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The Acteal Massacre - December 22,
1997
Acteal, Chiapas State, Mexico
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45 Mayan
Children, Women and Men Were Ruthlessly Murdered
While Attending Church, for Supporting the Goals
of the Mayan Freedom Movement |
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This section of
LibertadLatina.org
contains information regarding the intentional use
of murder by pro-government forces to suppress
the legitimate demands for self determination
presented by the Mayan indigenous peoples of
Chiapas, Mexico to the national government.
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About
the
Acteal
Massacre
-
December
22,
1997
Photos
from the funeral of victims of the
Acteal
Massacre
that occurred on December 22, 1997
On December 22, 1997
paramilitary (state-trained and state-funded
pro-governing party civil defense) forces
surrounded a Catholic chapel in the pacifist
Tsotsil Mayan community of Acteal, Chiapas
state, Mexico. During a period of several
hours, this armed force, with the apparent
consent of local Mexican Army units stationed
not far away, proceeded to surround Acteal's
chapel, and shot to death those inside, and as
many of those who escaped as they could find.
A number of residents survived the massacre.
Those murdered on that day included 15 children,
21 women (four of them pregnant) and 9 men.
Últimas Noticias
Latest
News
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August 28, 2009
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Mayan
Indigenous women resist a Mexican Army incursion into their
community near the time of the 1997 Acteal Massacre |
Mexico
Acteal assassins released from prison
In an unprecedented ruling on Wednesday
that overturned a lower court on legalistic rather than
constitutional grounds, the Supreme Court released 20 prisoners
serving time for the infamous Acteal massacre in which
paramilitaries gunned down 45 indigenous members of Las Abejas, a
pacifist group, on December 22, 1997. At least 30 additional
paramilitary members will be released in coming days as Justices
complete paperwork.
In its 4-1 decision, the Supreme Court
ignored eye witness evidence from survivors, focusing instead on
mismanagement of the investigation by the Federal Attorney General
and fabrication of evidence by presiding judges. “This tribunal is
not absolving anyone of guilt,” claimed Justice Jose Ramon Cossio.
“We determined that the complainants did not receive due process,
which is not equivalent to a pronouncement of innocence.”
However, dozens of paramilitary members,
many who confessed to their crimes, are now free, and some have
threatened to return to seek revenge against survivors of the
massacre who testified against them. Human rights groups universally
criticized the decision on three grounds: confessed assassins were
released from prison, eye witnesses are now in danger, and the
intellectual authors of the massacre have never been brought to
justice.
Religious leaders
affiliated with both the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and
the [ruling] National Action Party (PAN) [of President Felipe
Calderón] organized the legal defense of the paramilitaries
under the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE). CIDE is
suing the Fray Bartolome Human Rights Center, community leaders from
Mitziton, and Hermann Bellinghausen, reporter from La Jornada, for
defamation of character. The religious leaders are affiliated with
the Eagle’s Wings and the Army of God, evangelical groups who claim
as members the paramilitaries who carried out the Acteal massacre.
Mexico
Solidarity
Network
News
for
August
3-16,
2009
See
also:
Mexico's
top
court
orders
the
release
of
20
men
convicted
in
1997
Chiapas
massacre
Mexico
City
-
Mexico's
Supreme
Court
ordered
freedom
for
20
men
convicted
in
the
1997
massacre
of
45
Indian
villagers
in
southern
Chiapas
state
and
new
trials
for
six
more,
ruling
Wednesday
that
prosecutors
used
illegally
obtained
evidence.
The
bloodshed
in
the
village
of
Acteal
was
the
worst
single
instance
of
violence
during
the
conflict
in
Chiapas,
which
began
when
the
Zapatista
rebels
staged
a
brief
armed
uprising
in
early
1994
to
demand
more
rights
for
Indians.
Paramilitaries
with
alleged
ties
to
government
figures
attacked
a
prayer
meeting
of
Roman
Catholic
activists
who
sympathized
with
the
rebels.
Over
several
hours
on
Dec.
22,
1997,
the
assailants
killed
45
people,
including
children
as
young
as 2
months
old...
Antonio
Arias,
who
was
wounded
in
the
attack,
called
the
ruling
unfair
and
warned
there
could
be
unrest
in
Acteal
if
those
released
return
there.
"We
feel
a
lot
of
pain
in
our
hearts
because
we
think
it's
unfair
that
after
almost
12
years
these
people
are
being
freed
when
we
know
they
are
responsible
because
we
saw
them,"
Arias
said
in
the
nearby
city
of
San
Cristobal
de
las
Casas,
where
members
of
his
community
gathered
to
pray
for
the
continued
imprisonment
of
those
convicted
in
the
massacre.
...Victims'
families
say
the
massacre
resulted
from
a
bid
to
crush
the
Zapatistas,
with
state
officials
providing
weapons
and
paramilitary
training
for
the
attack...
Olga
R.
Rodriguez
The
Associated
Press
Aug.
12,
2009
Acteal:
Comunicado
de
Comunidad
Las
Abejas
Las
“pruebas
verdaderas
que
son
nuestros
testimonios
que
los
vimos
asesinar…”,
declaran
los
sobrevivientes
de
Acteal.
