Oaxaca, the face of Mexican fascism, Saturday 14 April 2007
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Here's my translation of message #2657, " police detain VOCAL collective member!"
Subject: DETENCIÓN DE DAVID VENEGAS, "EL ALEBRIJE"
From: Sergio Beltrán <yeyoenoax@...>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:53:12 -0500
FAVOR DE DIFUNDIR Y ESTAR ATENTOS A LAS PRÓXIMAS ACCIONES
Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca. 13 de abril de 2007.
3:00 de la tarde
PRESENTACIÓN INMEDIATA Y CON VIDA DE DAVID VENEGAS REYES, CONCEJAL DE
El día de hoy fue detenido nuestro compañero David Venegas Cruz, "el Alebrije", concejal de
Alrededor de la 1:10 de la tarde caminaba por el parque Juárez "El Llano" hacia la asamblea del Consejo Estatal de
Subject: Arrest of David Venegas, “El Alebrije” [alebrijes are carved and elaborately painted figurines, wooden figures of animals and imaginary creatures widely sold to tourists in
From: Sergio Beltran <yeyoenoas@...>
Date: Fro. 13 Apr 2007 16:53:12 -0500
Please distribute [this message] and be attentive for the next actions
Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca. 13 April 2007.
3:00 in the afternoon
[We demand] the immediate presentation, alive, of David Venegas Reyes, council member of the APPO, member of VOCAL and adherent of the Other Campaign
Today our companion David Venegas Cruz, “el Alebrije”, council member of the APPO (Popular Assembly of the Peoples of
He was arrested by agents of the Oaxaca State Ministerial Police at about 1:10 in the afternoon as he was walking in the Juárez park “Llano” towards the assembly of the State Council of APPO. Up to this moment he hasn’t been presented anywhere. The Ministerial Police authorities deny having arrested our companion in spite of the testimony of witnesses who were present at the event. We know nothing about his physical and emotional state.
Dada la práctica anticonstitucional de las instituciones policiacas, tememos por la vida y la integridad de nuestro compañero David Venegas Cruz.
Denunciamos desde estos momentos la falta de elementos judiciales para detener a nuestro compañero y aclaramos que su única labor ha sido haber participado en el movimiento social legítimo del pueblo oaxaqueño, por lo cual no debe ser acusado de ningún delito que quiera ensuciar su imagen
de luchador social.
Ante estos hechos VOCAL convocará a movilizaciones por la inmediata liberación de nuestro compañero, pues estos hechos son una muestra más de la política de represión contra el movimiento social de todo el pueblo de Oaxaca.
Given the anticonstitutional practices of the police institutions, we are fearful for the life and the integrity of our companion David Venegas Cruz.
We denounce from this moment the failure of judicial agents for arresting our companion and we clarify that his only work has been participating in the legitimate social movement of the Oaxacan people, for which he doesn’t need to be accused of any crime that seeks to dirty his image as a social struggler.
In the face of these acts VOCAL will convoke mobilizations for the immediate liberation of our companion. These acts then are another demonstration of the political repression against the social movement of all the people of
Responsabilizamos de cualquier agresión en contra de nuestro compañero al señor Daniel Camarena Flores, director de
A los compañeros de
For any aggression against our companion we hold Mr. Daniel Camarena Flores responsible. Director of the
To the companions of The Other Campaign, the democratic Oaxacan teaching profession and the people of
EXIGIMOS
¡Presentación inmediata y con vida
¡Respeto a su integridad física y emocional!
¡Libertad inmediata para DAVID VENEGAS REYES y todos los presos y presas
políticas en Oaxaca!
Voces Oaxaqueñas Construyendo Autonomía y Libertad (VOCAL)
WE DEMAND
Immediate presentation of our companion David Venegas Reyes alive!
Respect for his physical and emotional integrity!
Immediate liberty for David Venegas Reyes and all political prisoners in
Oaxacan Voices Constructing Autonomy and
vocal@...
http://giss.tv:8000/radiodisturbio.mp3
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"DIOS, ME AMO"
(I don’t know how to translate this ‘signature’. Sergio, what does it mean?)