On 24 October, the Good-Government Council (JBG) of Morelia, Chiapas, denounced an aggression carried out with firearms against Zapatista support-bases in the El Salvador resort in the Comandanta Ramona autonomous municipality adjacent to the Agua Clara ejido (Salto de Agua). In the events that occurred on 22 October was detained one of the aggressors, Manuel Pérez Gómez, who was held for attacks and assaults on the Ocosingo-Palenque highway.
The denunciation mentions that “these criminals are advised by the ex-soldier Carlos Jiménez López, who comes from the Alan Sac Jun ejido (Chilón)” and reminded that “on 18 April 2009 the police detained Miguel Vásquez Moreno, Zapatista support-base, and six adherents to the Other Campaign. They were taken to the El Amate prison and were released for lack of evidence. The JBG here announces that last May these same aggressors were taken captive by autonomous justice but suceeded in escaping while serving their term for crimes committed.”
The JBG adds that “it can be very clearly seen that the 3 levels of the bad government–federal, state, and municipal–do nothing in light of these acts that intimidate the people. The fact of the matter is that the perpetrators are free, doing what htey want, while our social-activist brothers and sisters have been taken behind bars for the crime of demanding justice and liberty for all. The lying governments lie when they say they will fight organized crime, for we see exactly the opposite; they cover-up, protect, and organize their ex-soldiers together with youth from communities toward the end of destroying our roots and planting intranquility in our indigenous forms of self-organization.”
For more information (in Spanish):
The Morelia JBG denounces new aggressions against Zapatista support-bases while the bad government protects criminals (communiqué of the Morelia JBG, 24 October)
New aggressions with firearms against Zapatista support-bases are denounced (La Jornada, 26 October)
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