Ante
las
versiones
que
se
han
empezado
a
difundir
en
algunos
medios
de
comunicación
de
que
la
Suprema
Corte
de
Justicia
de
la
Nación
está
a
punto
de
emitir
una
sentencia
que
permitirá
poner
en
libertad
a 40
de
los
paramilitares
responsables
de
la
masacre
de
Acteal
del
22
de
Diciembre
de
1997,
queremos
declarar
lo
siguiente:
Nosotros
y
nosotras
somos
los
integrantes
de
la
Sociedad
Civil
Las
Abejas,
del
Municipio
de
San
Pedro
Chenalhó,
Chiapas
y
con
sede
en
la
Tierra
Sagrada
de
Acteal
de
ese
mismo
municipio.
...Con
el
apoyo
de
la
sociedad
civil
nacional
e
internacional
presionamos
al
gobierno
para
que
castigara
a
los
responsables
de
la
Masacre
de
nuestros
hermanos.
La
primera
detención
de
un
grupo
de
autores
materiales
se
dio
el
mismo
día
en
que
sepultamos
a
nuestros
seres
queridos
ante
los
ojos
de
miles
de
testigos.
Como
una
provocación
los
asesinos
se
paseaban
enfrente
de
los
sobrevivientes
en
un
camión
de
la
presidencia
municipal
de
Chenalhó,
cuando
todavía
estaba
fresca
la
sangre
de
los
mártires.
Ahora
dicen
los
licenciados
defensores
de
los
presos
que
esos
paramilitares
deben
quedar
libres
porque
cuando
obligamos
a
las
autoridades
a
que
los
detuvieran
no
había
una
orden
de
aprehensión.
Y
así
como
ése
son
sus
argumentos
para
liberarlos...
Acteal:
Statement
from
Las
Abejas
Community
on
the
release
of
paramilitaries
...In
1997,
[Mexican
government]
armed
paramilitary
groups
appeared
in
Chenalhó.
Through
force
they
demanded
that
all
the
communities
help
them
buy
weapons
and
attack
the
Zapatistas.
If
we
didn’t
accept
taking
up
arms
against
the
government
would
we
possibly
accept
taking
them
up
against
our
own
indigenous
brothers
and
sisters?
We
refused
to
support
the
armed
paramilitary
groups
that
we
saw
clearly
had
the
support
of
the
government
to
get
weapons,
to
be
trained
and
to
take
violent
actions.
We
were
loyal
to
our
principles
in
spite
of
the
threats
and
when
we
refused
to
support
them,
the
paramilitaries
kidnapped
us,
ran
us
out
of
our
communities,
robbed
our
harvests,
took
our
belongings
and
burned
our
houses.
Because
of
this
we
became
displaced,
but
we
remained
loyal
to
our
principles
of
peace
and
non-violence.
It
was
while
we
were
displaced
that
the
paramilitary
attacked
on
December
22,
1997
and
the
Acteal
Massacre
occurred,
where
45
of
our
brothers
and
sisters
died
while
praying
and
fasting
for
peace...
Today,
five
months
from
the
twelfth
anniversary
of
the
murder
of
our
brothers
and
sisters
we
were
informed
with
great
sadness
and
indignation
that
the
government
is
going
to
free
40
of
these
paramilitaries
through
a
Supreme
Court
of
Justice
decree,
that
more
appropriately
should
be
called
the
Supreme
Court
of
Injustice.
Faced
with
this
news
we
declare
the
following:
1)
It’s
not
true,
as
many
media
outlets
are
saying,
that
the
Supreme
Court
decree
is a
step
towards
achieving
justice
for
Acteal.
Rather
it’s
a
step
back
from
the
little
that
has
been
achieved.
It’s
a
step
forward
for
impunity.
2)
They
are
saying
that
the
PGR
[Federal
Attorney
General’s
Office]
fabricated
evidence
against
the
prisoners
and
that
what
the
Supreme
Court
is
doing
is
just
because
there
is
no
true
evidence
of
the
paramilitaries’
guilt.
This
is
not
true
either.
There
is
and
there
has
always
been
real
evidence
which
is
our
testimony
of
who
we
saw
do
the
killing
and
we
know
the
paramilitaries.
But
the
government
(the
Attorney
General
and
the
judges)
has
weakened
our
evidence.
They
created
holes
in
the
case
so
that
when
this
moment
arrived
the
paramilitaries
would
be
able
to
get
out
through
these
holes
with
the
help
of
their
lawyers
and
Supreme
Court
judges.
It’s
the
same
thing
they
do
so
that
the
narcos
go
free.
The
Supreme
Court
is
not
correcting
the
work
of
the
PGR
as
they
say.
It
is
completing
the
work
they
started
so
that
the
accomplices
of
the
government
can
remain
free.
3)
They
say
that
we
haven’t
presented
proof
of
the
guilt
of
the
paramilitaries.
This
is
not
true
either.
We’ve
presented
proof
not
once
but
many
times.
And
11
years
after
the
murders
in
Acteal
they
continue
calling
on
us
to
present
our
statements,
because
they
tell
the
judge
or
the
public
ministry
that
something
is
missing
from
the
previous
time.
To
the
lawyers
from
CIDE
we
say
that
their
clients
are
not
the
only
victims
of
corruption
in
the
justice
system.
They
have
had
those
witnesses
who
saw
their
loved
ones
die
repeat
time
and
again
the
terrible
story
with
all
the
pain
it
causes
their
hearts.
And
in
the
end
they
say:
“we
need
you
to
tell
us
again
because
the
judge
ordered
a
renewal
of
the
proceedings.”
We
know
that
this
is
called
“psychological
torture.”
