Bright Sta. of the Oaxaca Way, July 19 of 2004

C. Luisa Ma. Calderon Hinojosa
President of the commission of indigenous Subjects
Senate of the Republica
Mexico, D.F.

With attention a: Isela Ortiz. Sria. Tecnica of the commission.

VERY GENERAL ANTECENTES:

Popular the indigenous Council of Oaxaca “Ricardo Flowers Magon CIPO-RFM we are one organizacion of indigenous communities that I form the 17 of November of 1997 and that we fought pacificamente by the reconstruction and it frees association of our towns. This implies the defense of the collective rights like towns, search and construction of the development by means of the exercise of autonomia, autogestion, aid muta, collective work, solidarity and communitarian coexistence.
In spite of the evident profits that can be seen in the communities that we are integral of the CIPO-RFM, have seen that of all Mexico and particularly of Oaxaca, we are of the organizations but repressed, for that they have used to paramilitary policias of all type and. The balance since we were born, 17 of November of 1997, is: 517 detenidos/as and torturados/as; 103 incursions of I exercise, police and paramilitary to communities of organizacion; 81 you order of apprehension by crimes that we did not commit; 229 penal, civil and mercantile processes against agremiados/as; 37 threats of death to equal I number of members; 27 assassinated and 263 lesionados/as of gravity and, one of its members, Raul Gatica, lives hidden by the attempts of murder that has suffered, also in Lagunilla and Morelos Yosonotu, San Isidro Aloapam and Sta. Ma. Yaviche, I number indetermine of settlers we are displaced of the community by the to be assassinated or jailed fear.
In spite of the degree of impunity of which they enjoy the authorities in Mexico and Oaxaca, it has been possible to obtain recommendations that by the tepidity in their agreements are seen almost like complices of the repressive ones. Still we have the 29 of April of 1999 the CNDH emitted to recommendation 26/99 to the government of the state and exonerates to which outside Secretary of Interior and direct person in charge of the violation to our D.H.: Diodoro Carrasco Altamirano.
In June of the 2002, the CEDH emitted I number 15/2002 and in March of 2004 one but, 13/2004. No of the recommendations, national and state have been fulfilled. Todavia but, the CEDH has proposed single in this year 4 conciliations to the CIPO-RFM with the different policias and has the CIPO-RFM todavia 22 complaints to be solved, where the violations to their rights like community are evident, organizacion and individuals.
On the other hand, there are 52 interposed penal denunciations against aggressors of the CIPO-RFM, in some cases are already ruined you order of apprehension of the paramilitary ones but one does not stop to them, on the contrary, the paramilitary ones coexist with the police forces in the communities of Tanetze, San Miguel Aloapam and Sta, Bright Monteverde.

The EVENT OF THESE Days.
14 of 2004 July.
The shout of earth and freedom, peace with justice and dignity, punishment to paramilitary, respect to autonomy indigenous, a little but thousand women, men, Youth jovenas, ninos and ninas Zapotecas/os of the Mountain range, Isthmus and Valleys, Mixtecas/os, Mixes, Chinantecas/os, Chatinas/os, Triquis and Cuicatecos, integral All of Popular the indigenous Council of Oaxaca “Ricardo Flowers originating Magon CIPO-RFM and of the North Mountain range, South Mountain range, the central Mixteca, Coast, Tuxtepec, Mixes, Canada and Valleys, the 14 of July of 2004 with ignited torches, we entered the city of Oaxaca from the monument of Ricardo Flores Magon, Zapata and Morelos.
Today since it makes 500 years the reclamations are of: 1. - Peace with justice and dignity 2. - Respect to autonomia in the communities of the CIPO-RFM. 3. - Punishment and disappearance paramilitary of the CROCUT to his you lead To stop Toimil and Jacobo Chavez, that 16/octubre/03 killed to Bartolome Rooms and hurt of bullet to 9 men and women; to Torch Farmer who 11/ago/02 killer to 2 ninos and hirio to 34 women; to those of Bright Sta. Monteverde that 13/marzo and 12/jul/04 assassinated to 2, also sanction to civil employees who protect them. 4. - Cease to the repression against communities and members of the CIPO-RFM and to fulfill the recommendations by violation to our human rights: CNDH/26/99, CEDH/15/2002 and CEDH/ 13/2004. 5. - Solution to the agrarian conflict of San Isidro Aloapam, Sta. Catarina Yosonotu, Guadalupe Chindua and Cacalotepec. 6. - guarantees for the life of Raul Gatica. 7. - General assembly, democraticas elections and respect to socioeconomicas benefits retained 2 years to democraticos of the STSPEIDCEO. 8. - Municipal Participation, also schools, medicos, water, food, light and attention to old women and. 9. - House and right to sell in beaches of Huatulco. 10. - Respect to Radio “Guetza” and concession to the communitarian transport type suburban in Tlaxiaco.
From 8 to 11 at night we made all this because before arriving at the city we occupied the Agrarian Procuraduria pacificamente, I journey of the State, the Preventive Federal Policia, the Ministry I publish, Courts, the terminals of SOUTH buses and Cristobal Colon, asi like the COPLADE, the SEMARNAT and ex--INI today CDI in Tlaxiaco, Nochixtlan, Etla, Ixtlan and Oaxaca.
In the occupations we dealt with respect the civil employees and gave the summary of all the senalamos commitments that have not fulfilled and that, with this date, we let know that any aggression, abuse and injustice them that the communities and citizens commit against, tendran an answer of the CIPO-RFM, because we are not going to allow abuses of the dependencies, civil employees and Politicall.

