From: twright@orion.it.luc.edu (Talmadge Wright) Subject: mexico 4 (fwd) To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 23:34:03 -0600 (CST) Status: RO Forwarded message: > From root Fri Feb 10 22:09:41 1995 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 20:05:21 -0800 > Reply-To: LEFT-L - Building a Democratic Left Movement > > Sender: LEFT-L - Building a Democratic Left Movement > > From: Nathan Newman > Subject: mexico 4 (fwd) > Comments: To: Left List- LEFT-L , > "CoC-L: CoCdiscuss list" > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 19:36:33 -0800 > From: Center for Changes > Subject: mexico 4 > > ** Topic: EMERGENCY RESPONSE ALERT ** > ** Written 4:01 PM Feb 10, 1995 by ern in cdp:reg.mexico ** > > Below is a letter that Grassroots International is sending through > the Emergency Response Network to respond to the situation in > Mexico. Other organizations and individuals are encouraged to send > similar messages (via phone or fax). Additional targets in the > U.S. are: > > Mexican Consulate: > tel: 202-736-1000 > fax: 202-797-8458 > > Mexican Embassy: > (Ambassador Jesus Silva Herzog) > tel: 202-728-1690 > fax: 202-728-1698 > > Commercial Attache: > fax: 202-728-1712 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Presidente Ernesto Zedillo > Los Pinos > Mexico City > > February 10, 1995 > > Dear President Zedillo: > > I am very alarmed at the recent news that the Mexican > government has ordered army troops and federal police > agents into the territory held by the EZLN, which includes > more than 70,000 largely indigenous civilians, in order to > arrest alleged leaders of the Zapatista movement. > > I view this as an indication that the government of Mexico > has decided that war and not peaceful negotiation is the > way to end the conflict in Chiapas and divert attention > from the current economic crisis. This strategy will only > result in the shedding of blood by many innocent people > and will greatly exacerbate the tension in Chiapas and in > the rest of Mexico. I am particularly concerned about the > treatment and condition of the 23 people already arrested. > > In the name of peace, I ask the following: > > 1. Immediate withdrawal of the army, federal police agents > and special forces from Zapatista-held areas; > > 2. A renewed government commitment to the negotiation > process; > > 3. Respect for the human rights of the civilian population, > both in Chiapas and throughout Mexico; > > 4. Respect for the organizational integrity of the non- > > governmental, social, and political organizations in > Chiapas, particularly the Diocese of San Cristobal de las > Casas, the Comision Nacional de Intermediacion, and > CONPAZ, whose offices I understand Mexican security > forces raided and ransacked today; > > 5. The public presentation of all prisoners, in conformity > with Mexican law, to assure they are not being mistreated; > > 6. Strict adherence to the provisions of the Geneva > Convention. > > I view your new policy for the Zapatista conflict with great > alarm and urge you to reconsider the military action you > are initiating. > > Sincerely, > President Zedillo's fax numbers are: 011-525-271-1764 and 011-525-515-4783 > ** End of text from cdp:reg.mexico ** > > -- Transfer complete, hit or to continue -- > -- ********************************************************************** Talmadge Wright (312)508-3451 * Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology FAX:(312)508-3646 * Loyola University Chicago twright@orion.it.luc.edu * 6525 N. Sheridan Rd. * Chicago, Illinois 60626 * **********************************************************************