4)
The
communities
of
Chenalhó
are
ill
at
ease
because
for
days
rumors
have
been
circulating
that
when
their
friends
get
out
the
paramilitaries
who
have
been
free
this
whole
time
are
going
to
get
those
who
sent
their
friends
to
jail.
We
hold
the
Supreme
Court
and
all
their
accomplices,
from
Mr.
Aguilar
Camín,
the
CIDE
lawyers
and
the
government
of
Felipe
Calderón
responsible
if
the
return
of
these
40
paramilitaries
brings
violence
back
to
our
municipality.
We
hold
them
responsible
for
the
lives
of
the
witnesses
and
any
criminal
act
that
these
paramilitaries
who
they
say
are
innocent
commit.
5)
We
call
on
the
country’s
highest
authorities
to
reflect
on
what
they
are
doing.
If
organizations
such
as
Las
Abejas
Civil
Society,
who
reject
violence
as a
means
to
defend
our
rights,
tell
them
that
the
justice
system
and
state
institutions
are
completely
on
the
side
of
the
government
accomplices,
then,
what
path
does
that
leave
us?
What
hope
do
the
Mexican
people
have?
The
government
says
that
it
is
against
violence
but
daily
we
see
how
it
is
the
first
to
promote
it.
6)
In
spite
of
this,
we,
the
members
of
Las
Abejas
Civil
Society
declare
that
we
are
not
going
to
take
down
our
flag
of
peace
and
justice.
We
are
going
to
continue
fighting
in a
non-violent
way.
But
we
don’t
have
any
faith
in
the
government.
Our
faith
is
in
the
solidarity
of
civil
society,
in
the
blood
of
our
martyrs
which
gives
us
strength
to
not
abandon
the
struggle
and
in
our
god
who
is
not
deaf
to
the
clamor
of
the
poor
and
oppressed.
Yours
faithfully,
The
Voice
of
Las
Abejas
Civil
Society
For
the
Board
of
Directors:
Sebastián
Pérez
Vázquez,
President
Pedro
Jiménez
Arias,
Vice
President
Francisco
Gómez
Pérez,
Treasurer
Francisco
Pérez
Gómez,
Deputy
Treasurer
Translated
by
Scott
Campbell
Las
Abejas
[The
Bees]
Civil
Society
Organization
Sacred
Land
of
the
Acteal
Martyrs,
Chiapas,
Mexico
August
9,
2009
Added Dec. 28,
2006
Mexico
Luego de 9 años,
crean Fiscalía Especial para Acteal
After nine years, the government of the state of
Chiapas has finally appointed a special prosecutor
to investigate the December 22, 1997 massacre of 45
Tzotzil Mayan civilians, who were mostly women,
including pregnant women, and children as young as 2
months old.
Thirty civilians (Mayans supporting the PRI party),
15 civil servants and 11 state policeman had
previously been sentenced for their roles in the
crime.
- CIMAC Noticias
News for Women
Mexico City
Dec. 27, 2006
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A
Short
History
of
the
Mayan
Freedom
Movement
and
the
Armed
Conflict
in
Chiapas,
Mexico
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From
a DC
Committee
of
Indigenous
Solidarity
Brochure
-
Fall,
1999
On
January 1st, 1994, poor Indian Peoples in Chiapas rose up not “in arms”
but with their bodies and who during the dark night before the dawn of a
new day occupied 7 towns in the Chiapas highlands including its capitol
city of San Cristobal de las Casas without firing a shot!...
The
Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) astounded thousands of
unbelieving Mexicans and inspired tens of thousands around the world,
including many indigenous tribes throughout the Americas...
The
auspicious date of January 1, 1994 was intentionally selected by the
EZLN because on that day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
was imposed upon Mexico. ...NAFTA included the US demand that
Mexico remove the Ejidos from Article 27 of the Mexican Constitution.
Ejidos are communal farmlands set apart for the Indians for their
survival crops. Transnational corporations now want those lands to
exploit (mine) subsoil resources...
...Since February 9, 1995, the Mexican Army and Government have been
carrying out a low-intensity war against the [Mayan] Zapatistas.
This warfare is directed primarily against the 1,111 indigenous
communities in Chiapas who are Zapatista sympathizers.
...A
huge escalation in the use of state security forces and PRI [Mexico's
dominant political party]-allied paramilitary [government paid and armed
civil patrol] groups has caused terrible suffering. Pro-Zapatista
towns have faced harassment, the rape of women, beatings, expulsions,
murders, and the stealing of grain and farm tools.
This
repression escalated significantly in the Summer and Fall of 1997,
culminating in the Acteal Massacre on December 22, 1997 in which 45
Indian women, children and men were killed in addition to 21 severely
wounded, most of whom were children. This criminal act was
perpetrated by 60 local poor Indians recruited by local PRI officials
and armed with AK-47 automatic rifles. At the time (and presently)
over 70,000 Mexican Army troops and hundreds of state security agents
occupied Chiapas...
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From a Investigation by the EZLN into
the
Circumstances
of
the
Acteal
Massacre
12-26-1997
(Four
Days
After
the
Massacre).
...Fifth - The
paramilitary commando unit that carried out the massacre was transported
in vehicles which are property of the PRI [Mexico's then-ruling
political party] municipal president of Chenalhó and his staff.
Sixth - All members of the aggressor
group wore dark-colored uniforms.