The day of 15 of Julio of 2004.
From the 9 of the manana, 300 people we stood pacificamente in Federal Court 4º, managed to enter commission to meet itself with the Judge and obtained gave the opinion of the judgment of shelter 466/2004 where it solves: to sobreseer the shelter asked for by San Miguel Aloapam. This resolution returns to give the reason us to San Isidro Aloapam on the rights that we have like comuneros.
In the Secretary of Communications and Transports we loosen 100 rats to distract the policias, while 400 occupationbamos people the part where he was the Director so that it took care of the commission and it was committed to respect the Guetza radio and communitarian transport, type suburban, in Tlaxiaco.
In the church of Sto. Domingo, 300 people we protested doing artesanias of mud and with loom of waist while we informed into our problematica and we denounced the repression of the government of Jose Murat.
In the Superior Court of Justice and the offices of the Charro union of the Government of the State, 200 people single we reached to surround it - they managed to close the doors before so that it did not leave any the civil employees and you lead charros. Our actions paralyzed the administrative life of the state, because the own government I order to close the SSA, IEA, SDUCOP, CAO, ADOSAPACO, among others
any civil employee attended our exigency of I engage in a dialog, making clear that the Government of Murat does not want to give the face to face his breaches. Everything indicates that they bet to the repression and violence, to prevent that we arrive at the different places where they made activities of guelaguetza, as it attempt to prevent that llegaramos to the city and development provocations, murders, invasions and threats against us: the 10 of July to 11 at night approximately, were attacked stabs and hurt of death Edgar Torija Perez, when it stuck posters in Etla. The 11 of July PRI members headed by Demetrio Villalobos they violently evacuated to the members of the CIPO-RFM in Sta. Hutulco Cross, of an estate in which we took living from 2001. This I leave wounded to Felicitos Martinez, Elizabeth Moon, Juan Diaz, Perez Assumption, Felix Towers and to the minors: Carolina and Sandra Diaz, Still like a Berta Towers, of 8, 6 and 4 years respectively. The 12 of July to 2 of afternoon we recovered the estate. The 13 of July paramilitary ones of Bright Sta. Monteverde balacearon the community of Yucunicuca Yosonotu and assassinated to Pedro Salazar Cross, in spite of having knowledge of these facts the CEDH, the General Procuraduria of Justice and the Government of the State, to this date nobody to gotten to investigate the facts. The same day policias preventive on board of patrols 630 and 810 they surrounded the community by Sta. Maria Yaviche to prevent the exit of our companeros. The 14 of July again paramilitary ones of Monteverde, strongly armed incursionaron in the places “corral viejo”, “ocote cuate”, “loma larga” and “cantada”, they made firings to the population and they threatened finishes all.

