INDIGENOUS GUELAGUETZA, DIGNITY THAT FIGHTS
After the threat of the governor Jose Murat respect
to rely us on the consequence, the night of the 17 of Julio thousands
of police they surrounded with metallic fences the long waits that we
have in four points of the city.
The activities day 18 of July were increased: Until the 2
afternoon the long waits in the four original points stayed:
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 10 in the morning one began with the adornment of the
car of calenda and mojigangas (monos/as of cardboard of 3 meters), to
leave to 7 afternoon.
To 4 afternoon a concert with the youthful band of the CIPO-RFM
in the temple of Santo occurred to the time that explained the reason
of the protests. The same it was made in the other places where
it was protested.
Calenda beginning to 7 at night and crossed the centric 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 marked
initiated of guelaguetza indigenous. The dance protest finished
to the midnight and counted on the attendance of thousands of national
and foreign visitors. Single the exaggerated presence of the
police disfigured the festividad.
To 8 of the night the government summoned to meeting to as we
arrived and 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 could see with the COPLADE, SEDAF and
SDUCOP some resources for works. To which we responded indignant
that single we would deal with the subjects justice and nothing else.
After much insistence ours Mondays 19 to 9 acceded in the
morning to a meeting for the day. This meeting wanted to
condition it to that we raised the protest, which we said will not be
possible but until the paramilitary ones are jailed.
Day 19 of July began to 7 in the morning with the fight to
obtain that the police wall allowed to the water entrance and food for
the foods, that let to our brother Stop Chávez with scratches.
Each one of the four places where we are planted we prepared to
leave.
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 the socle and
later we reached the street of Crespo to arrive at the stairs of the
Bunker where thousands of police hoped to us behind metallic grates.
We asked for permission to enter and answered: “hay
you order that it does not pass anybody of ustedes”.
Who issued the orders? The heads. That heads?
we insisted. The superior ones, already know who.
And they were put uselessly in guard because we never attacked.
Single we shouted our reclamations of justice and punishment to
the paramilitary ones. We spoke by the microphone saying:
“De all Mexico and Oaxaca, the Popular Indigenous Council
of Oaxaca “Ricardo Magón” Flowers; CIPO-RFM of but
we are repressed by police and the paramilitary ones. Until
today we counted: 517 detenidos/as and torturados/as; 103
paramilitary incursions of police and; 81 orders of
apprehension; 229 penal, civil and mercantile processes;
27 assassinated, 263 lesionados/as, 37 threatened of death;
and Raul Gatica, hidden by the attempts of murder that suffers,
in addition to many displaced ones from fear of being assassinated or
being jailed.
Today since for 500 years the reclamations have been of:
1. - Peace with justice and dignity 2. - Respect to
the autonomy in the communities of the CIPO-RFM. 3. -
Disappearance of paramilitary of the CROCUT and punishment to
its leaders To stop Toimil and Jacobo Chávez, that 16/octubre/03
killed to Bartholomew Rooms and hurt of bullet to 9 men and women;
to Torch Farmer who 11/ago/02 assassinated 2 children and hurt
34 women; to those of Sta. Lucia Monteverde that 13/marzo and
12/jul/04 assassinated to 2, in addition 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, democratic
elections and respect to socioeconómicas benefits retained 2 years to
democratic of the STSPEIDCEO. 8. - Municipal
Participation, in addition schools, doctors, 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.
With died and hurt we paid the present pacific protests:
10/jul/04 in Etla, was hurt of death Edgar Torija.
11/jul/04 in Sta. Huatulco Cross, PRI members directed by
Demetrio Villalobos hurt to 8, among them to the children Carolina and
Sandra Diaz Hernandez and to Brenda Towers. 13/jul/04
paramilitary of Sta. Lucia Monteverde assassinated to Pedro Salazar
Cross. 16/jul/04 in the seat of the dance of Oaxaca, police of
the special forces to control of the military Jose M. Vera Salinas and
Brown Manuel Rivas, with tear gases, toletes electrical and deafening
pumps leave to wounds to Elizabeth Perez, Rosebay Perez, Simón
Yllescas; Fulvia Domínguez, Gloria Branches, Melisa Flores and
Rolando Zeferino, taken care of in the civil hospital Aurelio
Valdivieso.
17/jul/04 we showed to will hoping 4 hours the governor and this
it dealed with to us racist and offensive way: “No I
recognize no agreement with the CIPO-RFM because it is not like other
organizations who respect the government and they do not alter
orden”, the widows, orphans and injured by the
paramilitary ones asked “ to him; because you do not love
to act against asesinos?” “ because she
protects to paramilitares?” before going away shout like
answer: “aténganse the consequences, by its fault no
longer I went to the parade of the delegations that dance Monday of
cerro”.
From this threat, our protest in the Temple of Sto. Domingo, the
Seat of the dance, Tree-lined avenue from Leon and Frente to
government palace was surrounded with metallic fences and police that
in operative never sight they prevented that we arrived at the
Guelaguetza audience. Now in the long waits they do not let to
us pass water and the police causes in each short while.
Everything demonstrates that the government protects assassins
and paramilitary and he does not take care of natives.
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.
To 14: 30 hrs. the meeting was broken with the
Secretary General of Justice and the Solicitor of Justice Rogelio
Chagoya, this last one of prepotent way rose of the table when we
began to him to demand halting to paramilitary and the assassins,
alleging that that could not decide it. We said to him that it
had decided it justice already and to the single one it was called on
to him to fulfill. Here it was where I rise pretextando that we
did not send it.
There is no more meeting and it 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.
By the organizing meeting of the CIPO-RFM
LEONOR LOPEZ ALAVEZ
COMMUNICATION AREA.
Oaxaca, Oax., July 19 of 2004.