDES OROPEZA\u00a0<\/strong>
AMBASSADOR OF MEXICO IN AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Ambassador:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We, the undersigned and participants of the Solidarity Gathering with Grassroots Movements and Organisations & First Nations people, celebrated with in-person and virtual attendance between the 17th and the 20th of October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are writing to you so that, through your channels, deliver to the government of Mexico, our utmost energetic protest against the actions that are being carried out in Chiapas which place at risk the integrity, common goods, security and lives of people from Zapatista Support Bases, who live in the community named \u201cOctober 6th\u201d, from the Caracol Nuevo Jerusalem (official municipality of Ocosingo). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disgracefully, the aggressions towards the Zapatista Support Bases are not new; they have a long history of 30 years since January 1st, 1994, in the form of counterinsurgency, low-intensity war and prolonged war of attrition. However, now (2024), it is a type of \u2018narcowar\u2019 not recognised and in many cases even denied by the different levels of the Mexican government. Already within the government establishment of the new president of the country, there have been attacks led by armed people towards the Zapatista communities October 6th, attempting to appropriate the territorial land on which they have been working for the last 30 years. The statemen of denouncing from Mois\u00e9s on behalf of the CCRI-CG of the EZLN (Zapatista National Liberation Army) has been clear and conclusive: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the 5th of September, as human rights organisations have well documented, the different authorities of the Mexican state are aware of the situation faced by the October 6th\u2019s community, so far without having taken any measures to address this situation, which is not surprising having considered claims made by the aggressors of having the approval of the municipal authorities of Ocosingo and the Chiapas State Government and of the PVEM and Morena parties respectively. Meanwhile, the aggressors also claim that they have received pressure from the organised crime syndicate to evict Zapatistas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also want to denounce and repudiate the murder of the Tzotzil Jesuit priest Marcelo Perez, who was killed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on October 20, 2024. He was a long term activist, denouncing the violence of the drug cartel and fought to return peace, truth and justice to the indigenous and peasant peoples of Chiapas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is urgent that on behalf of the government which you represent, the respective authorities carry out the actions which different people, groups, organisations, networks, movements, human rights organisations and internationalists have claimed in unison as urgent: These are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Carry out the urgent and necessary actions to guarantee and protect the life, integrity, common goods and personal safety of the families from Zapatista Support Bases, preventing the escalation of violence even further.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Investigate efficiently, promptly and appropriately to identify and punish with the full justice those responsible for the attacks and the Murder of Jesuit Priest Marcelo Perez. Dismantle and disarm the armed and illegal organised crime group or groups operating in the area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Guarantee and respect the autonomy and self-determination of the Zapatista National Liberation Army and its Support Bases, and in particular, of the Collective Assembly of Zapatista Autonomous Governments of New Jerusalem.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We will be waiting for your prompt response,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Collective Signatures:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) Melbourne, Australia <\/strong>