Seventh - The vehicles, as well as
the armament, uniforms, and equipment of the aggressors was obtained
with money provided by the federal government--specifically, by the
Department of Social Development (Sedesol).
Eighth - The paramilitaries executed
the wounded they found and cut open the wombs of pregnant women with
machetes.
Ninth - Once the attack was over,
agents of the Chiapas state Public Security Police took up the task of
collecting the bodies and "disappearing them" inside a cave and at the
bottom of a ravine.
Some conclusions from the above are:
1 - This was not a religious
conflict, as both murderers and victims were of the Catholic faith.
2 - This was not an ethnic conflict,
as both the dead and those who killed them were indigenous Tzotziles [a
Mayan sub-tribe].
3 - This was not a battle (as the
federal and state governments have tried to present it). The dead were
unarmed, the attackers had high-powered weapons. There was no armed
clash. It was, simply and plainly, an execution.
4 - The objective was to finish
everyone off, to not leave accusatory witnesses and to "clean the
evidence". The government's plan was for the deed not to fall into the
domain of public knowledge. The authorities first denied the massacre,
then minimized it, and now they want to confuse public opinion regarding
the true motive of the crime... |
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December
22, 2005 Commemoration
Miles indígenas recuerdan en misa
VIII aniversario matanza Acteal
México, 22 dic 2005 (EFE)
Alrededor de
dos mil
personas
recordaron
hoy en una
misa el
octavo
aniversario
de la
masacre en
Acteal, una
comunidad
del estado
sureño de
Chiapas,
donde fueron
asesinados
45
indígenas,
en su
mayoría
mujeres y
niños.
Approximately 2,000
Mayan indigenous people gathered at a mass to
remember the 45 indigneous victims of a massacre in
Acteal, Chiapas state, on December 21st, 1997.EFE
News Service
Centro
de Derechos
Humanos Fray
Bartolome de
las Casas.
(Friar
Bartolome de
las Casas
Human Rights
Center.)
Caso
Acteal
(The
Case of Acteal)
Reiteran:
Ruiz Ferro, culpable de la matanza de Acteal
(Ruiz
Ferro is guilty of organizing the Acteal Massacre.)
A
ocho años de la matanza de Acteal, aún no hay
justicia.(Eight
years after the Acteal Massacre, and still, there is
no justice.)
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December
22,
2004
Commemoration
Relatives of victims of the Acteal massacre
carry
photos and pray during a memorial at their burial
site in Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 22,
2004. Residents of the community are commemorating
the Acteal massacre in which paramilitaries killed
45 people, mostly women and children. (Associated
Press Photo/Hugo Santiz)
December
22,
2004
Acteal Massacre
Commemorated in Chiapas, Mexico
(Associated
Press) |
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RESISTING IMPUNITY
This web page provides
a brief history of the Acteal massacre in
pictures and links to news articles and other
reports.
Several years ago
the author had the opportunity to meet three
small children, victims of the Acteal Massacre.
All three children had been shot during the
massacre and left for dead.
One girl, Zoraida, became blind after being shot
in the head.
The children came to Washington, DC for medical
treatment at the Georgetown University Hospital.
These victims are no different than the victims
of thousands of similar massacres and other acts
of impunity that indigenous people have endured
during the past 500 years. Armed violence
continues to govern relations between states and
indigenous peoples in several regions of Latin
America.
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Americas:
Indigenous People at High Risk
"Intimidation, harassment and violent attacks
against indigenous communities are frequent
occurrences in countries including Honduras,
Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and
Venezuela"...
From a News
Release Issued by the International Secretariat
of Amnesty International - Aug. 9, 2001
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This report in being presented on the seventh
anniversary of the Acteal Massacre. May
the deceased victims rest in peace. May
the survivors achieve justice for this outrage.
Seven years after
the event, no trial has ever brought the known
perpetrators of the Acteal massacre to justice.
We demand
justice for the victims of the Acteal
massacre!
Chuck Goolsby,
December 23, 2004
- LibertadLatina
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How
things
were
(and
are)
in
Mayan
Lands...
January 17,
1998
"Ellas,
pequeñas, diminutas, armadas con esos brazos, con
esas manos, los detuvieron en X'oyep"
"These
women, small of stature, armed only with those arms,
with those hands, detained the Army incursion into
the Mayan town of X'oyep.
La
Jornada
Newspaper,
Mexico D.F.
Foto/Photo:
Pedro
Valtierra
Mujeres
refugiadas en el campamento de X'oyep, impidiendo el
acceso a militares dentro de la comunidad.
-
Global Exchange
Women
war refugees in the camp of X'oyep, blocking the
military from entering their community.
Mujeres de La Galeana
corren a los soldados de su comunidad. -
Global Exchange
Mayan women from La
Galeana town chase Mexican Army soldiers from their
community.
View
a
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Image
of
this
Picture
Mujeres de Amador Hernandez
defiendan
a su
comunidad
durante
una
ocupación
militar
en
Agosto
1999.
Mayan
women
from
Amador
Hernandez
town
resist
Mexican
Army
occupation
in
August,
1999.
(The
Mayan
women
wear
masks
to
prevent
their
being
targeted
by
military
and
paramilitary
forces.)
Links about
the Acteal
Massacre
Survivors of Mexico's Acteal massacre still
looking for justice
December
22, 2003
(c)
Associated
Press
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TUXTLA
GUTIERREZ,
Mexico,
Dec 22,
2003 --
Survivors
of a
massacre
on
Zapatista
sympathizers
in
southern
Mexico
six
years
ago said
Monday
that
authorities
have
failed
to
pursue
those
believed
to have
organized
and
carried
out the
attack.
