[ALERT] Brad Will's case requires international support

URGENT ALERT

Support and accompaniment needed for Miguel Cruz Moreno, Leonardo Ortiz Cruz and Marco Antonio Rojas Lázaro.

The family of independent journalist Bradley Will, murderedin Oaxaca on October 27, 2006, visited Oaxaca in March of 2007 in order to accompany 4 eye witneses whose account of the events leading to their son's murder challenged the hypothesis presented by the Attourney General's Office, which holds that members of the social movement killed Brad Will, and to demand that the true murderers, paramilitary troops aligned to the PRI political party of the municipalty of Santa Lucia del Camino, be punished for their cowardly acts.

Just a few days away from the second anniversary of Brad Will's death, the Attourney General's Office, through the Fourth Judicial Court in Oaxaca, has issued arrest warrants against memebers of the social movement and has   More...

BARTOLOMÉ CHÁVEZ SALAS, BRAD WILL, VICTIMS OF PRI-ISM IN OAXACA

"Justice can not be bought nor can it be sought out as charity."

Ricardo Flores Magón

Santa María Yaviche, Villa Alta, Oaxaca./

17th of October, 2008

Attorney General of the Republic

Attorney general of the state of Oaxaca

ULISES RUIZ ORTIZ

We, the undersigned, are members of the Community council of the CIPO-RFM for Santa Maria Yaviche, members of the APPO (Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca), members of the National Indigenous Congress and aherents to the Other Campaign of the EZLN.

With great pain in our hearts and despairing about the lack of justice in Oaxaca, we bring to your attention: As you may know, the 16 of October marked 5 years since the assassination of Bartolomé Chávez Salas by CROCUT, the paramilitary group from Tanetze de Zaragoza, under the command of Cesar Toimil Roberts and Jacobo   More...

OCTOBER 16,2003 – WE'LL NEVER FORGET!

  To all members of The Other Campaign

To all Human Rights organizations

To all Governmental organizations

To all independent media

Today is the fifth anniversary of the date when the community of Santa Maria Yaviche lost Bartolomé Chávez Salas, one of its comuneros , at the hands of paramilitaries of CROCUT ( Consejo Regional Obrero Campesino y Urbano de Tuxtepec ) from the adjacent community of Tanetze de Zaragoza, helped by people of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, and leadered by Jacobo Chávez Yescas and Cesar Toimil Roberts.

In this attack carried out with machetes and firearms, 9 others were injured. It's important to note that the authorities were notified of an anonimous phone call we received at around 10:30 that morning, warning us that   More...

16 DE OCTUBRE DE 2003 NO SE OLVIDA

 A L@S ADHERENTES A LA OTRA CAMPAÑA

A LOS ORGANISMOS DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

A TODAS LAS ORGANIZACIONES NO GUBERNAMENTALES

A LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN LIBRE

Les informamos, que se cumple ya cinco años que la comunidad de Santa María Yaviche perdiera a un comunero que murió en un ataque paramilitar del CROCUT de Tanetze de Zaragoza, apoyado por la gente de Tuxtepec, Oaxaca cuyos líderes fueran Jacobo Chávez Yescas y Cesar Toimil Roberts.

En este ataque con machetes y armas de fuego, también fueron heridos 9 comuneros de esta comunidad; cabe mencionar que se les dio aviso a las autoridades correspondientes sobre una llamada anónima que se recibió alrededor de las 10:30 de la mañana, donde se avisaba a los pobladores que   More...