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Support in the Isthmus region for the Campaign for Justice in Oaxaca and Punishment for the assassins of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes

On the 6, 7, and 8 of March 2010, the Campaign for Justice in Oaxaca and Punishment for the Assassins of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes went to the Isthmus region and stopped in San Blas Atempa, Juchitan de Zaragoza and Asuncion Ixtaltepec. The demand for justice was heard and supported by campesinos, women, youth, and community members from that region.

On March 6 in San Blas Atempa, the family of the architect Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes hosted a meeting outside of the municipality with campesinos and women which was organized by the Indigenous Council of San Blas and the Community Radio Di’dxazaa. That same evening, posters were put up that demanded justice and an end to impunity. The family of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes spoke with the community and denounced the impunity that remains at large given the fact that assassins remain unpunished.

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