"We have
spent
2,190
days
waiting
for
justice,
but we
still
haven't
received
a
complete
response,"
said
Roberto
Perez
Santis,
spokesman
for the
survivors
of the
Acteal
massacre
on Dec.
22,
1997.
Paramilitaries
with
close
ties to
government
figures
attacked
a prayer
meeting
of Roman
Catholic
activists
who
sympathized
with
many
Zapatista
goals
but not
their
methods.
Over
several
hours,
the
assailants
killed
45
people,
including
children
as young
as 2
months
old, in
the tiny
settlement
of
Acteal
in
southern
Chiapas
state.
Perez
said
police
still
have not
carried
out
arrest
warrants
against
those
believed
to be
responsible,
and he
criticized
authorities
for
refusing
to
question
then-governor
of the
state,
Julio
Cesar
Ruiz,
and
then-Mexican
Interior
Secretary
Emilio
Chuayffet,
current
congressional
leader
for the
opposition
Institutional
Revolutionary
Party,
or
PRI... |
11/28/2000
Para-Military
Repression & Impunity in Chiapas, Mexico
|
Rights
Action
[formerly
Guatemala
Partners]
supports the
"Chiapas
Network of
Community
Human Rights
Defenders"
(Red de
Defensores
Comunitarios
por Los
Derechos
Humanos) and
"Proyecto
169" that
are working
to denounce
and end
systematic
impoverishment
and
repression
against
Mayan
campesinos
in Chiapas,
Mexico. |
12/24/2001
Acteal
Honors its Victims & Continues its Struggle
for Justice & Survival - indymedia.org
2000
2000 Acteal
Commemoration Photos
July 1998
Chiapas state, in
southern Mexico.
|
Since
1994,
there
are 684
documented
assaults
on women
and
girls,
including
over
300
rapes
mainly
by
government
forces.
"Before
the
massacre
at
Acteal
those
who
organize
the
Priistas
[government
forces]
told us:
'The
daughters
of
Zapatistas
will be
raped.
First
the
wives,
then the
daughters.'"
The
whole
community
of
Taniperlas
has been
threatened
with
rape if
the men
who
escaped
military
attack
do not
return. |
December 18,
1998
The Acteal
Massacre - One Year On and Still No Justice
- Amnesty International
June, 1998
A La
Ofensiva:
Intesificada
Ocupación Militar a Seis Meses de la Masacre
de Acteal - Una investigación especial
reportada por Global Exchange
On The
Offensive:
Intensified
Military
Occupation
in Chiapas
Six Months
Since the
Massacre at
Acteal
- A special
investigative
report by
Global
Exchange
April 29,
1998
Tucson
Weekly: Wall Street's Latest War
March 13,
1998
Acteal
Attack Well Planned - Associated Press
(c) 1998
Associated Press
|
BY JOHN
RICE
Associated
Press
Writer
MEXICO
CITY - A
pro-government
vigilante
group
plotted
an
attack
on the
hamlet
of
Acteal
for more
than two
months
before
gunning
down 45
people
there,
the
federal
attorney
general’s
office
reported
Thursday.
In a
preliminary
report
on the
massacre
in the
southern
state of
Chiapas,
the
agency
said
some
state
police
officers
apparently
helped
the
attackers
by
transporting
automatic
weapons
in
police
vehicles.
The new
report
indicates
the
conspiracy
to carry
out the
massacre
was
broader
and more
longstanding
then
officials
had
previously
reported.
More
than 150
arrest
orders
have
been
issued
in
connection
with the
Dec. 22
slayings
in
Acteal,
according
to the
report
read at
a news
conference
by
Deputy
Attorney
General
Jose
Luis
Ramos
Rivera... |
February 22,
1998
La matanza
de Acteal, reflejo de violencia y la
impunidad que aún perduran en México
por Joel
Solomon «*»,
publicado en
Proceso
No. 1112, el
22 de febrero de 1998
December
1997-January
1998
|
The massacre
victims were
members of
"las Abejas"
- a pacifist
Christian
movement
working to
improve the
plight of
Mayans in
Chiapas,
Mexico.
This is the
organization's
first
declaration,
made just
after the
massacre in
Acteal. |
December
1997-January
1998
Photos from
Some of the First Protests Against the
Massacre at Acteal |
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December,
2004
COMMENTARY
Compañeros
y
compañeras,
Once
again,
the
annual
holiday
festivities
are
upon
us.
It
is a
special
time
for
many
-
time
for
family,
for
reconciliation,
for
renewal,
and
for
joyful
celebrations
within
our
communities.
Sadly,
it
is
no
longer
any
of
this
for
45
members
of a
small
Tsotsil
[Mayan]
community
in
Acteal,
Chiapas.
It
is
not
now
nor
will
it
ever
be
thus
for
those
45
brothers
and
sisters
who
seven
years
ago
were
cut
down
in
the
midst
of
their
communal
prayers
for
peace.
It
will
never
again
be a
time
for
such
festivity
for
those
ripped
from
their
families
by
the
bullets
of
those
cowardly
assassins.
There
is
no
more
time
left
for
those
15
children,
no
more
time
for
those
21
women,
four
of
them
pregnant,
no
more
time
for
the
9
men.