    (Red de Solidaridad con los Pueblos Latinoamericanos\/Abya Yala)<\/strong>
    Comit\u00e9 Al Faro Zapatista (Planeta\u00a0Tierra)<\/strong>
    Meli Newen Mapu (Organizaci\u00f3n Solidaria con el Pueblo Naci\u00f3n Mapuche) Estocolmo, Suecia<\/strong>
    Trawunche Madrid (Coordinaci\u00f3n de Apoyo al Pueblo Mapuche) Madrid, Espa\u00f1a<\/strong>
    MASIL (Mapuche Aboriginal Struggles for Indigenous Land) Melbourne, Australia<\/strong>
    Latin American House, Australia<\/strong>
    Latin-American Women Program, 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne, Australia<\/strong>
    Liberaci\u00f3n – Chile<\/strong>
    Movimiento de DDHH para la vida plena de los pueblos – Am\u00e9rica Latina<\/strong>
    Inquietando desde el Margen\u00a0–\u00a0CHILE.<\/strong>
    Socorro Rojo Nuestra Am\u00e9rica<\/strong>
    Rebeli\u00f3n Popular (Argentina)<\/strong>
    Cabildo desde los Derechos Humanos de Quilpu\u00e9-Chile<\/strong>
    Comisi\u00f3n de Derechos Humanos de Quilpu\u00e9-Chile<\/strong>
    Colectivo 31 de Julio, Regi\u00f3n\u00a0Valpara\u00edso-Chile<\/strong>
    Radio Cord\u00f3n Marga\u00a0Marga<\/strong>
    Agrupaci\u00f3n de Familiares de Ejecutados Pol\u00edticos\u00a0de\u00a0Valpara\u00edso<\/strong>
    Revista\u00a0Atreverse-Bolivia<\/strong>
    Consejo Americano de Pueblos Ind\u00edgenas\u00a0\u2013\u00a0CAPI-Per\u00fa<\/strong>
    Wage Peace
    Venezuela Solidarity campaign-Australia<\/strong>
    Chile Solidarity Campaign<\/strong>
    Mapuche Australia Solidarity<\/strong>
    Earthworker Construction Cooperative-Australia<\/strong>
    Degrowth Network-Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Personal Signatures:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sandra Gonzalez de la Vega Gonzalez<\/strong>
    Alma Gonzalez<\/strong>
    Francisco Gonzalez de la Vega<\/strong>
    Lucho Riquelme<\/strong>
    Anna Cameron<\/strong>
    Andrea Heinrich<\/strong>
    Marisol Salinas<\/strong>
    Xochitl Leyva Solano (Comit\u00e9 Al Faro Zapatista)<\/strong>
    Axel K\u00f6hler (Comit\u00e9 Al Faro Zapatista)<\/strong>
    Lola Cubells (Comit\u00e9 Al Faro Zapatista, Pa\u00eds Valenciano)<\/strong>
    Dr. Alex Cham\u00e1n Portugal. Docente en universidades p\u00fablicas de Bolivia y Director de la Revista\u00a0Atreverse.<\/strong>
    Jorge Alonso (Comit\u00e9 Al Faro Zapatista, Guadalajara, Jalisco,\u00a0M\u00e9xico)<\/strong>
    Marcelo Chimbolema artista kichwa del Ecuador<\/strong>
    Hugo Tacuri Huamani, Per\u00fa Vicepresidente del Consejo Americano de Pueblos Ind\u00edgenas\u00a0\u2013\u00a0CAPI-Per\u00fa<\/strong>
    Zelda Grimshaw
    Jannett Carrillo Arismendy
    Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Diaz Pach\u00f3n
    Victoria Anais Pena
    David Shires<\/strong>
    Joe Montero<\/strong>
    Nick Paztalatzis<\/strong>
    Maximiliano Riquelme-Salinas
    Agustina Laino
    Vee Rodrigues
    Juan Camilo Riano Rodr\u00edguez
    Lorenzo Rivera<\/strong>
    Marta Conde<\/strong>
    Anthony Gleeson<\/strong>
    Yannic Kuna<\/strong>
    Shannon Howie<\/strong>
    Brendan Tannahill<\/strong>
    Alexandra Beckett<\/strong>
    Nicolas Lentini<\/strong>
    Tonie Field<\/strong>
    Tanya Goncalves<\/strong>
    Lumi Riquelme-Salinas<\/strong>
    Miguel Rosas<\/strong>
    Felipe P\u00e9rez<\/strong>
    Mar\u00eda Fernanda Vald\u00e9s<\/strong>
    Eric Hornung<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ..Still more arriving\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Melbourne-Australia, October 25,  2024 Attention:MR. ERNESTO C\u00c9SPEDES OROPEZA\u00a0AMBASSADOR OF MEXICO IN AUSTRALIA Mr. Ambassador: We, the undersigned and participants of the Solidarity Gathering with Grassroots Movements and Organisations & First Nations people, celebrated with in-person and virtual attendance between the 17th and the 20th of October 2024. We are writing to you so that, through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49348,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49347\/revisions\/49348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}