So paramilitaries assault a Zapatista village and the government is asked by an employee of the very same government [its Attorney General] to step in. Surprised? You ought not to - this is how government sponsored chaos works. It's method is to manufacture a mandate for more government presence. I am also including a piece from 1998 speakinf of the connection between Chiapas state-sponsored oppression and the School of the Americas. Is this incident, as well, the work of the SOA? Even indirectly? ============================================================================== Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:47:42 -0400 From: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Chiapas Election Update, 8/9 Sender: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: chiapas-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Chiapas Election Update ******************************* by irlandesa Wednesday, August 9, 2000. Two disturbing pieces of news today. Yajalon 8/9/00 14:00 -0500 According to reports on the ground, the Attorney General of Chiapas, Montoya Lie'vano, stated this afternoon that yesterday he requested direct government intervention in Yajalo'n, following the verification of photographs depicting uniformed and armed persons there (although he never used the term 'paramilitaries'). This followed the violent dislocation of zapatista support bases from their homes in Tierra y Libertad last week by the notorious and recently self-outed paramilitary group Peace and Justice. The PGR (federal Department of Justice), the Army and the Special Prosecutor's Office were called in. Reports received this afternoon indicate that 400 troops moved into El Parai'so predio during the early hours of this morning. Chenalho' In a clear attempt to fan further flames, the municipal president Antonio Arias, PRI, stated today that there were foreigners present in the Polho' camps who were calling for violence. -- To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words unsubscribe chiapas95 (or chiapas95-lite, or chiapas95-english, or chiapas95-espanol) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Previous messages are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html or gopher to Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Economics, Mailing Lists. ============================================================================== ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM (Fort Benning, Georgia, EST) FROM 4:00 PM TO 10:00 PM (GMT- GREENWICH MEAN TIME) http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html Dear sisters and brothers, This time the Winds blow north. This Zapatista FloodNet sit-in is directed against the School of the Americas, which has trained top-level members of the Mexican Army who have subsequently played a key role in the "low-intensity conflict" in the States of Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. Simultaneously, but independently of the School of the Americas Watch (http://www.soaw.org/) who will conduct a civil disobedience action at the school itself on this date. We hope you can join us. *********************************************** NATIONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE EZLN AND CIVIL SOCIETY San Cristobal de las Casas, November 20 - 22, 1998 The Zapatista Army of Naitonal Liberation has accepted the Dialogue proposed by civil society. We know the importance of finding peace for the future of our Patria. The Mexican people have the responsibility to contribute, with proposals and suggestions for the elaboration of a strategy which will help to find new paths towards peace, and to seek a solution to the economic, social and political crisis of the nation. NUEVO AMANECER PRESS-N.A.P. http://www.nap.cuhm.mx/nap0.htm ******************************************* PRESS BULLETIN NOVEMBER 12, 1998 STATEMENT CONCERNING THE COMPREHENSIVE DISARMAMENT LAW The Fray Bartolome de las Casas Human Rights Center, Mexico, in response to the statements by the Substitute Governor Roberto Albores Guillen, made this November 9, and published the following day in the state press, regarding the sending of a proposal to the Congress of the Union, entitled the Comprehensive Disarmament Law, states the following: 1. The climate of violence which prevails in the State, provoked by the paramilitary groups, has flourished, in spite of the disproportionate number of police and military troops who move about in almost every part of the state. And that is without taking into account the operations - of dubious constitutional standing - which those forces carry out, under the pretext of campaigns for enforcing the Federal Firearms and Explosives Law. 2. Following the executive's logic, if the presence of tens of thousands of soldiers and police forces are not sufficient to achieve the disarmament of those paramilitary groups, once and for all, the creation of a "rural police" will not have any effect on those groups which are outside the law, but they could worsen the tensions by increasing the numbers of the security forces, highly questionable for their ineffectiveness and blatant complicity in many cases, through not acting within the law. 3. The different reactions which the Governor's remarks have provoked make it necessary to clearly distinguish between the "armed civilian groups" and the EZLN, who enjoy a particular legal status and the protection afforded them by the Congress of the Union with the Law for Dialogue, Reconciliation and a Dignified Peace in Chiapas. While this law protects and legitimizes one armed group because the demands which led to their use of arms are considered just, the paramilitary groups enjoy no greater legal provisions than the applicable laws. 4. The dissolution of the paramilitary groups would involve explaining the party, and public official, complicities which makes these groups' impunity possible. Because of this, the Governor cannot ignore the fact that, under his administration the paramilitary groups, which he himself now recognizes, have acted with complete freedom. Zapatistas Online http://www.eco.utexas.ed/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html ************************************* NATIONAL CALL TO RESISTANCE! DAY OF ACTION ON NOVEMBER 20TH STAND UP FOR PEACE AND AN END TO THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS! On November 20th two events of significant importance will take place in both Mexico and the United States. 1. A high-level delegation of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation will travel to San Cristobal to meet with national civil society and the legislators commission [the Cocopa]. With civil society they will be making plans to carry out a National Consultation in favor of the Cocopa�s legal initiative on indigenous rights in an effort to unravel the political stalemate which the government has fomented. With the Cocopa they will be holding a long-requested meeting in order to re-establish formal contact. The decision to meet in San Cristobal was made after the EZLN decided that the high level of military harassment against Zapatista communities would not allow the legislators to meet with them in one of the communities. The EZLN has requested the participation of the international Red Cross and civil society in a peace cordon, in order to guarantee the safety of its delegation. 2. In the United States, on November 20-22nd, a massive demonstration will occur against the School of the Americas, an Army training facility which spends $18 million dollars per year preparing Latin American military officers in the techniques of low-intensity warfare. These techniques include the use of counter terrorism, torture, commando tactics, psychological operations, and intelligence-gathering. Mexican military officers now constitute almost 1/3 of the SOA students, and SOA graduates have been involved in counterinsurgency warfare in Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Therefore in the spirit of an active and engaged civil society, we call upon all interested people of good conscience on November 20th to carry out a series of activities, according to their own needs and possibilities, in order to express to both government our widespread concern Americas. The following are for suggestions for action on Novemeber 20th: 1. Organize a demonstration/vigil/public event at a Mexican Consulate, Federal Building or other appropriate targets in your community/city 2. Organize a meeting/dialogue/sit-in/protest with other supporters and allies at the offices of your local Congress people in order to express your concerns about the war in Chiapas, U.S. military aid to Mexico (specifically the SOA) as well as your support for the Zapatistas'actions for peace in Chiapas. 3. Develop a letter/petition to your Congress people expressing the above points. Gather as many signatures as possible from members of your community, churches, organizations, unions, community leaders, etc. and present them to your Congress people and/or a Mexican Consulate on November 20th. 4. Hold a public event to raise consciousness about the Zapatistas' meeting with the COCOPA and civil society; their actions towards peace; the current state of low-intensity war and resulting emergency human rights situation; and the Zapatistas' plan to conduct a National, and possibly international Consulta on Indigenous rights and peace. 5. Organize an email/fax/telephone campaign against Congressional offices and the Mexican Consulates in order to jam their communication lines in order to protest the war, U.S. military aid and express your support for peace in Chiapas. These are but a few suggestions...Nevertheless any actions we can take in as many cities as possible can send a powerful message to both the U.S. and Mexican governments that we do not support their war in Chiapas or the financing of violence, impunity and genocide! For more information please call the NCDM at 323) 254-9550. ********************** THE ZAPATISTA FLOODNET TARGETS SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS November 22, 1998 http://www.thing.net/~rdom/ecd/ecd.html The Electronic Disturbance Theater ******** The A-Infos News Service ******** COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. 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