Nor
will
it
ever
be
the
same
for
their
families
who
mourn
their
unbearable
loss
now,
and
who
will
continue
for
the
rest
of
their
lives
to
grieve
over
the
emptiness
left
by
the
absence
of
their
beloved
brothers,
sisters,
sons,
daughters,
mothers,
fathers,
grandmothers
and
grandfathers.
How
many
still
suffer
for
such
blind
and
murderous
brutality,
for
such
beastly
hatred,
for
so
much
denial
of
one
simple
dream
that
promises
us
that
another
world
is
possible
- Is
this
dream
so
dangerous
as
to
make
it
necessary
to
murder
entire
communities
in
order
to
extinguish
it?
Who
are
those
so
terrified
of
this
dream?
Those,
who
on
that
December
day,
seized
the
lives
of
women,
men
and
children
with
such
total
impunity,
will
one
day
be
required
to
answer
these
and
many
more
questions.
They
and
their
masters,
their
governors,
their
imperialist
lords
will
be
required
to
answer.
We
must
assure
ourselves
of
this
truth.
One
day
soon
justice
will
be
done.
And
for
so
much
barbaric
inhumanity,
for
so
much
crime
against
the
people's
dignity,
for
so
much
injustice
against
the
basic
rights
of
humans,
we
all
suffer.
If
we
think
this
through,
and
search
the
depth
of
our
hearts,
we
discover
that
we
all
suffer
because
of
this.
We
are,
after
all,
them,
and
they
are
us.
We
are
one
in
the
past,
in
the
present
and
forever;
sharing
victories,
failures,
dreams,
love
and
struggle;
life
and,
too
often,
also
untimely
death
at
the
hands
of
assassins.
Some
of
us
pay
with
our
lives
for
demanding
our
right
to
dream,
to
love,
and
to
pray
for
peace.
Let
us
never
forget
those
men
and
those
women
who
died
for
those
rights.
For
them,
so
cruelly
massacred
at
Acteal
on
December
22,
1997,
and
for
many
more
stricken
by
hatred
and
for
so
much
more
suffering
let
us
cry.
For
they
have
earned
our
tears,
companeros
and
companeras.
Without
shame
nor
fear
let
us
cry
together.
Not
out
of
terror
nor
because
of
weakness,
but
rather
because
of
strength
itself.
Let
us
cry
out
in
hunger
for
justice.
Let
us
cry
out
for
the
struggle
that
catches
fire
in
every
loving
tear
that
believes
in
all
that
can
be
possible.
Let
us
cry
lest
we
forget,
so
that
we
can
go
on
dreaming,
and
go
on
struggling.
We
owe
this
much
to
the
fallen.
Forever
live
their
memory!
Long
live
the
struggle
for
the
dignity
of
the
people,
for
humanity
and
against
neoliberalism!
Committee
of
Indigenous
Solidarity
(CIS)
-DC
Zapatistas
Also
by
CIS:
A
Short
History
of
the
Mayan
Freedom
Movement
and
the
Armed
Conflict
in
Chiapas,
Mexico
- DC
CIS
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Who
Are
the
Martyrs
of
Acteal?
Lucia Mendez Capote, 13
Vicente Mendez Capote, 5
Manuel Santiz Culebra, 57
Alonso Vazquez Gomez, 46
Loida Ruiz Gomez, 21 years-11 months-28 days
Victorio Vazquez Gomez, 22
Graciela Gomez Hernandez, 3
Guadalupe Gomez Hernandez, 2
Roselia Gomez Hernandez, 5
Miguel Perez Jimenez, 40
Antonia Vazquez Luna, 27
Rosa Vazquez Luna, 14
Veronica Vazquez Luna, 20
Margarita Vazquez Luna, 3 years-2 months
Juana Vazquez Luna, 8 months
Ignacio Pukuj Luna, (adult: unknown age)
Micaela Pukuj Luna, 67
Alejandro Perez Luna, 16
 (snapshot, Alejandro at work)
Juana Perez Luna, 9
Silvia Perez Luna, 6
Maria Luna Mendez, 44
Nanuela Paciencia Moreno, 35
Maria Perez Oyalte, 42
Margarita Mendez Paciencia, 23
Daniel Gomez Perez, 24
Susana Jimenez Perez, 17
Josefa Vazquez Perez, 27
Maria Capote Perez, 16
Martha Capote Perez,12
Micaela Vazquez Perez, 9
Juana Gomez Perez, 61
Juan Carlos Luna Perez, 1 year-11 months-27 days
Antonia Vazquez Perez, 30
Lorenzo Gomez Perez, 46
Sebastian Gomez Perez, 9
Daniel Gomez Perez, 24
Juana Perez Perez, 33
Rosa Perez Perez, 33
Marcela Luna Ruiz, 35
Maria Gomez Ruiz, 23
Catarina Luna Ruiz, 31
Marcela Capote Ruiz, 29
Marcela Capote Vazquez, 15
Paulina Hernandez Vazquez, 22
Juana Luna Vazquez, 45
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Indigenous Americas - "In
situations of armed conflict, abuse against
indigenous or other minority group girls and
women tends to be particularly cruel. In
periods of armed conflict in Latin America,
violence against women - especially rape -
has been rampant..."
"In Guatemala, political violence
left 150,000 [mostly Mayan] dead and 50,000 disappeared during
the 1980s, as well as 200,000 orphans, 40,000 widows, and
between 400,000 and one million displaced."
