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Fw: [narconews] Giordano: Massacre in Chiapas



From: David Briones <dave at narconews.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:06:13 -0600
Subject: [narconews] Giordano: Massacre in Chiapas
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November 13, 2006
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Dear Colleagues,

Reporting from Chiapas, Al Giordano documents another massacre
against indigenous civilians: committed early Monday morning in the
town of Viejo Velasco Suarez, near the ancient Maya ruins of Yaxchilan.

There, presumed paramilitaries assassinated 11 civilians: six women,
two men, an eight year old girl, and an infant.

In this report, he documents that Mexican government officials were
warned of the threat prior to the massacre, and did nothing.

Giordano reports:

"The details of the massacre, in a very isolated area, far from urban
and media centers, are still sketchy, but the warning signs that
violence on this scale was brewing in the region have been known by
state and federal officials all along. They were specifically warned
by human rights organizations last July and August, but in lieu of
taking positive action, their police and other agencies merely
aggravated the problems since then.

"...The Frayba Center demanded that government authorities take
measures to 'guarantee the personal security and integrity of the
families' of the four threatened indigenous communities, that they
respect the 1984 agreement and others that granted them their lands,
and that international treaties guaranteeing such protections for
indigenous peoples be respected.

"A few weeks later, representatives of that organization, together
with a delegation of North Americans from Global Exchange, as well as
the NGOs Maderas del Pueblo ("Hardwoods of the People") and Xi' Nich,
went on a fact-finding mission to the afflicted communities. Global
Exchange issued a detailed seven page report, which explains much of
the background history of the conflict and, also, interestingly, the
difficulties and obstacles presented to their attempts to visit the
communities.

"...Instead of taking action to correct the wrongs, the state and
federal governments set in motion the events - and gave signals that
would be received as impunity by the opponents of these communities
that have violently threatened them - that brought about, today, the
massacre of eleven indigenous civilians."

Narco News tonight also publishes .jpg scans of the handwritten
testimony from family members of the assassinated, making them
available to the national and international public and media so that
the true facts of this tragedy come to light.

Read the complete report at The Narco News Bulletin:

http://www.narconews.com

- From somewhere in a country called América,

David Briones
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The Narco News Bulletin
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