Sit-in for the release of Florentino Gómez Girón (@quadratin.com.mx)
On 6 December, Florentino Gómez Girón, leader of the Ricardo Flores Magón Popular Front (FPRFM) from Ixtapa, was released from prison after his nephew immolated himself before the state congress in Tuxtla Gutiérrez the previous day. Agustín Gómez Pérez, 21 years of age, doused himself in gasoline and asked one of his friends to light him on fire to demand the release of his uncle who has been held in the Amate prison since 1 May 2014. His probability of survival is very low. Following the release of Gómez Girón, those who had maintained the blockade of the state congress since 10 November suspended their sit-in.
Gómez Girón had been charged for the crime of robbery of cattle. There are still another four arrest-orders against him on the charges of organized crime, kidnapping, use of firearms restricted for the Army, and planned plundering, according to information from the Subsecretary for Human Rights at the Secretary of Governance. The FPRFM indicates all these charges as having been fabricated.
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Liberan a líder en Chiapas luego de que su sobrino se inmoló (Proceso, 6 de diciembre de 2014)
Liberan a líder tras inmolación de seguidor en Chiapas (El Universal, 6 de diciembre de 2014)
Pronunciamiento sobre el caso de Florentino Gómez Girón de la Subsecretaría de Derechos Humanos de la Secretaría de Gobierno de Chiapas (5 de diciembre de 2014)
Se inmola joven de 18 años en Chiapas; exige liberación de líder campesino (La Jornada, 5 de diciembre de 2014)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Chiapas: Sit-in, hunger strike, suturing of lips, and simulated crucifixion for the release of Florentino Gómez Girón (15 November 2014)
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