And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 08:19:53 -0600 (CST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiapas95-english) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: En;The White Book (LaJornada column),Dec.24 > >This message is forwarded to you as a service of Zapatistas Online. > > >Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:38:55 -0500 >From: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: La Jornada: column re: the White Book >Sender: irlandesa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: chiapas-l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, chiapas-i <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Originally Published in Spanish by La Jornada >____________________ >Translated by irlandesa > > >December 24, 1998. > >The Chapel > >Luis Javier Garrido > >The purported "investigation" by Ernesto Zedillo's government into the >Acteal massacre of December 22, 1997, released one year later by the >Attorney General, Jorge Madrazo, constitutes a new affront to the relatives >of the victims, an offense against reason, but, above all, a gauntlet >thrown to the international community. > >1. The new report, concerning the assassination of 45 persons in the >municipality of Chenalho, tries to conceal that it was a State operation, >perfectly planned and calculated, but it does not manage to do anything >more than demonstrate the fear of those who govern of being accused of this >crime against humanity. > >2. The international community knows the undemocratic nature of the >Mexican regime well; very few are unaware of the criminal activities of >those who have governed during the last administrations, and almost the >entire world knows that Attorney General Madrazo forms part of the little >group of lawyers brought up by Carpizo, who have scaled public offices in >exchange for covering up the illicit acts of the powers, making an >objective investigation unimaginable; nor could those truly responsible be >expected to be brought to justice. The White Book of the Attorney >General's Office of the Republic (PGR), which tries to exonerate federal >authorities and to blame the victims, is, nonetheless, a failed act, which >does nothing more than confirm the criminal responsibility of Ernesto >Zedillo, of advisor Adolfo Orive and of General Enrique Cervantes Aguirre >(the head of Defense), in the preparation, execution and cover-up of the >crime. > >3. The Acteal massacre was to be a message of extermination by the >government to the zapatista communities, but it did not end up being the >"perfect crime" it was intended to be, as has already been noted, because >of the presence of witnesses in the area, who discovered the time-frames >and methods of the genocidal operation; how the Army and state Public >Security covered the assassins' backs; evidence of the participation of >the army in the training of paramilitaries; and the fact that the victims >who were praying in the chapel did not respond to the attack, thus >rendering impossible the "inter-community confrontation" version - which is >how the PGR wants, one year later, to save the intellectual authors - when >it can no longer be concealed that they are in Los Pinos, in Bucareli and >in the Lomas de Sotelo. > >4. The crime of Acteal did not end up being "perfect", and it will not >remain unpunished either, because the technocrats who plotted it ignored >another factor: national and international civil society, who immediately >went to the scene of the crime and gathered a torrent of statements and >evidence which contradict the PGR's fairy tales. Those who wish to verify >how the chain of orders and complicity reached the federal executive, can >read the report by the International Civil Commission which came out in >February, the articles by Elio Henriquez, Hermann Bellinghausen and Jesus >Ramirez Cuevas, or the testaments of "This is Our Word", edited by the Fray >Bartolome [Human Rights] Center, and draw their own conclusions. > >5. Ernesto Zedillo violated, beyond a doubt, the Constitution, with the >genocidal operation in Acteal, and it is his good fortune that Mexico is >not a democracy, otherwise he would have been impeached and prosecuted >along with several of his collaborators. > >6. Attorney General Jorge Madrazo, instead of acting as "the nation's >lawyer", has once more behaved as an accomplice in this case, and he has >engaged in covering up for those who govern. Consequently, his White Book >cannot answer central questions. Is it possible that the federal Army >would be training paramilitaries without this having been decided at the >highest level? Is it possible that, with more than 60,000 troops in >Chiapas, the Army would continue to not inform its commander of the more >than 12 paramilitary groups who, with thousands of men, are doing thier >dirty work? Is it possible that the resources of the Sedesol and the SEP >are being utilized to arm these groups, without Zedillo knowing about it, >who, according to Madrazo, would have his head in the clouds concerning >what happened? > >7. Why didn't Madrazo call Ernesto Zedillo, and his collaborators, to >testify, when their responsibuility in the crime was apparent? And, >something more: why didn't the PGR act, in their capacity, as was their >duty, against the paramilitaries, who had been identified before, and >after, Acteal? > >8. The White Book is one more attempt at self cover-up, and it cannot >conceal the truth, which is now known all over the world, and it would have >a hard time confusing anyone, even in the armed forces itself. > >9. The state to which Zedillo has brought the Army, tolerating its links >with high level drug traffickers, and using it against the people in order >to mitigate its incompetence, is a symbol of what this government has been. > The demonstration of 51 military persons, subject to prosecution, headed >by Liutenant Colonel Hildegardo Bacilio, and organized as The Patriotic >Command to Increase the Peoples' Awareness (CPCP), which made public a >"Manifesto to the People of Mexico" - accusing the government of having >brought the country to misery, unemployment, injustice and crime and >calling for the creation of a civil resistance front (December 18) - >demonstrate that the rejection of those policies has increased within the >regime itself. > >10. The genocide of Acteal went directly to the heart of the nation and >offended the international community, and the government is wrong if it >thinks it shall go unpunished. > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list send a message containing the words >unsubscribe chiapas95 to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Previous messages >are available from http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html >or gopher://eco.utexas.edu. > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