The 16 of Julio of 2004.
From the 9 of the manana our pacificas activities grew.
a) occupationion of the Secretary of Tourism, because they have been responsible for the evacuations of our comrades in Huatulco, as much of the estates as of beaches to where we are going to sell.
b) occupationion of the Procuraduria de Justicia of the State, because they have refused sistematicamente to stop to paramilitary of the Regional Council the Working Urban Farmer of Tuxtepec, CROCUT that they head To stop Toimil Roberts and Jacobo Chavez, in spite of existing you order of apprehension and that we have said to them in many occasions where the paramilitary ones are and that the police coexists with them.
c) Installation of the protest in the church of Sto. Domingo, by means of elaboration of crafts of mud and textile, so that the world finds out the other face of Oaxaca, the majority face of the indigenous, of which we suffered and we are repressed.
d) occupationion of the offices of Caminos and Aeropistas de Oaxaca, CAO.
In all sides we gave documentation and treatment of respectful way to the civil employees, who saw in this attitude a weakness sample and they offended to us.
To two afternoon the offices were left and the protest in Santo Domingo stayed.
To 6 of afternoon in which we initiated crucifixion in the Tree-lined avenue and Since, approximately to 8 at night comenzo occupationion peaceful of the seat of the dance. Half an hour Since I surround the preventive police by the state, judicial and the special forces, so that approximately to 9 at night they initiated the evacuation. Nevertheless, the women, ninos and other estabamos people who there we took ourselves from the hands and we made circulos and of that way we resisted the first attempt pacificamente to run itself that with electricos sticks, lacrimogenos gases and deafening pumps they wanted to do.
Dirigian the evacuation the Lieutenant of Navio Jose M. Vera Saline, Secretary of citizen protection in the state and Captain Brown Manuel Rivas, Director of Security Publishes in the state and ordered that: “a egg sHerenlos” As result of his you order they were wounded:
1) ROLANDO ZEFERINO QUINO, that was removed from the police wall without sense and I recover it until day 17 of July, Since to be in observation 2) ROSEBAY PEREZ CROSS: perdio the sense of orientacion until Since of 6 hours could speak, was in observation, 3) ELIZABETH PeREZ CROSS to that I also stick in the chest the deafening pump and hurt key to him this in observation, 4) SIMoN TINDER APPLE TREE: it was 3 hours without possibility of seeing because of gases. 5) FULVIA DOMINGUEZ MAYORAL, 6) GLORIA BRANCHES TINDER and 7) MELISA FLOWERS TINDER.
To all our wounded we could remove them Since from a strong fight to break through the encirclement. Todavia companeros/as was left 9 that was hurt but slightly.
It is possible to need that both police controls have been bodyguard of Jose Murat and Brown Captain Rivas is the famous one hurt in the questioned attack of Murat Governor.
Now, being the one of the manana of day 17 of July of 2004 we are 500 people in the Seat of the Dance, 200 in the Sto. Seat Domingo, 200 in the tree-lined avenue, next to Cathedral and 200 but in front of palace of government.
The special forces called UPOE are concentrated in the Seat of the Dance. Every time they arrive but policias. They have to us surrounded, single there is an exit of the seat of the dance and this totally covered by special forces UPOE. We are scared that they repress to us
We informed that we come by Justice and we will not go away without having answer, that to them seals our decision of not leaving until governor Jose Murat feels to engage in a dialog with nosotros/as, it is committed to respect the law and it lets protect To stop Toimil and Jacobo Chavez, heads of organizacion paramilitary Regional Advice Working Urban Farmer and of Tuxtepec, CROCUT, are taken care of the agrarian conflicts, commit themselves not to destroy but the forest, gives the municipal participation to the agencies and it is punished to all those that have hurt to us.
To 4 of the manana approximately they retired most of the policia that surrounded the seat by the dance.

17 of 2004 July.
It is spending the second day to be taking care of the dance seat where each year becomes the ritual that marks the beginning of guelaguetza commercial. The night that we occupied it was of blows, tears, gases, wounded, people taken hold of the hand, embracing the hope like shield to resist with dignity in this place that has been marked with the pain the worthy indigenous, that we protested because our culture this being taken single like merchandise.
Finally the government worthy to be received to us. The appointment was to 2 of afternoon in official house, located in the street of Suarez Pine. When arriving us recibio operative impressive of an all type of policias at the control of Lieutenant Jose M. Vera Saline and director of citizen protection Brown Manuel Rivas, that closed the circulation and blocked the accesses.
They let enter the commission to 5 of afternoon and single until the 6 afternoon I appear the governor with gesture badly faced.
Before entering the site of reunion they left private the governor the leaders of COMPA (Coordinadora Magonista Popular Antineoliberal) Samuel Hernandez, Jacqueline Lopez Almazan, Michel Innocent and Alexander Lopez Cross, one hour but late also they left Catarino Pereda Towers and three people but, leaders of call CODECI.
We solicitd that the mass media were integrated to the table, because we do not have anything to hide and any shameful subject to treat. The government acceptance and did not allow either entered one camara filmadora ours.
They were in favor of the Government: Jose Murat, Sergio Segreste and Celestino Alonso, governor of the state, president of the State Commission of Human rights and Secretario of Government respectively. By the communities of the CIPO-RFM and the democraticos workers of the STSPEIDCEO, 62 people of the commission.
The governing attempt to reganar, reason why the way communities sign made him stop making him see of clear way that it did not deal with his employees. Colerico the governor made case a little while single but Since to shouts said that: “No I recognize any agreement with the CIPO-RFM because it is not like other organizations who understand the government and they do not alter orden”, “haganle as they want but I do not go to respect any compromiso” this the commission of the CIPO-RFM I ask nor those of justice, that According to the law must be obeyed? “ninguno”, it said.
The indigenous we asked Sergio Segreste who like podia to allow that the law of that way in its presence forced. Segreste with the bent face stammering: “solo I am called the governor to observe as esto” is solved; and it did not say but. We expressed to him that he acted like procurer.
The commission of the communities I get infuriated myself and he said to him to the governor who debia to honor its word and to fulfill its commitments. Other but they said to him that he respected to the indigenous and that he did not send them to strike but. The widows, huerfanos and injured by the paramilitary ones asked “ to him; because you do not love to act against asesinos?” “ because she protects to paramilitares?” Murat said: “esa is my responsibility, it will act cuado considers it and as it creates it possible. Like a 8: 30 at night I rise and before going away shout: “por its fault no longer I went to the parade of the delegations that dance Monday of the hill, atenganse to consecuencias”
This is the unico that to us I am clear in the answer of the government, to rely us on the consequences, but death, but repression, but pain, but injustice. But also, but resistance and indigenous dignity.

