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Article #20207Massacres in Guerrero, Mexico - Solidarity Mtg. in Sacramento
From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 00:00
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In the article <40indq$rn2@news.missouri.edu>, bearing the date and time 12 Aug 1995 17:12:26 UTC, alexdemo@aol.com (Alex Demo) wrote: : : Please forward this message about news conference and solidarity : meeting with the courageous campesinos and indigenous poor of : Guerrero who are under siege in various rural areas. August 14, : 1955 events are in Sacramento, CA and organized by human rights : groups in conjunction with North Americans for Democracy in Mexico. : E-mail us at: AlexDemo@aol.com : : Gracias y Viva la Democracia en Mexico! : : MESSAGE TEXT: : : Guerrero Mexico A government killing its own people. 35 : Campesinos Murdered by police forcesA survivor of one massacre in : Guerrero comes to Sacramento to urge U.S. citizens to demand that : President Ernesto Zedillo end the spiralling human rights abuses. : With $20 billion U.S. taxpayer dollars on the way to Mexico's : banks, corporations, and the Zedillo government, why are human : rights and due process not important to the White House or our : congressional representatives? : : Monday, : August 14, 1995 : News Conference at 10:30 am : La Raza Galeria Posada : 7th & O Streets : : Community Reception in the Evening : Sierra Curtis Community Center, Room 9 : 2791 -24th Street, Sacramento. 1 miles south of Broadway. : 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Public Invited. : : North Americans for Democracy in Mexico welcomes you to participate : in the community events planned to increase our contact and : solidarity with Mexico. Meet Andres Rosales Aguirre and listen to : his story of the massacre, what he saw, and how he survived to now : tell the world. : : 1995 -- in the state of Guerrero in Mexico, a rural-area shooting : of 22 campesinos, relatives and farmworkers alike, by a force of : state police. The assault that occurred near the municipio of : Coyuca de Benitez, was deadly as 17 farmworkers were killed and 5 : seriously wounded. In the weeks prior, Andres Rosales Aguirre and : other farmworkers were similarly attacked in Cutzmala. He escaped : with only serious injuries. 35 largely indigenous campesinos have : been murdered in four separate incidents. It's important to hear : Mr. Rosales Aguirre's account. Rosales, along with Guerrero State : Congresswoman, Guadalupe Eguiluz, and history professor, Martin : Mora, will describe the tragic events. We should know that : Mexicans throughout the country are protesting the alleged : involvement of Guerrero's governor, Ruben Figueroa. The Bishop of : Zamora has publically called for the prosecution of high-placed : gov't. officials responsible for planning the assaults. The U.S. : public should also know that both Congresswoman Eguiluz and Prof. : Mora have received death threats in Mexico. The delegation is : visiting several California cities. : : Join the international human rights protests for Mexico's Pres. : Zedillo to STOP THE MASSACRE! : : North Americans for Democracy in Mexico (NADM) : PO Box 188031, Sacramento, CA 95818 (916) 446-3021
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,d03e07ddf5f1773b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: fd828,d03e07ddf5f1773b,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfd828,public X-Google-Thread: 115779,d03e07ddf5f1773b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid115779,public From: jai@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) Subject: Massacres in Guerrero, Mexico - Solidarity Mtg. in Sacramento Date: 1995/08/12 Message-ID: <RnOLwQ9zBAZB084yn@mantra.com> X-Deja-AN: 108046992 x-pgp-fingerprint: 77 CD 46 0A B2 99 34 25 8E 8A A8 96 7F 2C E9 46 sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) x-nntp-posting-host: eskimo.com x-request: PGP-Encrypted E-Mail is Preferred! organization: Mantra Corporation, USA reply-to: Dr. Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com> newsgroups: ca.general,soc.culture.mexico,alt.fan.jai-maharaj originator: jai@eskimo.com