Letter from Ignacio del Valle, La Palma federal prison, Mexico state, via Narco News, May 7: Introduction: Brief Synopsis of the Struggles in Atenco One year after the brutal police attack against the town of San Salvador Atenco in Mexico,… Read moreMexico: Atenco political prisoner speaks
Three campesino leaders from San Salvador Atenco were each sentenced to 67 years and six months in prison on charges of kidnapping May 5. The sentences come almost exactly a year after a violent clash between Atenco residents and Mexican… Read moreMexico: Atenco leaders get 67 years
A group of students from Oaxaca’s autonomous State University allied with the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) occupied Radio Universidad—the University radio station—on April 30. The students said it was a limited take-over to last until 8… Read moreOaxaca: APPO retakes Radio Universidad
The Section 22 teachers union in Oaxaca called its one-day work stoppage and direct action campaign a “success” to press demands for a resolution to the crisis in the conflicted southern Mexican state. At least 48 state government offices were… Read moreOaxaca: teachers lead day of direct action
One year after the confrontations between inhabitants and Mexico state police at the village of San Salvador Atenco, 174 of the 204 originally detained still face charges, mostly of “attack on the means of communication” (road blocks), and 25 on… Read moreAtenco: one year later, still no justice
by Mandeep Dhillon, Upside Down World The history of mining in Mexico is a long one. The riches of the Mexican sub-soil were a major motivation for Spanish colonizers and the mining industry is often accorded an important place in… Read moreMINING IN MEXICO: VIOLENCE MADE IN CANADA
Continue ReadingMINING IN MEXICO: VIOLENCE MADE IN CANADAOn April 23 in Arizona, Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer filed a felony complaint against US Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett, charging him with four counts of homicide: first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide. On Jan. 12, Corbett… Read moreBorder Patrol agent faces trial in killing
A group of Mexican writers, intellectuals and artists have issued an open letter to Gov. Patricio Patrón Laviada of Yucatan state demanding the release of 22 people still being held in Mérida after being arrested at the March 13 protests… Read moreYucatan: demand release of anti-Bush protesters
The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), based in the Highlands of Mexico’s conflicted southern Chiapas state, has issued a new report charging that 13 years after an armed uprising in the state, the roots of the… Read moreFrayba: causes of Chiapas conflict still prevail
The Mexican senate has passed a package of reforms to Article 139 of the Federal Penal Code modeled on anti-terrorist legislation in the United States—above the objections of the left-opposition PRD, PT and Convergence, whose legislators assailed the changes as… Read moreMexican senate passes anti-terror package
Gov. Ulises Ruiz of Oaxaca has called upon Mexican military authorities to investigate a new guerilla group which has announced its existence the in conflicted southern state. In a message posted to the website of the Spain-based Documentation Center for… Read moreOaxaca: new guerilla group under investigation
A criminal complaint has been filed in the Mexican border city of Matamoros against Luz María González Armenta, leader of Defense and Promotion of Human Rights-Emiliano Zapata (DEPRODHEZAC), weeks after she was detained at a political protest. González was arrested… Read moreCriminal complaint filed against Matamoros rights defender
