Melel News Synthesis: 6/11 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Originally published in Spanish by Melel Xojobal Translated by irlandesa Press Synthesis Friday, June 11, 1999. *************************************** JUSTICE *************************************** Melel Xojobal. XI'NICH MEMBERS FORMALLY REMANDED. In a press communique, the Xi'Nich organization expressed their rejection of the formal order of consignment pronounced by the judge, against Manuel Perez Constantino and Jesus Hernandez, for the crimes of criminal association and attacks on communications networks. They added that this resolution is part of a counterinsurgency campaign against the social movement, and of a war of extermination against the indigenous peoples. They explained that there is no legal evidence proving their guilt, and they demanded the release of the detainees, and that all the procedural irregularities be investigated. ************************************** COUNTERINSURGENCY ************************************** Cuarto Poder/Expreso. SAN MANUEL AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES MILITARY INCURSION. The San Manuel Autonomous Council denounced that on Wednesday 750 soldiers, judicials and police entered the zapatista community of La Trinidad, municipality of Ocosingo, in order to detain 10 members of that council. They said that the police forces attempted to establish a Mixed Operational Base in ejidal lands. They also said that the soldiers gave members of the MIRA paramilitary group - who had passed themselves off as purported zapatista deserters - 24 head of cattle, a vehicle, 250 hand grinders and 300 foodstuffs. Meanwhile, the Federal Army and the state government reported that the establishment of that camp is in order to prevent the zapatistas from harassing the purported deserters, in addition to distributing food and providing medical services to the residents. ************************************* HUMAN RIGHTS ************************************* La Cronica. CNDH SAYS GOVERNMENT HAS NOT RESOLVED EL BOSQUE. The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) said that the Chiapas government has only carried out one part of the recommendation it sent them, concerning the incidents that took place last year in the municipality of El Bosque. They said that officials had carried out only the first of seven recommendations, related to the release of Mateo Hernandez and Domingo Hernandez, who had been detained for the crimes of battery. They added that, among the points remaining to be resolved, are legal actions against public servants for the arbitrary detention of five persons; clarification of the deaths of eight persons during the operation, and indemnification of the victims and of the families of the assassinated indigenous. ************************************ ACTEAL ************************************ Expreso Chiapas. SAN CRISTOBAL DIOCESE SAYS US GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN ACTEAL. Following a meeting with the Under Secretary for Human Rights of the United States, Leslie Gerson, Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia said that the US government is interested in learning about the progress that has been made in the Mexican government's investigations into the Acteal massacre. ************************************* ELECTORAL ************************************* Cuarto Poder/Expreso Chiapas. AGUILAR BODEGAS RESIGNS FROM PRESIDENCY OF STATE CONGRESS. The President of the State Congress, Jose Antonio Aguilar Bodegas, announced that he was resigning his position in order to coordinate Francisco Labastida Ochoa's presidential campaign in the state. He added that he would also be announcing his candidacy for governor of the state. Meanwhile, opposition legislators in the State Congress said that Aguilar Bodegas' resignation demonstrates his unwillingness to defend the issues of the people, and that he only used his position for political and personal reasons. ************************************ RELIGION ************************************ Cuarto Poder. NEW STATE DIRECTOR OF CONFRATERNICE NAMED. The Cofraternity of Evangelical Christian Churches in Chiapas (Confraternice) announced the naming of Abdias Tovilla Jaime as the new state director of that organization. They added that they would continue to work for evangelicals in the state. *********************************************************** NUEVO AMANECER PRESS-PRENSA NUEVO AMANECER-N.A.P. To know us visit our web page in Spanish in Mexico at: http://www.nap.cuhm.mx/nap0.htm E-mail: General Director: Roger Maldonado A Press in support of the work in defense of Human Rights ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytcamer-06.13.99-02:06:08-9548