On 21 October, Alejandro Díaz Santis, a prisoner in solidarity with the Voz del Amate who adheres to the EZLN’s Sixth Declaration of the Lacandona Jungle presently held in the San Cristóbal de Las Casas jail, published a new communique. He denounced that “the bad governors who exist in our country and state each day seek to silence those who defend the people: they send people to kill them and unjustly imprison others, a lamentable tendency that has recurred in the state of Guerrero with our comrade brothers and students who have been disappeared by the three levels of government.”
He added that “during the 20 days of fasting and prayers I was observing against injustice and imprisonment until all of those who are incarcerated are released, not one governmental official came to visit me here.”
The prisoner reported finally that since 16 October, his lawyers have requested a formal pardon from the governor of Veracruz, Javier Duarte de Ochoa, and Manuel Velasco Coello, governor of Chiapas. Díaz Santis clarified that he has “spent 15 years and five months paying for a crime that I never committed.”
For more information (in Spanish):
Alejandro Díaz Santíz denuncia que los gobernantes buscan callar a la gente (Denunciapública, 21 de octubre de 2014)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
Chiapas: Prisoner Alejandro Díaz Santis fasting to demand justice (11 October 2014)
Chiapas: 13 days of fasting and praying by Alejandro Díaz Santís to demand his release (14 July 2014)
Chiapas: Alejandro Díaz announces 10-day hunger strike to protest 15 years’ imprisonment (May 16, 2014)
Chiapas: day of fasting and prayer for Alejandro Díaz on International Political Prisoners’ Day (29 April 2014)
Chiapas: Denunciation from Alejandro Díaz Santis from the San Cristóbal de Las Casas jail (30 March 2014)
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