Media Advisory
August 9, 2011
From: LA Committee to Stop FBI Repression
E-mail: stopfb...@gmail.com
Website: www.stopfbila.net and www.stopfbi.net
Contacts: Javier Sanroman (714) 606-7280
Natividad Carrera (818) 331-2710
CARLOS MONTES Case Ordered Transferred to LA Criminal Court for hearing on
August 12!
Attorney will demand return of political and personal property and FBI
communications with LA Sheriffs.
Los Angeles, CA, on Friday, August 12, 8:30 am at the Criminal Courts Bldg.
Department 100, 210 West Temple Avenue, LA. Attorney Jorge Gonzalez,
representing Carlos Montes will demand return of his property and political
documents that were seized by police. Also will seek communications between FBI
and LA Sheriffs.
Carlos Montes previously appeared in Alhambra Court July 6, and declared
himself Not Guilty on 6 felony charges, dealing with alleged firearms code
violations.
On May 17, 2011 at 5 am, the FBI, along with the LA Sheriff's SWAT team,
carrying automatic weapons, raided Carlos Montes’ home seizing his computer,
cell phones, and files documenting decades of political work. Montes was
arrested and released on bail the following morning.
Mick Kelly, will be present and available for interviews, his home was raided
by the FBI, on September 24, 2010, along with other peace activists, and is
currently under FBI investigation.
Carlos Montes is a nationally respected leader in the Chicano, immigrant
rights, and antiwar movements. Carlos Montes is a veteran activist known for
his leadership of the 1968 East Los Angeles education reform movement (see film
Walkout), the historic Chicano Moratorium against the U.S. war in Vietnam, and
the recent immigrants’ rights mega-marches of 2006. Carlos Montes was a
co-founder of the Brown Berets, a Chicano youth organization that stood for
justice, equality, and self-determination.
With the 2003 Bush administration war and occupation of Iraq, Montes helped
form and lead L.A. Latinos Against War. In recent years, Carlos helped initiate
and organize the Southern California Immigration Coalition, to fight against
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and police repression.
Supporters will pack the court room and will march in front of courthouse
carrying large banners and picket signs.
For more information about the case, visit www.stopfbi.net.
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