..."In many parts of the world,
rape is being used as a weapon of war to terrorize the civil
population. In Mexico, during the first years of conflict in
Chiapas, 50 rape cases against indigenous women were reported."
From:
UNICEF and the AIDS Information Exchange Newsletter
Note: Chiapas, Mexico and
Mayan Guatemala are one continuous region.
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About this
Crisis - The
indigenous
of Latin
America -
Index - El
Salvador
The El Mozote Massacre (El Salvador):
The women were disposed of next. "First they
picked out the young girls and took them
away to the hills," where they were raped
before being killed, Amaya reported. "Then
they picked out the old women and took them
to Israel Marquez's house on the square. We
heard the shots there."
The children died last. "An order arrived
from a Lt. Caceres to Lt. Ortega to go ahead
and kill the children too," Amaya observed.
"A soldier said 'Lieutenant, somebody here
says he won't kill children.' 'Who's the
sonofabitch who said that?' the lieutenant
answered. 'I am going to kill him.' I could
hear them shouting from where I was
crouching in the tree." |
About this
Crisis - The
indigenous
of Latin
America -
Index - Peru
About this
Crisis - The
indigenous
of Latin
America -
Index -
Guatemala
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El
Rio
Negro
(The
Mayan
Community
of Black
River,
Guatemala)
Massacre
"The
soldiers
and the
(paramilitary
civil
defense)
patrollers
started
grabbing
the
girls
and
raping
us,"
recalls
Ana, one
of a
handful
of
survivors
of the
massacre.
"Only
two
soldiers
raped me
because
my
grandmother
was
there to
defend
me. All
the
girls
were
raped."
In
total,
177
women
and
children
died
that
day. The
village,
one of
the most
far
flung of
Rabinal
municipality
in Baja
Verapaz
province
[Guatemala],
disappeared.
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Crisis
within
Canada
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of the
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States |
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Gangs
Enter New Territory With Sex
Trafficking
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Though most are known to deal with
drugs and weapons, a new FBI threat
assessment says street gangs have
been moving into some different
territory lately: human trafficking.
The FBI says gang members
increasingly are pushing women and
children into prostitution.
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The MS-13 gang got its start among
immigrants from El Salvador in the
1980s. Since then, the gang has
built operations in 42 states,
mostly out West and in the
Northeastern United States, where
members typically deal in drugs and
weapons.
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But in Fairfax County, Virginia, one
of the wealthiest places in the
country, authorities have brought
five cases in the past year that
focus on gang members who have
pushed women, sometimes very young
women, into prostitution.
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"We all know that human trafficking
is an issue around the world," says
Neil MacBride, the top federal
prosecutor in the area. "We hear
about child brothels in Thailand and
brick kilns in India, but it's
something that's in our own
backyard, and in the last year we've
seen street gangs starting to move
into sex trafficking."
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In Virginia, at least, the
consequences can be severe. Over the
past few weeks, one member of MS-13
nicknamed "Sniper" got sent to
prison for the rest of his life.
Another will spend 24 years behind
bars for compelling two teenage
girls to sell themselves for money.
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Usually, investigators say, gang
members charge between $30 and $50 a
visit, and the girls are forced into
prostitution 10 to 15 times a day.
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It's easy money for MS-13 —
thousands of dollars in a weekend,
with virtually no costs. Except for
alcohol and drugs to try to keep the
girls off-kilter.
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Often, the activity takes place at
construction sites, in the parking
lots of convenience stores and gas
stations.
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"Yeah, this last case we worked, the
victim was 12 years old," says John
Torres, who leads the Homeland
Security Investigations unit at the
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
office in Washington.
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He says the girl, a runaway,
approached MS-13 gang members at a
Halloween party. She was looking for
a place to stay. Within hours, she
was forced to work as a prostitute.
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"You have a gang that's taking
advantage of people that are in a
desperate situation, usually
runaways or someone that's looking
for help from the gang," Torres
says.
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Joshua Skule, who oversees the
violent crime branch of the criminal
division at the FBI's field office
in Washington, lists some reasons
for street gangs' move into sex
trafficking.
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"It is not like moving, or as risky
as moving narcotics. It is not as
risky as extorting business owners,"
he says. "And these victims really
have no way out."
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Skule says they're like modern
indentured servants. The 12-year-old
girl involved in one of the recent
sex trafficking cases is safe now,
authorities say. But she'll be
dealing with the physical and
emotional scars for many years.
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"When someone leaves, there's a lot
of shame and guilt associated with
the time they were there," says
Victoria Hougham, a social worker
who helps victims and survivors of
sex trafficking.
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"They may have physical injuries
which can impact, especially for
young women, their sexual and
reproductive health."
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Hougham works with
Polaris
Project,
a nonprofit that runs a 24-hour hot
line that helps connect victims of
human trafficking with police or
social services. She says survivors
of that kind of abuse do best when
they reconnect with their families
and get support from law
enforcement.
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Prosecutors in Virginia say they
expect to bring more sex trafficking
cases against gang members over the
next several months.
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Carrie Johnson
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All Things Considered
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National Public Radio
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Nov. 14, 2011
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Added: Nov. 14, 2011
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Congressional anti trafficking leader Rosi
Orozco eulogizes Interior Department leaders in the war against modern
slavery
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Mexico
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Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior José
Francisco Blake Mora and other officials recently died in a
tragic helicopter accident.
