And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. Comments and volunteers are welcome. Write [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:40:04 -0400 From: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Urgent Action re: Chiapas Detainees Sender: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 1-NAP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chiapas-i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chiapas-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, enlace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Originally published in Spanish by the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Human Rights Center <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________ Translated by irlandesa Date: Wednesday, June 9, 1999 18:41:13 +0000 From: Centro de Derechos Humanos FBC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This Human Rights Center is calling urgently for telephone calls and faxes, urging the release of Manuel Perez Constantino and Jesus Hernandez Gutierrez, members of Xi'Nich, which we described in our Urgent Action bulletin of this June 3. On June 10 at 9:00 AM, the constitutional time period will expire for resolving the legal situation of these two men. The judge of the criminal branch of the judicial district of Las Casas is studying the legal process that was initiated for the crimes of criminal association and attacks on communications networks against Manuel Perez Constantino and Jesus Hernandez Gutierrez, tzeltal indigenous, and members of the Xi'Nich indigenous organization. During the course of this week, the indigenous' defense was providing elements that absolutely demonstrate that the accused had not participated in the incidents with which they are charged. The defense also observed that the prosecutor concealed from the judge facts concerning the arbitrary detention of the detainees, since it was included in the procedural evidence that the Public Ministry agent saw the detainees in the status of statement making on June 2, and not on June 1, as actually occurred. When the defense reviewed the case drawn up by the Public Ministry, they determined that the crime of criminal association had not in any way been proven, nor was the presence of the accused demonstrated in the crime of attacks against communications networks. For these reasons, the defense met with the judge today, in order to speak to him about these circumstances, and to request that, when resolving the detainees' legal situation tomorrow, he resolve by declaring Manuel Perez Constantino and Jesus Hernandez Gutierrez free, due to lack of evidence to prosecute them. We urgently ask all of you to make calls and send faxes to: Noe Castanon Leon President of the Supreme Court of the State of Chiapas Tuxtla Gutierrez Fax: (52 961) 6 53 50 Governor of Chiapas Lic. Roberto Albores Guillen Av. Central 1 Oriente Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas C.P. 29009 Fax: (52 961) 2 09 17 ******************************** ENLACE CIVIL A.C. Calle Ignacio Allende 4 29200 San Cristobal de Las Casas Chiapas, Mexico Telephone and Fax: 52-967-82104 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONSULT OUR WEB PAGE, WITH NEW INFORMATION EVERY 15 DAYS: http://www.enlacecivil.org.mx http://laneta.apc.org/enlacecivil Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&