> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 26 21:20 PST 1997 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This is the second message (Eyes on Mexico) > > >Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:53:44 -0500 (EST) > >From: Amnesty International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: ua: ; > >Subject: UA 86/97 Mexico > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > >Essential accents for this e-mail version: > > > >Acute accent on o in Lopez > > on a in Hernandez > > on second a in Petatan > > > >Tilde on second n in Montana (region) > >Acute accent on e in Mexico > > > >Acute accent on a in Hernandez, i in Diaz (Attorney General) > > > > > > > >EXTERNAL AI Index: AMR 41/15/97 > > > >UA 86/97 Extrajudicial Execution/Fear for safety 26 March 1997 > > > >MEXICO: Guadalupe Valentino Lopez Carrasco, teacher, aged 50 - killed > > Nicasia Hernandez Petatan (f), teacher, aged 52 - killed > > > > Granddaughter of the victims, aged 5, witness to killing > > Colleague of the victims, witness to killing > > > > > >Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the apparent extrajudicial > >execution of Guadalupe Valentino Lopez Carrasco and his wife, Nicasia > >Hernandez Petatan, who were killed on 23 March 1997 in La Montana region of > >the state of Guerrero. Both were members of the Partido de la Revolucion > >Democratica, (PRD), Party of the Democratic Revolution, a legal opposition > >party. There are fears for the safety of the couple's five-year-old > >granddaughter and a friend of theirs, who witnessed the brutal murders. > > > >Guadalupe Valentino Lopez Carrasco was mayor of the municipality of > >Malinaltepec, in the state of Guerrero, between 1993 and 1996. Both he and > >his wife were teachers and defenders of indigenous people's rights in La > >Montana region. They had received death threats relating to these > >activities. > > > >On 23 March 1997 at 5.30pm, the couple, along with their granddaughter and > >a friend, were returning to Malinaltepec when the van they were driving > >was intercepted by two armed men, allegedly linked to the local > >authorities. They were both shot in the head from point-blank range. None > >of their possessions were stolen. > > > >Amnesty International is deeply alarmed by the murder and the threat now > >faced by the witnesses. It is calling on the authorities to guarantee the > >safety of the witnesses and for a full and prompt investigation resulting > >in the perpetrators being brought to justice. > > > >BACKGROUND INFORMATION > > > >Amnesty International has documented dozens of cases of serious human > >rights violations against members of the PRD, peasant and community > >activists as well as human rights defenders. The increase in security force > >operations to quell recent guerrilla activities has often meant that those > >people or groups who publicly dissent from the governing party, the > >Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Institutional Revolutionary > >Party, are presumed to be members of guerrilla groups and are targeted for > >human rights abuses. This is especially true in the state of Guerrero where > >a climate of systematic human rights violations and impunity prevails. > > > >Bertoldo Martinez Cruz, secretary of the Human Rights Committee of the > >PRD, is presently being detained for his grass roots activism (see EXTRA > >91/96, AMR 41/26/96, 11 June 1996, and follow-ups). Gregorio Alfonso Alvarado > >Lopez, a teacher, trade unionist and Indian rights activist "disappeared" > >in September 1996 and has not been seen since (see UA 237/96, AMR 41/61/96, > >8 October 1996). > > > >RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send telegrams/telexes/faxes/airmail letters in > >Spanish or your own language: > > > >- calling for a prompt and full investigation of the extrajudicial > >killing of Guadalupe Valentino Lopez Carrasco and Nicasia Hernandez > >Petatan; > >- urging that those found responsible be brought to justice; > >- expressing grave concern for the safety of the two witnesses to the > >killings and calling for immediate steps to be taken to ensure their > >safety; > >- asking for details of any progress made in investigations of similar > >human rights violations against grass roots activists; > >- expressing deep alarm about the continuing human rights violations > >in the state of Guerrero and the apparent lack of effective action on the > >part of the authorities to stop them and to end the impunity currently > >enjoyed by most perpetrators. > > > >APPEALS TO: > > > >Lic. Emilio Chuayffet Chemor > >Secretario de Gobernacion > >Secretaria de Gobernacion > >Bucarelli 99, 1er piso > >Col Juarez, 06699 Mexico DF, MEXICO > > Telegrams: Secretario de Gobernacion, Mexico DF, Mexico > > Faxes: + 52 5 546 5350 > > Salutation: Sr. Secretario / Dear Minister > > > >Lic. Antonio Hernandez Diaz (Attorney General of Guerrero State) > >Procurador del Estado de Guerrero > >Carretera Nacional Mexico-Acapulco Km. 6.300 > >CP 39.000, Chilpancingo > >Guerrero, MEXICO > > Telegrams: Sr. Procurador, Guerrero, Mexico > > Faxes: + 52 747 223 28 (voice line: ask "el tono de fax, por favor") > > Salutation: Sr. Procurador/ Dear Attorney > > > >Angel Heladio Aguirre Rivero (Interim Governor of Guerrero) > >Gobernador Interino del Estado de Guerrero > >Palacio de Gobierno > >Plaza Primer Congreso de Anahuac > >39000 Chilpancingo > >Guerrero, Mexico > > Telegrams: Gobernador Aguirre, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico > > Faxes:+ 52 747 23072 (voice line: ask "el tono de fax, por favor") > > Salutation: Sr. Gobernador / Dear Governor > > COPIES TO: > > > >Her Excellency Sandra Fuentes-Berain > >Ambassador of Mexico > >45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1500 > >Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4 > > Fax: (613) 235-9123 > > > >Sr. Editor > >La Jornada (daily newspaper) > >Balderas 68 > >06050 Mexico D.F., MEXICO > > > >Senores > >Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel (human rights organization) > > Agustin Pro Juarez, AC > >CP 06700, Mexico D.F. > >Mexico, MEXICO > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING PROMPTLY TO THIS CALL FOR ACTION. > > > > > >--- > >AICS(ES) UA Network --- Electronic Mail Distribution > >Coordinator: Marilyn McKim (Toronto Regional Office) > >tel: 929-0488...fax: 929-0539...e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >* Surf our Web site! <URL:http://www.amnesty.org/> * > > > > "Better to light a candle than curse the darkness" > > >
