UPDATE: All Six Disappeared in San Juan Copala Are Confirmed Alive

(from el enemigo comun)
Four of Six Disappeared in San Juan Copala Are Confirmed Alive
UPDATE: All Six Disappeared in San Juan Copala Are Confirmed Alive

by Kristin Bricker

Contralinea reports that David Venegas and Noe Bautista from VOCAL have made it to safety in Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca. They say they were with missing Contralinea reporters Erika Ramirez and David Cilia.

Venegas and Bautista have a video of Ramirez and Cilia that proves the journalists are alive. Ramirez is unhurt but dehydrated. Cilia has a bullet in his thigh and another bullet grazed his waist, but Venegas and Bautista say that neither are in danger of dying as long as they are rescued soon.

Venegas, Bautista, Ramirez, and Cilia had been missing since the April 27 paramilitary attack on an aid caravan that was headed for the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala in Oaxaca.

Cilia’s father David is en route to the conflict zone. He has stated that he will search for his missing son, regardless of the risk it entails.

Still missing are two Triqui women from San Juan Copala, whom paramilitaries kidnapped just prior to the attack on the caravan. The UBISORT paramilitaries, whom are allied with the ruling party in Oaxaca, released a third woman who notified the autonomous municipality of the kidnapping. UBISORT is demanding a ransom for the missing women.

Paramilitary Attack leaves 2 Dead and at least 4 'disappeared' in Oaxaca Mexico!

Oaxaca, Mexico:
Paramilitary attack leaves 2 deaths, 15 injuries, and 3 comrades from the Libertarian group VOCAL have 'disappeared' in Oaxaca Mexico. A peace caravan heading to the Triqui region of Oaxaca was ambushed by Paramilitaries from UBISORT (Union for Social Well-Being in the Triqui Region) and the MULT (Triqui Movement of Unification and Struggle Movement.)

(information is being gathered from various sources check back for more info)

We are filled with rage by this cowardly attack, more so because we at love and resistance have had the privilege of meeting with and interviewing members of VOCAL in 2007.
May these deaths not be in vain!
Solidarity with VOCAL, CACTUS and all of the Autonomous social struggles in Mexico!


(David Venegas Reyes one of the 'Disappeared' members of VOCAL)


Communique from Mexico:


Yesterday the realization of this caravan to the Triqui region, inside of our state of Oaxaca, was announced to the media. In this caravan there are comrades from the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), Section 22 of the teachers' union, Oaxacan Voices Constructing Autonomy and Freedom (VOCAL), CACTUS, members of MULTI (Independent Triqui Movement of Unification and Struggle), as well as international observer comrades.

As was already announced, the caravan left today, April 27, 2010, at approximately 11 AM from the city of Huajuapan de Leon, Oaxaca, with the goal of breaking the siege that the Autonomous Triqui Community finds itself in as a result of state and paramilitary repression against the process of autonomy which it is building inside this community. Violent paramilitary attacks have occurred at different moments during the autonomous process of San Juan Copala and have been directed by the paramilitary organization called UBISORT (Union for Social Well-Being in the Triqui Region) which in reality is presided over by Rufino Juárez Hernández and the MULT (Triqui Movement of Unification and Struggle Movement.)

Before the departure of the caravan, the autonomous president of San Juan Copala, Jesús Martínez Flores, placed responsibility for any attack on Evencio Nicolás Martínez, Oaxaca State Attorney General, Jorge Franco Vargas "El Chucky", State Interior Minister, and Carlos Martínez, local PRI candidate for the state congress. Also, he urged UBISORT and MULT to behave responsibly and with earnestness towards the peace negotiations for the Triqui people.

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Oaxaca: Oaxaca: Ataque paramilitar causa entre dos y cinco muertos y hasta 22 desaparecidos [Actualización]
El ataque ha sido realizado por un grupo paramilitar contra la caravana de observación iniciada ayer en la región triqui


Agresión armada a la Caravana de Apoyo y Solidaridad con el Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Copala, Oaxaca.


CONTEXTO:

Desde el día de ayer previamente se anunció ante los medios de comunicación la realización de esta caravana con rumbo a la región triqui, dentro de nuestro estado de Oaxaca. En esta caravana participan compañeros integrantes de la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), Sección 22 del magisterio, Voces Oaxaqueñas Construyendo Autonomía y Libertad (VOCAL), CACTUS, integrantes del MULTI (Movimiento de Unificación y Lucha Triqui- Independiente), así como compañeros observadores internacionales.

Como ya había sido anunciado, la caravana partió el día de hoy 27 de abril del 2010, aproximadamente a las 11:00 am desde la Ciudad de Huajuapan de León, Oax. Con el fin de romper el cerco en el que se encuentra esta Comunidad Autónoma Triqui como consecuencia de la represión estatal y paramilitar contra el proceso de autonomía que se esta construyendo dentro de esa comunidad. Las violentas agresiones paramilitares se han presentado en diferentes momentos del proceso autónomo de San Juan Copala y han sido encabezadas por la organización paramilitar denominada UBISORT (Unión de Bienestar Social de la Región Triqui) que actualmente es presidida por Rufino Juárez Hernández y el MULT (Movimiento de Unificación y Lucha Triqui).

Previamente a la salida de la caravana, el presidente autónomo de San Juan Copala, Jesús Martínez Flores responsabilizó de cualquier agresión a Evencio Nicolás Martínez Procurador General de Justicia, Jorge Franco Vargas ”el chuky” Secretario de Gobierno del Estado y Carlos Martínez candidato para la diputación local por el PRI. Así mismo exigieron que la UBISORT y el MULT actuaran con responsabilidad y seriedad con la mesa de PAZ para el pueblo Triqui.

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