Two Criminals on the Loose
Ulises Ruiz Ortiz and Felipe Calderón share the same crimes; both of them were imposed on the people in the most outrageous and costly election frauds in recent decades, one as Governor of Oaxaca and the other as President of Mexico. They formed an alliance to kill, disappear, jail, torture, and ruthlessly persecute hundreds of Oaxacan women and men for political reasons.
The spurious alliance of these two depraved figureheads reveals just how rotten their political parties are; the PRI and PAN prop each other up in order to stay in office against the will of the majority of the people of Oaxaca and Mexico.
Some of their crimes have already been documented by human rights organizations, especially the International Civil Commission for the Observation of Human Rights, and the documentation has been presented to international bodies such as the European Parliament. Unfortunately there has not yet been enough support among Mexican people for such efforts in order to see that these criminals are punished.
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The film “el enemigo común” scratches beneath the surface of neoliberalism, at some of the most hidden atrocities in recent North American history. An exposé of repression and resistance, “el enemigo común” documents paramilitary activity against indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico from 2002 through 2005.
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Opposition growing to Bush’s Proposed “Merida Initiative”
Friends of Brad Will write: Opposition to the President’s ebbing “Merida Initiative”, a scheme to give $1.4 Billion in military aid to Mexico’s police and military forces implicated in widespread human rights violations, has led to an extraordinary 3rd oversight hearing by Congress. On May 1st, the AFL-CIO, the powerful U.S. parent union, sent letters detailing their opposition to the Merida Initiative to Democratic Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Congressman Delahunt Chair of a subcommittee on human rights, urging the Democratic Congress members to reject the Bush Administration’s request for military aid to Mexico. Yet critics questioned the witnesses Congress has called to testify before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere as being uncritical boosters or vaguely indicating support under a pretense of concern and questions. Not a single opponent of the Merida Initiative has been called to testify.
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May 6, 2008
On the second day of the Caravan on the “Jaguar Path for the Recovery of our Historic Memory and Territorial Defense” we stopped over in San Blas Atempa, a town known for its constant struggle for autonomy against the local power bosses and their corruption.
We expected it to be a difficult visit due to the vile murder of Paulino Salud Landis on May 4, just two days ago. He was killed during the commemoration of another murder that happened two years ago, that of Faustino Acevedo Bailón, ex treasurer of the autonomous town of San Blas Atempa. We agreed to hold an event in solidarity with their struggle and in repudiation of the recent murder.
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The members of the Youth Encounter of the Oaxacan Social Movement have set out on the “Jaguar Path for the Regeneration of our Historic Memory and Territorial Defense”. At noon on May 5, the Caravan left the city of Oaxaca and will visit several different communities in the next few days to support, participate, and spread the word about the processes of resistance and struggles of the peoples of Oaxaca in defense of their ways of life.
The caravan was announced at a press conference covered by local and alternative news media outside the Section 22 teacher’s headquarters, where it was explained that the effort was agreed upon at the Youth Encounter of the Oaxacan Social Movement last January in the town of Zaachila, Oaxaca.
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2 MORE REPORTERS MURDERED BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
Felicitas Martínez and Teresa Bautista, ages 22 and 20, were Indigenous Journalists assassinated on April 7th, 2008 in a shooting by government supported paramilitaries near San Juan Copala in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. According to survivors six men began firing at their car with AK-47 assault rifles. The police found twenty spent bullet cases on the The police found twenty spent bullet cases on the road.
Their murders are only the latest in the massive Government violence against journalist and everyday people in Mexico. According to Reporters Without Borders annual report Mexico is the most deadly country in the Hemisphere for Journalists. In 2007 two were killed and three vanished and in 2006 nine journalists were murdered and three were missing, making the country second only to Iraq for the number of journalists killed.
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To the state, national, and international news media, to the civil and social organizations, and to the general public:
* THE RECENTLY STARTED FIRES ENDANGER THE LIVES AND INTEGRITY OF THE INHABITANTS OF SAN PEDRO YOSOTATU
* THEY WERE STARTED BY ANDRES CASTRO AND HIS PARA-POLICE GROUP
* THE PURPOSE IS TO PREVENT THE EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MEETING OF THE OAXACAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT FROM TAKING PLACE
The authorities of the community of San Pedro Yosotatu, Municipal Agent Amado Juan Castro López, President of the Commission of Common Property Pánfilo Ramírez Santiago, and the President of Ejidal Property Marcia López Castro hereby declare the following:
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