18 and July of 2004.
From the 10 of the manana comenzo with the adornment of the car of calenda and mojigangas (monos/as of cardboard of 3 meters), calculating to leave to 6 afternoon. Until the 2 of afternoon we maintained the denunciation in each one of the four original points: Seat of the Dance, temple of Sto. Domingo, Tree-lined avenue of Leon, in front of the Cathedral, and in front of palace of government.
From the 4 of afternoon beginning concert-it denounces with the youthful band of the CIPO-RFM in each one of the places where the protests are had. Calenda llamada“contra the repression and by the corn criollo” beginning until the 7 at night and recorrio the centricas streets of the city until arriving at night at 9 in front of the government palace, where the dance with the youthful band, of the CIPO-RFM, mojigangas, toritos and calenda, celebration that frame the beginning of guelaguetza indigenous. The dance protest I finish to the midnight and conto with the attendance of thousands of national and foreign visitors who danced with nosotros/as. Single the exaggerated presence of the policia disfigured the festividad.
As to 8 at night the government I summon to reunite us at night to 9 and in sample of will and disposition we decided to attend.
Precise we returned to arrive at official house where the civil employees headed by the Secretary General of government wanted to exchange by justice, al to say that it was not nobody to us of justice but podian to see with the COPLADE, SEDAF and SDUCOP some resources for works. To which we responded indignant that single tratariamos the justice subjects and nothing but.
Since of much insistence ours acceded to put the table of justice for the day Monday 19 to 9 of the manana. This reunion wanted to condition it to that levantaramos the protest, which we said nonsera possible but until the paramilitary ones are jailed.

19 of 2004 July.
Day 19 of July comenzo to 7 of the manana with the fight to obtain that the police wall allowed the water entrance and viveres for foods. The jaloneo I let to our brother Stop Chavez with rasgunos. To 9 of the manana the commission to reunion went to deal with the subjects justice. To 10 each one of the four places where we are planted we prepared to leave course to the Guelaguetza.
To the 11 of the day approximately 800 people with the band, the car of calenda and the Froylan donkey of the IEEPO to the front, we organized in the Temple of Sto. Domingo, took course to zocalo and Since we reached the street of Crespo to arrive at the stairs of the Bunker where thousands of policias hoped to us behind metalicas grates.
We asked for permission to enter and answered: “hay you order that it does not pass anybody of ustedes”.
Who it gave you order them? We asked. The heads. That heads? we insisted. The superior ones, already know who. And they were put inutilmente in guard because we never attacked. Single we shouted our reclamations of justice and punishment to the paramilitary ones. Since that the communities we said our word, as to 13:30 of afternoon we returned to the four places of the protest.
To 14: 30 hrs. They informed that rompio to us reunion with the Secretary General into Justice and the Solicitor of Justice Rogelio Chagoya, this I complete of prepotent way I rise of the table when we began to him to demand halting to paramilitary and the assassins, alleging that that podia not to decide it. We said to him that had determined already justice and to the single one was called on to him to fulfill. Here was where I rise pretextando that we did not send it. It does not have but reunion and is seen that there is will of the no government no longer we say to apply justice, but obey the law. Reason why we continued having the fear of being repressed because we have decided to continue the protests until having solution to our reclamation of justice.
Everything demonstrates that the government protects assassins and paramilitary and he does not take care of indigenous.
All test which they hide to the world the poverty, marginalization, violence, repression and forgetfulness that there is in Oaxaca. They do not want that the tourists know the other face Oaxaca.
The Secretary General of Government said who search in the evening to find a way us. We said that we are going to hope, but no longer think that they fulfill, but thought well that they continue planning the repression.

Very kindly
By the reconstruction and he frees association of our towns
The organizing meeting of the CIPO-RFM

Dolores Villalobos Cuamatzin, Leonor Heredia Marin, Gomez Rosary

Gabriela Perez, Reynaldo Fair, Juan Lopez Takings,

Gumaro Perez Alavez, Leonor Perez Cross, Simon Yllescas Apple tree