> Subject: (Eng) Deaths, Arrests and Court > > /* Written 10:48 PM Feb 16, 1995 by moonlight in igc:reg.mexico */ > /* ---------- "(Eng) Deaths, Arrests and Court" ---------- */ > 0[B > La Jornada, Feb. 15, pg. 13 > > *Suspicions that the Mexican Army had casualties* > *Some 20 bodies were taken to Comitan and Tuxtla* > > Oscar Camacho Guzman, reporter, Comitan, Chiapas, Feb. 14 > > Some twenty bodies were brought last Sunday to the military > base in Comitan, apparently from the conflict zone, and > taken immediately to Tuxtla Gutierrez, according to a woman > who said she was the wife of an official in the Mexican > Army. > > Upon the condition of remaining anonymous, the woman > talked with three reporters to whom she confided that on > Sunday she went to the military air base in Copalar, in > order to ask about her husband. She was not given any > information about the place and mission to which he had been > sent. > > She said that while she was waiting, she noticed that > "some twenty" bodies were being taken from various > helicopters. The bodies were covered with white sheets > stained with blood. > > The informant said that paramedics inspected the bodies > before they were sent to the state capital, Tuxtla > Gutierrez. > > In response to questioning, the woman responded that > she could not tell if the bodies were Zapatistas, military > personnel or civilians. > > However, she showed her concern for the fact that she > had been denied all information about the whereabouts of her > husband. It made her think that it could have been soldiers > or officers, since never before had she been denied > information about the whereabouts of her husband. La Jornada, Feb. 15 pg. 19 > > *The case's competence is expected to be accepted* > *The Toluca judges receive the cases of the supposed > Zapatistas* > > Gloria Perez Mendoza, correspondent, Toluca, Mexico, Feb. 14 > > The second and third criminal district courts located in > this city received today cases #595 and 1895, which are the > supposed militants of the Zapatista National Liberation Army > (EZLN), Jorge Javier Elorreaga Berdegue, Jorge Santiago > Santiago, and Sebastian Etzin Gomez. > > The third district judge, Diogenes Cruz Figueroa, > reported that with respect to the case #1895 which is > against Etzin Gomez, alleged link betwen subcommandante > Marcos as well as Santiago Santiago and Jorge Elorreaga, > alias Vicente, probable leaders of the EZLN accused of > sedition, mutiny, rebellion, terrorism, and conspiracy, he > has six days to decide whether he will take the case or not. > He stated this after having visited with the Federal Public > Minister. > > Similarly, in the second district court, it was > reported that with regards to case #595, developed by the > second district court in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, against > the indigenous tzeltal Etzin Gomez for the crime of carrying > a firearm made exclusively for the use of the army, air > force and navy, the judge will decide within six days of > having seen the federal MP whether he will take the case. > > He stated taht it is probable that both judges will > accept the cases, due to the fact that the judge of the > first district located in Tuxtla Gutierrez declined to take > the case. Likewise the second district court in Toluca also > declined, after the prisoners were transported from the > Federal Center of Social Readaptation in almoloya de Juarez, > located in this city. La Jornada, Feb. 1 pg. 45 > > *A Conventioneer arrested: OCISZ* > *The Army making incursions into the hills of Zongolica; > searches in Xalapa* > > Manuel Enriquez, correspondent, Xalapa, Ver., Feb. 14 > > Leaders of the Independent Peasant Organization of the Hills > of Zongolica stated that since last Sunday the Mexican Army > has made incursions in this hilly area of the state, and > that their representative to the National Democratic > Convention, (CND) Alejandro Salas Romero, disappeared last > Thursday, when 15 armed people with artillery weapons > intercepted him in the mountains. > > In another area, in the home in Yanga, where the alleged > Zapatista arsenal was found, the Federal Judicial Police has > increased its viligence, and according to neighbors, today > used equipment was removed, including a trascavo. The local > reporters were forbidden to take pictures. > > Gregorio Tzitizhua Quechulpa and Berto Xoxua Mendez, leaders > of OCISZ, affirmed that hundreds of soldiers have entered > the hills of Zongolica, and ask for the leaders in each > community. > > The State Democratic Convention (CED) and the Association > for the Defense of Human Rights in Veracruz accused the > government of initiating a harrassment campaign against some > social activists, like Artemio Rios, an "active" member of > the CED. > > Meanwhile, in Xalapa, the Federal Judicial Police continues > the searches of private homes. Yesterday it ordered a > search of the meat processing company La Fuente and the > Superfiesta general store. In the first business, they > forced the locks of the steel fence, with the argument that > they were looking for more Zapatista "arsenals", although > they did not find any. > > Later they went to other places to continue the searches. > Some local newspapers reported that the PJE had installed > checkpoints in diverse points of the state. > > > (translated by Cindy Arnold, volunteer, National Commission for Democracy in MeMexico > ) > >
