> >From moonlight Wed Feb 15 19:44:51 1995 > Received: (from moonlight) by igc2.igc.apc.org (8.6.9/Revision: 1.9 ) id TAA03804 >for moonlight; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 19:44:46 -0800 > Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 19:44:46 -0800 > From: National Commission for Democracy in Mexico <moonlight> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: moonlight > Subject: Press Release > Status: RO > > PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > CONTACT: Cecilia Rodriguez Tel: 915-532-8382 > Maria Jimenez Tel 713-926-2786 > > > NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY IN MEXICO USA > > NATIONAL DAY FOR PEACE IN MEXICO > NATION-WIDE MOBILIZATION CALLED FOR FRIDAY > > 2/15/95 The virtual civil war declared by Mexican > president Ernesto Zedillo has unleashed a wave of > political repression unseen since the late 1960s. In > recent days, the Mexican Army has bombed and strafed > civilian communities in Chiapas. Dozens of political > detainees have been tortured and threatened into > signing false confessions, and forced to name-names of > alleged members of the Zapatista Army of National > Liberation (EZLN). Reports of dozens of fatalities and > an unconfirmed number of casualties have begun to > filter through the military imposed information > blockade. > Zedillos announcement of a halt to military > operations and the resignation of Chiapas governor > Eduardo Robledo yesterday, has done nothing to end the > state of siege griping the nation. Mexican and > international human rights organizations fear that the > recent harassment and intimidation of legal > non-governmental economic development and civic groups > are a sign that Zedillo is willing to take desperate > measures in order to restore investor confidence in the > viability of Mexicos one party state. > Responding to appeals for international support > from human rights and civil rights groups in Mexico, > the El Paso based National Commission for Democracy In > Mexico has called for a NATIONAL DAY FOR PEACE IN > MEXICO. According to National Commission Coordinator > Cecilia Rodriguez, community groups, students, > religious communities and peace groups around the > country are coordinating civic actions to target US > government and commercial institutions most responsible > for the economic destabilization of Mexico, policies > leading to the violation of the constitutional rights > of Mexican citizens, international human rights > standards, and ultimately the massacre if indigenous > communities in Chiapas. > Demanding an end to the military presence in > Chiapas, and the onerous political and economic policy > impositions of US and international financial > institutions, the Clinton Administration and Congress, > protesters will gather near the offices of the Chase > Manhattan Bank, International Monetary Fund, World > Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Mexican Embassy and > consulate offices in cities across the country on > Friday, February 17,1995. > > > > National Commission for Democracy in Mexico, USA, 601 > N. Cotton St., El Paso, Texas 79902 > > >
