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Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca. Mexico.
12 of August of the 2002


DENUNCIATIONS OF The REPRESSION UNDERGONE BY The CIPO-RFM And The EVENTS HAPPENED IN SAN ISIDRO ALOAPAN

Dr Jose Luis Soberanes.
President of the National Commission of Human rights.

PRESENT

Those that we subscribed INTI XINEMI, TO STOP CHAVEZ, CELIA MARTINEZ ALTAMIRANO, GONZALO integral SANTIAGO GARCIA of the Organizing Meeting of Popular the indigenous Council of Oaxaca "Ricardo Flowers Magon"(CIPO-RFM) we went before the National Commission of Human rights to expose the sistematica repression to him that we are suffering like organizacion indigenous from the government of the state, of the police bodies, the civil employees of the cabinet and own governor Jose Murat. haltings, blows, tortures, kidnappings attempts of murder, ambushes and other we have been suffering from the 1 of January of 2002 to date of today in which THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN AMBUSH, ATTACKED, WOUNDED, KIDNAPPED and TORTURED indigenous brothers of CIPO-RFM of the community of San Isidro Aloapan, Ixtlan de Juarez, Oaxaca, the 11 of August to 11:30 hours in the place known like "Iyshioni".

The aggressors whom they head to the group of paramilitary are CONRADO GARCIA CROSS and CAYETANO LOPEZ SANTIAGO, MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT and COMMISSARIAT OF COMMUNITY GOODS OF San Miguel ALOAPAN and that responsible materials and intellectuals for the following crimes are: KIDNAPPING, ABUSE OF OFFICE, TORTURES, ATTEMPT OF HOMICIDE, INJURIES And THOSE THAT ARE

Asi like a Hector Anuar Mafud Mafud, Secretary of Government of the State of Oaxaca, by NEGLIGENCE, because one week before the facts was noticed, and is responsible for the internal Politicall, also of which has knowledge of the origin of the agrarian problematica. Also FELIPE SARDAIN, Private secretary of Governor, FRANK SERGIO SANTIBANEZ, Solicitor of Justice of the State, SERGIO SEGRESTE, President of the State Commission of the Human rights of Oaxaca, HELIODORO DIAZ ESCARRAGA Secretary of SALINE Citizen Protection CLAUDIA, JOSE MANUEL, Director of Citizen Protection because all of them were informed on time in agreement prove the documents that we annexed and that did not make anything avoid this fact.

This with the purpose of which the National Commission of Human rights takes part and integrates the corresponding file of the case. For NOTIFICATION we mentioned our address EMILIO CARRANZA 210, SANTA Lucia del Camino, I telephone 01 951-51.7.81.90 or 01951- 51.7.81.83, of the city of Oaxaca, Oax.

ANTECEDENTS:

The fact that our brothers of San Isidro Aloapan fight by the defense and preservation of the forest has been worth them denunciations imprisonments promoted by the Authorities of San Miguel Aloapan, in complicity with MRS., SEMARNAP and other civil employees of the government of the state, that by this means try to finish with all opposition, guaranteeing that they can follow the authorities of San Miguel Aloapan becoming rich with the sale of the wood, clear that when seeing braking its desire to continue selling the forest resources, San Miguel Aloapan initiates a sistematica repression being based on money and I deal of influences promoting a series of false accusations against the comuneros of San Isidro Aloapan that they go from robbery of cattle, dano to third among others, blockade of ways of communication, illegal use of the ground, etc., all this with the purpose of disarticulating the defense of the natural resources. But ademas, the Municipal and agrarian Authorities of San Miguel Aloapan in complicity with civil employees of the government of the state try to snatch, against all right, the agrarian rights of our companeros, for that reason in year 2000 we promote a controversy in the Agrarian Unitary Court, I number of the file is the 218. One of the reasons for the aggressors is without a doubt to restrain the legal resource that the zapotecos indigenous of San Isidro Aloapan promote. For that they have been sending a series of provocations so that the violence in the zone and with that situation unties to demand that the opinion of the Agrarian Court stops, who if the right is respected, without a doubt sera favorable us. For that reason the authorities of San Miguel Aloapan with 50 strongly armed people, day 29 of 2002 July, in the known place as "tenate" approximately to 6 of afternoon placed in ambush to our companeros: RAUL GATICA, CARMEN CHAVEZ, FERNANDO TORIJA and JANET LOPEZ, that venian to make one reunion in the community of San Isidro Aloapan. Luckyly our companero realized and avoided to be massacreed. The worrisome thing of the case is that it is not an isolated fact, but that this adds to a chain of actions undertaken against ours organizationy its members, people or communities:

