A MEDIA
DEFENSE AGENCY OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL
A DEMOCRATIC AND INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS
THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION BY THE FEDERAL ARMY IN COMMUNITIES IN FORMING THE MICHOACAN FNLS
The National Front of Struggle for Socialism (FNLS) reports that on Wednesday February 23 this year, a federal military convoy entered the Indian community Ihuatzio Tzintzuntzan municipality using violence against population. At 9:00 pm assaulted a young group who forced a halt with big words and so arrogant to review with shoving and threats they said they were going to break the mother if not left to the routine.
The next day continued their campaign of harassment, playing house to house and asking parents or mothers to care You want community? The answer they received was unanimous, " not, according to the customs of the community, she can take care of itself." From this day are quartered in a private home in the community without the consent of the civil authorities, ignoring respect for custom, laid down in Article 2 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States, which talks about the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples and the right to the establishment of community police.
Ignoring discontent and discontent of the people set up roadblocks at the entrance to the community, a place known for Sanabria. The special characteristic of the checkpoints are authoritarianism and arrogance with which the target population, preventing the free transit to the municipality and the city of Patzcuaro.
want to reiterate that these events have been occurring in other communities where it operates and the FNLS roots, take days of struggle by denouncing serious human rights violations and constitutional violations by the army and federal police to require the live presentation of the disappeared by the Mexican State is criminalized our struggle.
In this same situation are the communities of Union and Progress Tables, Municipality of Charo. In the first, the first Tuesday of March, at approximately 21:30 am two trucks and two military trucks took over the community, creating anxiety in the population. Currently quartered without the community gives its approval for this, the second, the same day two military vehicles entered the main road through the community, pointing their guns at women, children and the elderly. Once in the last house, turned and with the same authoritative pose withdrew.
This is due to increased violence institutionalized and systematized conducted by the Mexican State justified in the alleged "war war on drugs" where costs are paid by the people, totaling more than 35 000 victims , Besides this the crimes against humanity against social activists, human rights defenders, including the murder of relatives of Josefina Reyes Salazar, Malena, Elias and his wife, Maricela Escobedo, Susana Chavez ... only to denounce and demand justice to the abuses and violations of the Army and Federal Police who directly and indirectly is leading this violent scenario and state terrorism.
Militarization is a strategy, which in practice is the application of a military police state fascist practices. Practices that have been reflected Enforced Disappearances in political and social reasons, the murders, to impose a climate of terror, the creation of paramilitary groups to threaten and intimidate the organized communities.
We hold the federal government for any act of repression, of all crimes committed in Michoacán against social activists, as well as physical and psychological integrity of the members of FNLS, and what may happen in communities which has roots.
agenciesA human rights advocates ask the intervention of his good offices on the above facts, and democratic and independent organizations ask for your solidarity for the dissemination of this report.
For the live presentation of all disappeared by the Mexican state!
Freedom for all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in the country!
Stop state terrorism and violence!
Stop militarization at home!
Front National Struggle for Socialism!
Morelia, Michoacán on March 3, 2011.
