> de Solidaridad con Chiapas y Mexico. > ====================================== > /* Written 2:57 AM Feb 10, 1995 by laneta:gilberto in igc:reg.mexico */ > /* ---------- "****urgent action Mexico****" ---------- */ > Dear friends > > This is an urgent call for action in solidarity with Mexico and Chiapas. > Thursday, the Mexican president, Ernesto Zedillo announced that several > members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) had been > arrested. He also said that he will call for an extraordinary period of > sessions of the Mexican Congress (which is under the control of the > ruling PRI). In a press conference at 8 pm, a spokesman for the Federal > Prosecutor's Office (PGR) explained how the Zapatistas were cought, > and claimed to have discovered the real identity of Subcommandor > Marcos. > > With this move, the government shows that it doesn't want to handle > this affaire as a political case of people's rebelion as it had until now. > This is in fact a declaration of war against the Zapatistas and, thus, > against the indians in Chiapas. > > We urge you to mobilize in front of Mexican embassies, consulates > trade offices, cultural centres and other similar places to demand > that the Mexican army takes no offensive action against the EZLN. > > Demonstrators should also insist that the human rights of the prisoners > be respected, because the Mexican police has a long history of torture > and violations to basic rights. > > Please do act immediatel > > > ====================================== > Harry Cleaver > Department of Economics > University of Texas at Austin > Austin, Texas 78712-1173 > USA > > Phone Numbers: (hm) (512) 442-5036 > (off) (512) 471-3211 > Fax: (512) 471-3510 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================== > >
