And now:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (S.I.S.I.S.) writes: :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:Forwarded message:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:14:47 +0100 Subject: OMCT Case MEX 221298/Mexico/Arbitrary detention/Mixteco Indigenous people Case MEX 221298 The International Secretariat of the OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in connection with the following situation in Mexico. Brief description of the situation The Secretariat has been informed by the Mexican League for the Defence of Human Rights (LIMEDDH), a member of the OMCT network, of its concern with respect to the situation of four men belonging to the Mixtec indigenous population: Anastacio Ramirez Simona, Sabino Adelaido Garcia, Esteban Leobardo Epitacio and Alfonso Oliva Morales detained in Mexico. According to information received, on August 20th 1998 Anastacio Ramirez Simona, Sabino Adelaido Garcia, Esteban Leobardo Epitacio and Alfonso Oliva Morales, indigenous Mixtecans and survivors of the El Charco Massacre, were testifying as defence witnesses for the prisoners Erika Zamora Pardo and Efren Cortes Chavez when they were detained on warrants issued by the Second District Judge Mrs. Xochitl Guido Guzman, who had summoned them to the trial at the request of the prisoners' attorney, Mr. Jose Sanchez Sanchez. These detained persons are part of a group of 17 Mixtecans who were previously arrested by troops of the Mexican Army on June 7th last in the Charco and who were released several days later for lack of evidence. They had been accused of being part of a supposed guerilla attack against a detachment of the Mexican army. However, on June 22nd the General office of the Prosecutor (Procuraduria General) of the Republic requested the judge to issue warrants of arrest against these same peasants on the charges of conspiracy and rebellion. The men filed a writ of Amparo against this measure to the Third Judge without effect because the judge required them to deposit a guarantee of ten thousand pesos each and they were unable to do it in view of their scant resources. Consequently, they failed to obtain a temporary suspension of the warrants of arrest. According to information from LIMEDDH since that time they have been detained in the penal detention center of Acapulco in connection with file no. 1798, penal case 49/98, in process before the Second District tribunal in Acapulco. During 4 months they have been unable to see their families in view of the great distance from their place of origin and the lack of funds. According to the information, their detention conditions are precarious. Their defence lawyer filed a writ of Amparo, accepted by the Judge, Mrs. Xochilt Guido Guzman in the Second District tribunal. She considered the arrest warrant signed by the judge as a violation of fundamental guarantees and transmitted the order to the third District Tribunal for an order of release to be issued. According to the reports, the members of the indigenous population were tortured by men in civilian clothes in the military installations of Cumbres de Llano Largo, Guerrero, to force them to sign a statement drafted by these same military men, accusing other peasants of having invited the villagers to a meeting with the guerilleros. Action requested Please write to the Mexican authorities urging them to: i. put into effect the writ of Amparo in favour of the above mentioned persons, in accordance with the law; ii. carry out a thorough and impartial investigation of the presumed acts of torture performed against the persons mentioned above, identify those responsible, bring them before a civil competent and impartial tribunal and apply the penal, civil and/or administrative sanctions provided by law; iii.ensure the indigenous people adequate compensation and reparation; iv. ensure in all circumstances respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Constitution, national laws and international human rights standards. Addresses Lic. Hugo Perez Bautista, Presidente del Tribunal Superior de Justicia del Estado de Guerrero Fax 01(747) 2 41 91 Lic. Xochitl Guido Guzman, Juzgado Segundo de Distrito, Tel. (74) 86 48 37. Lic. Lucitania Garcia Ortiz, Juzgado Tercero del Distrito, Acapulco. Lic. Angel Heladio Aguirre Rivero, Gobernador del Estado de Guerrero, Palacio de Gobierno Sot. 2, Plaza Principal 39000, Chilpancingo, Gro. Tel.y Fax. (747) 1 18 81 Tel (747) 2-24 89, fax (747) 2-73 91 Diplomatic representatives of Mexico accredited to your country Copies to Dr. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Palacio Nacional Patio de Honor, Piso 1, Col. Centro, 06067 Mexico DF Tel (525) 3 95 67 00, Fax (525) 2 77 23 76 and 3 95-6790 webpage http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/ Lic. Francisco Labastida Ochoa, Secretario de Gobernacion, Tel: 5 46 53 50 Con atencion a Lic. Agustin Davila Secretario de Agenda. ( Tel: 5 35 55 05 Fax: 5 46 53 50) Dr. Jorge Madrazo Cuellar, Procurador General de la Republica Procuraduria General Fax: (525) 7 27 28 27 Geneva, December 22 1998 Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your reply. 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