Assaults by "Peace and Justice" against Zapatistas in Tila Denounced.
fwd - translation of Hermann Bellinghausen article | 20.05.2004 10:55 | Zapatista | World
San Cristóbol de Las Casa, Chis. April 26. The Good Government Junta (JBG) "Semilla que va a Producir"in the northern zone, informed today about an assault against Zapatista support bases by members of the "Peace and Justice" organization in the Tiutzol ejido [common land] (Tila township). Now the effected indigenous people find themselves displaced, although the details of their situation are unknown.
04.05.2004, 23:05, von Sevvie
By HERMANN BELLINGHAUSEN, IMC-Chiapas
Translated to English by Sevvie
In a brief communication made at the "Caracol que habla para todos" in Roberto Barrios, the JBG relates that last April 10 "the belongings of families of the EZLN support bases [of Tiutzol] were sacked, destroyed, and robbed". The people effected are Isidro Pérez Pérez, Macaria Pérez Pérez, Mateo Pérez Torres and Lucas Pérez Pérez.
The aggressors (and their relatives) are Antonio Pérez Pérez, Eulalio Pérez, César Pérez Pérez, Ricardo Pérez Pérez, Domingo Pérez Torres, Cristóbal Pérez Gómez and Jorge Pérez Pérez. "All of them affiliates of the paramilitary organization "Peace and Justice'", adds the report.
"It must be noted that by destroying the house they destroyed all the belongings of the family: clothes, hammocks, and work utensils and tools; they also took hatchets and machetes. This violence took place in the presence of their mother Pascuala, their two sisters Josefa and Ana Pérez Pérez.
"The motive for such cruelty is only the fact of being support bases of the EZLN and for being in the resistance." It was also learned that the aggressors threatened to destroy the autonomous school of Tiutzol, constructed just one year ago.
The JBG identifies as the intellectual author "of this violence" Roberto Pérez Sánchez, PRI-ista leader of the community, "who has the time to come threatening with death the Zapatista support bases. As a result, these friends live in fear that he will carry out his death threats, apart from the fact that they are already displaced".
The rebel authorities in the northern zone hold President Vicente Fox Quesada, Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía and the Tila Municipal President, Jesús Méndez Gutiérrez, responsible for the physical and moral integrity of the effected families.
"We demand that reparation be made immediately for this injury, since it is clear that this violation of individual and constitutional rights was intentional, treacherous, and opportunistic, and that those responsible for this crime be punished", concludes the JBG.
HERMANN BELLINGHAUSEN, CORRESPONDENT
http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3?article_id=107991
By HERMANN BELLINGHAUSEN, IMC-Chiapas
Translated to English by Sevvie
In a brief communication made at the "Caracol que habla para todos" in Roberto Barrios, the JBG relates that last April 10 "the belongings of families of the EZLN support bases [of Tiutzol] were sacked, destroyed, and robbed". The people effected are Isidro Pérez Pérez, Macaria Pérez Pérez, Mateo Pérez Torres and Lucas Pérez Pérez.
The aggressors (and their relatives) are Antonio Pérez Pérez, Eulalio Pérez, César Pérez Pérez, Ricardo Pérez Pérez, Domingo Pérez Torres, Cristóbal Pérez Gómez and Jorge Pérez Pérez. "All of them affiliates of the paramilitary organization "Peace and Justice'", adds the report.
"It must be noted that by destroying the house they destroyed all the belongings of the family: clothes, hammocks, and work utensils and tools; they also took hatchets and machetes. This violence took place in the presence of their mother Pascuala, their two sisters Josefa and Ana Pérez Pérez.
"The motive for such cruelty is only the fact of being support bases of the EZLN and for being in the resistance." It was also learned that the aggressors threatened to destroy the autonomous school of Tiutzol, constructed just one year ago.
The JBG identifies as the intellectual author "of this violence" Roberto Pérez Sánchez, PRI-ista leader of the community, "who has the time to come threatening with death the Zapatista support bases. As a result, these friends live in fear that he will carry out his death threats, apart from the fact that they are already displaced".
The rebel authorities in the northern zone hold President Vicente Fox Quesada, Governor Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía and the Tila Municipal President, Jesús Méndez Gutiérrez, responsible for the physical and moral integrity of the effected families.
"We demand that reparation be made immediately for this injury, since it is clear that this violation of individual and constitutional rights was intentional, treacherous, and opportunistic, and that those responsible for this crime be punished", concludes the JBG.
HERMANN BELLINGHAUSEN, CORRESPONDENT
http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3?article_id=107991
fwd - translation of Hermann Bellinghausen article
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