  • the 1 of January of 2002 is kidnapped, struck and tortured 46 brothers ours in Tanetze de Zaragoza
  • the 6 of February, 7, 11 and 26 of February of 2002 in the house of the CIPO-RFM located in the city of Oaxaca, are received multiple llmas telefonicas threatening of death our representatives: Raul Gatica, Reyna Perez, Paschal Prochoir, among others.
  • From the 26 of February to the first days of March diverse periodisticas and radiofonicas notes apare4cen giving account of the death threats that send against our companero Raul Gatica. In 26 of February of 2002 a document sealed by the municipal presidency of Tanetze even circulates in an assembly where threat of death to our brother Raul Gatica.
  • In March we suffered a automovilistico accident mysteriously (to trailer of 30 tons consequently sends against a Nissan light truck in the population of Juchitan de Zaragoza, dying the companero Gaudencio Escamilla Mendoza
  • In May our companeras women are repressed wildly who made a peaceful manifestation
  • In the same month of May but in the second fortnight they appear different Newspaper Articles, paid by the deprived initiative in where they demand the government who is stopped our companero Raul Gatica.
  • The 18 of June, without order of apprehension and crime some, is stopped our companero DEMETRIO VILLALOBOS, in Santa Cruz Huatulco
  • The 20 of Julio are stopped Struck and hurt Raul Gatica, along with 5 comrades and companeras but, by the simple fact to be making an assembly.
  • The 21 of Julio is stopped Raul Lopez, Fernando Torija and two companero but, to be demanding the liberation of our brother Raul Gatica.
  • The 29 of Julio in an ambush are tried to assassinate to Raul Gatica and the commission that volvia of an assembly.
  • The 1.. Of August, the Authorities and some settlers of San Miguel Aloapan intimidated the workers who construian the way to the community of San Isidro and they retire the machinery to them so that no longer they can continue working.
  • And by I complete the 11 of August, where San Miguel Aloapan invade lands of San Isidro and for that it stops five people, it hurts to 6 but, being left do s of gravity: all this situation is described in the following ones:
FACTS:

Paramilitary day 11 to a 11:30 group of of San Miguel Aloapam carrying diverse cutting weapons and of fire they went to the place known like Iyshioni, being with zapotecas of San Isidro Aloapan that made activities of reforestation of their earth.

It is important to senalar that the facts have like antecedents the defense of the territory and the forest that had sacked by the company Papelera de Tuxtepec in conturbenio with the authorities of the municipality of San Miguel Aloapan by years.

In the place of the facts of day 11 of August, 400 paramilitary of connection PRI member, beginning to insult and to attack to whom they were making workings of reforestation. In the confrontation they were wounded with machete Patricio Lopez Mendez, and Merenciana Alavez Cross, also they are wounded: Also they were struck and they are kidnapped Gustavo Perez Alavez, Gerald Alavez Garcia, Nazario Lopez Alavez, Felix Alavez Cross, Marcelino Alavez Cross.

It is important to senalar that Cross, municipal president of San Miguel Aloapoan and Cayetano Lopez Santiago were directed by Conrrado Garcia Comisariado of Community goods, both they carried firearms and they are the one who they headed to the paramilitary ones that they took to the force to the 5 zapotecos indigenous of the CIPO-RFM to those who took by the force towards the municipality of San Miguel Aloapan, under threat to disappear them.

One is in missing quality of the minor of 5 years of age, Miriam Alavez.

In the place of the events arrival patrol 674 of the Preventive Policia, that not act at all and retirement of the place.

In the zone tension exists, the community of San Isidro Aloapam is watched over armed people. also to exist detents with people armed of the people of the community of San Miguel Aloapan.

The reason by that we demanded is that our brothers are surrounded in the community. In proximas hours our attacked brothers would estaran detailing and needing the denunciation.

By the Free Association and Reconstruction of the Towns

INTI XINEMI, TO STOP CHAVEZ, FERNANDO TORIJA, CELIA MARTINEZ ALTAMIRANO, GONZALO SANTIAGO GARCIA

Images: Proof does not lie.


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