Universal Protest on the Day of the Dead

by Acteal justicia y memoria Let us call together for the reopening of the investigation of the Acteal massacre case as a State crime, and let us honor the victims on the Mexican Day of the Dead. Join those individuals…

CACITA land purchase report back, We Made It!

We did it!!! Thank you and congratulations to all who have helped us in our fundraising initiative to buy the lot neighboring C.A.C.I.T.A.! With the help from many compañeras y compañeros, part of our grand dream that we started only…

Acteal: We haven’t forgotten and we never will

Friday, August 21, Mexico City. Songs, photos and messages of a demonstration outside the federal Supreme Court building catch the attention of some passers-by. One lady asks what the protest was about. “They just made sure justice was done in…

Breaking the Silence: The Mexican Army and the 1997 Acteal Massacre

National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 283 by Kate Doyle – kadoyle@gwu.edu Research Assistance: Susana Zavala and Emilene Martínez-Morales Washington, D.C., August 20, 2009 – As Mexicans debate last week’s Supreme Court ruling vacating the conviction of 20 men…

Punishment for the Killers of Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes!!

JUSTICE FOR OAXACA!! PUNISHMENT FOR THE KILLERS OF LORENZO SAMPABLO CERVANTES!! Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes was killed by Oaxaca state policemen and PRI party paramilitaries in the early morning hours of August 22, 2006, outside the commercial radio station “La Ley,”…