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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:21:58 -0500 From: George Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: The PRI vs. the People of Oaxaca, II Oaxaca, la cara del fascismo mexicano, martes el 17 de abril de 2007 Oaxaca, the face of Mexican fascism, Tuesday the 17th of April 2007 Friends, On Friday, 13 April, the so-called Bank, Industrial and Commercial Auxiliary Police arrested (more accurately kidnapped) a young man who has been active in the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca. I posted a report about that at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oaxacastudyactiongroup/message/2658 .Two days later a Sunday newspaper report gives further information about his abduction. He had still not been released yesterday so far as I know, and the authorities are charging him with drug possession, quite evidentally a contrived charge. The report follows, with a translation. An earlier article, a first-hand report by Nancy Davies based on her presence Sunday at the demonstration in support of David Venegas Reyes, the captive, is on the Narco News site at http://www.narconews.com/Issue45/article2627.html . The subheadline of Nancy's report (just below) is also worth noting. Even this ever-hesitant bishop was finally led to point to the racket of the government, jailing people on fraudulent charges and then collecting a ton of money for them to be bailed out. From what I know about the situation here, that money will never be accounted for and never returned. Another form of government theft. Another Member of APPO Arrested in the Continuing Struggle for Justice "The Government Fabricates a Crime and Then Sells the Prisoner his Freedom," Says the Bishop of Oaxaca About Actions of Government And here's the Sunday newspaper report (original followed by translation): NOTICIAS Domingo 15 de Abril de 2007, pa'gina 8A Hasta Anoche no Rendi'a Declaracio'n Pone PABIC a "El Alebrije" a disposicio'n de UMAN Octavio Ve'lez Ascencio El consejero estatal de la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), David Venegas Reyes "fue torturado" por agentes de la Polici'a Auxiliar, Bancaria, Industrial y Comercial (PABIC), despue's de ser detenido anteayer al mediodi'a en inmediaciones del Parque Jua'rez El Llano. "El compa~ero tiene las huellas en el cuerpo de ese trato inhumano e ilegal de los polici'as del tirano (el gobernador Ulises Ruiz Ortiz)", dijo uno de los portavoces del movimiento popular, Ca'stulo Lo'pez Pacheco. El vocero expuso que el consejero, conocido como El Alebrije, antes de ser presentado a una autoridqd ministerial, fue sometido a un interrogado "entre una golpiza" para responder a sus preguntas. "Ya pudo hablar con sus familiares y con algunos compa~eros y conto' que durante seis horas lo estuvieron golpeando para que diera informes sobre la APPO, sobre quienes son los consejeros, cual es la posicio'n poli'tica de cada uno de ellos y en do'nde se encuentran sus domicilios", se~alo'. NOTICIAS Sunday 15 April 2007, page 8A Until Last Night no Declaration [of charges] was presented PABIC places "El Alebrije" at the disposition of UMAN Octavio Ve'lez Ascencio David Venegas Reyes, state councilor of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), "was tortured" by agents of the Auxiliary, Bank, Industrial and Commercial Police (PABIC), after being arrested the day before yesterday at midday in the neighborhood of the El Llano Jua'rez Park. One of the spokesmen of the popular movement, Ca'stulo Lo'pez Pacheco said, "Our companion has marks on his body from that inhumane and illegal treatment by the police of the tyrant (governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz)." The spokesman explained that the councilor, known as El Alebrije, before being presented to a ministerial authority, was subjected to an interrogation "[administered] with a beating" to [make him] respond to their questions. He said, "I was already able to talk with his relatives and with some companions and I know that during six hours they beat him in order that he give information about APPO, about who the councilors are, what is the political position of each one of them and where they can find their homes." Incluso, menciono' que "fue obligado a golpes" por la polici'a para dejarse fotografiar con la droga supuestamente encontrada entre sus ropas al momento de su detencio'n. "Lo estuvieron paseando, le pusieron una capucha para que no viera; de ahi' lo obligaron a golpes a que se dejara tomar las fotos que publicaron los medios de comunicacio'n", apunto'. Venegas Reyes, fue arrestado por elementos de la Pabic alrededor de las 13:30 horas frento a los juzgados federales y posteriormente subido a una camioneta Ford, pick up, color rojo, sin placas de circulacio'n, que se desplazo' por la Avenida Jua'rez. En un comunicado, la Secretari'a de Proteccio'n Ciudadana (Seproci), informo' que Venegas Reyes fue detenido por insultar a los ocupantes de una patrulla en avenida Jua'rez e Hidalgo esquina que no existe en la ciudad , y al ser revisado supuestamente se le encontro' entre sus ropas 30 gramos de cocai'na y dos bolsas con "chinches" de heroi'na. Also he mentioned that "he was forced by beating" by the police to submit to being photographed with the drugs supposedly found in his clothing at the moment of his arrest. He pointed out, "What they were doing to him, they put a hood on him so that he could not see. Then they beat him so that he submitted to them taking photos that they published in the media." Venegas Reyes was arrested by agents of the PABIC about 13:30 in front of the federal court and subsequently put into a red Ford van, a pick up, without license plates, that took off on Jua'rez Avenue. In a communication, the Secretary of Citizen Protection (SEPROCI), said that Venegas Reyes was arrested for insulting the occupants of a patrol vehicle at Jua'rez Avenue and Hidalgo a corner that doesn't exist in the city and on being searched, 30 grams of cocaine and two bags with "bedbugs" of heroin were found. [I think that's the translation of the slang term "chinches".] Sin embargo, Lo'pez Pacheco acuso' que PABIC "cargo" a El Alebrije porque su compa~ero "no es drogadicto ni narcotraficante". "Como no teni'an que delito que imputarle, los polici'as le pusieron droga", asento'. Antes el supuesto hallazgo, se~alo', Venegas Reyes fue presentado en la Unidad Mixta de Atencio'n el Narcomenudeo (UMAN), operada por las procuraduri'as general de la Repu'blica (PGR) y de Justicia del Estado (PGJE), donde hasta anoche au'n no se defini'a se podi'a salir mediante una caucio'n. Venegas Reyes, coordino' la instalacio'n de las barricadas en la zona poniente de la ciudad, especialmente la de Brenamiel, uno de los u'ltimos reductos de la APPO que cayo' tras el ingreso de la Polici'a Federal Preventiva (PFP) en octubre del a~o pasado. However, Lo'pez Pacheco accused PABIC of "planting" [the drugs] on El Alebrije because his companion "is not a drug addict or a narco-trafficker." He affirmed, "Since they had no crime to charge him with, the police planted the drugs." In view of the supposed discovery, he indicated, Venegas Reyes was presented to the Combined Unit for Attention to Narcotics Trafficking (UMAN), operated by the Federal Attorney General (PGR) and the State Attorney General (PGJE), where until last night still had not specified if he could be released on bail. Venegas Reyes coordinated the installation of the barricades in the western zone of the city, especially that of Brenmiel, one of the last bastions of the APPO. It fell when the Federal Preventive Police (PFP) entered in October of last year. ________________________________________________________________________________ All comments and criticisms are [EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you want to be off my e-mail list, please let me know. 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