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Note of press of the Platform of Solidarity with Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guatemala of Madrid on the occurred thing in Sta. Maria de Yaviche

Madrid.
18 of October of 2003.

SUBJECT: A DEAD And EIGHT HURT IN PARAMILITARY ATTACK IN YAVICHE SANTA MARIA, (OAXACA, MEJICO)

PRESS NOTE


Thursday 16 of October to 11.30 of the manana a group armed of paramilitary I attack the community of Santa Maria de Yaviche in the Oaxaca state in Mejico, assassinating to a person and hurting of gravity to other eight.

The community zapoteca that belongs to Popular the indigenous Council of Oaxaca, "Ricardo Flowers Magon" CIPO- RFM "brutally was attacked by paramilitary of the commanded CROCUT Stopping Toimil Roberts in alliance with another group armed in Tanetze de Zaragoza, to the control of Jacobo Chavez Tinder and civil employees of high level of the Government of the State as Secretary of indigenouss Subjects is the case of Candido Coheto present Martinez, Mauro Franciso Mendez Undersecretary of indigenouss Subjects and habia threatened previously. The threats were denounced to the authorities in spite of which they do not habian taken no measurement from protection.

Grief that immediately communicated the facts to the governor of the State, to the Secretary of Government, the one of citizen protection and Human rights, until the dawn of 17 the wounded was not taken care of.

At the moment the community of single Yaviche this being protected by 50 elements of the preventive policia and fears the renewal of the attacks in this and other communities of the zone.

Two cooperators espanoles David White Lopez and M. Jose Extremera were in the community when she was attacked. David profit to leave alli and has requested the intervention of the ambassador of Espana in Mejico for the protection of its wife and of the rest of the community.

Popular the indigenous Council of Oaxaca demands:

1, Immediate halting and punishment yet the weight of the law to those who organized, ordered and executed the aggression against our brothers, because it tested already this.

2, Immediate destitution of the Governor of the State of Oaxaca Jose Murat, the secretary of Interior Hector Anuar Mafud to be the promoters of the violence and repression against the indigenouss towns.

3, Immediate dismantling of the paramilitary groups that operate in the North Mountain range under the command To stop Toimil and Jacobo Chavez.

Platform of Solidarity with Chiapas of Madrid.

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