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Congressional deputy Rosi Orozco, president of
the Special Commission to Combat Human Trafficking in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Comunicado
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Con profunda tristeza me uno al dolor que
embarga a las familias de cada uno de los pasajeros que viajaban junto
con el Srio. de Gobernación
José Francisco Blake Mora,
en el trágico
accidente sucedido el día de ayer; Felipe de Jesús Zamora Castro,
subsecretario de Asuntos Jurídicos y Derechos Humanos [y otros]…,
quienes sirviendo a su Nación, perdieron su vida.
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Siempre estaremos agredecidos por el
apoyo del Srio. José Francisco Blake quien en funciones subió el tema
del delito de Trata de Personas al Consejo de Seguridad Nacional
equiparando así este delito con el de secuestro. En todo momento fue un
hombre dispuesto y determinado a luchar por tener un mejor país, una
mejor Nación, un mejor México para nacionales y extranjeros.
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Felipe de Jesús Zamora,
gran aliado en la
lucha contra la Trata de Personas, comprometido con la campaña de la ONU
en contra de este crimen, portando todos los días en la solapa de su
traje el símbolo del Corazón Azul, su pérdida para mí es irreparable.
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Press Release
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It is with deep sadness that I join with the
pain felt by the families of each of the passengers who were traveling
with Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior
José Francisco Blake Mora
during the tragic [helicopter] accident that happened yesterday...,
including Felipe de Jesús Zamora Castro, Secretary of Legal Affairs and
Human Rights at the Interior Department.
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We will always be thankful for the
support of Secretary Blake Mora, who raised the issue of human
trafficking before the National Security Council, where he equated
trafficking with crime of kidnapping [which is penalized much more
severely under Mexican law]. The Secretary was at all times a man
willing and determined to fight for a better country, a better nation, a
better Mexico for nationals and foreigners.
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[Another victim of the crash,
Undersecretary of the Interior for Judicial
Affairs and Human Rights] Felipe de Jesus Zamora was a great ally in the
fight against trafficking in persons. He was committed to [Mexico’s
collaboration with] the United Nations Blue Heart campaign against
trafficking, wearing therir blue heart pin on his lapel each and every
day. His loss is irreparable.
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I join the pain of all Mexicans, who
have lost brave servants of our nation. They defended the values which
make Mexico great through their day-to-day hard work and determination.
I sympathize with their beloved families, peers and colleagues.
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Attentively
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Atentamente
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Diputada Federal Rosi Orozco
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Nov. 11, 2011
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Added: Nov. 14, 2011
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Mexico
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Protest sign says "We need authorities
who will indeed protect us - not rapists."
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La CIDH admite el caso de 11 mujeres mexicanas
que acusan tortura sexual
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La Comisión Interamericana investigará una denuncia de violación de un
grupo mujeres en un operativo policial en San Salvador Atenco en 2006
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Según la documentación de organizaciones civiles, al menos 26 mujeres
fueron violadas, de las cuales, 11 acudieron ante la CIDH (Cuartoscuro
Archivo).
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La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) admitió investigar
el caso de 11 mujeres mexicanas que aseguran que fueron víctimas de
tortura sexual durante una represión policial en 2006 en San Salvador
Atenco, en el Estado de México.
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Durante el 143° periodo ordinario de sesiones, la CIDH emitió un informe
para comenzar a investigar la petición 512-08 Mariana Selvas Gómez y
otros vs. México, interpuesta en abril de 2008 bajo el cargo de dilación
de justicia por la nula investigación en el caso.
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“Ni la Fiscalía Especial de Delitos Violentos Contra las Mujeres y Trata
de Personas (Fevimtra) ni la Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado
de México (PGJEM) han realizado una adecuada investigación y ningún
policía, de los más de 2,500 agentes que intervinieron, ha sido
sancionado”, acusa el Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro
Juárez (Centro Prodh), que lleva el caso legal de las denunciantes.
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La Comisión investigará ahora si el Estado mexicano cometió violaciones
de derechos humanos y dará a conocer sus conclusiones en cuanto la parte
acusadora y el gobierno mexicano sean notificados sobre las mismas.
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La población de San Salvador de Atenco se movilizó en febrero y mayo de
2006 contra la expropiación de tierras en San Salvador Atenco para la
construcción de un nuevo aeropuerto internacional en el centro del país.
La protesta derivó en un enfrentamiento en el que participaron 2,500
policías de los tres órdenes de gobierno. Dos personas murieron y 207
fueron detenidas.
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Organizaciones civiles como el Centro Prodh denuncian que durante el
operativo del 3 y 4 de mayo de 2006, al menos 26 mujeres fueron víctimas
de tortura sexual; de las cuáles, 11 presentaron una querella ante la
CIDH.
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Estas mujeres denunciaron que los agentes las detuvieron por participar
en los disturbios y que en los vehículos donde eran trasladadas a un
penal sufrieron violencia sexual, física y verbal.
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Una de las denunciantes, Italia Méndez, escribió una carta en el quinto
aniversario del operativo en Atenco: "La tortura sexual ejercida contra
nosotras las mujeres en los operativos fue un hecho difícil de afrontar
y denunciar, dimensionar tal violencia contra nuestros cuerpos nos
resultaba desbordante, sin embargo, el mantenernos juntas y enfrentar al
Estado de forma colectiva nos permitió afrontar y desmontar el discurso
del poder en el cual nosotras debíamos sentir vergüenza y no podíamos
hacer nada con lo ocurrido”.
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En julio de 2010, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN)
ordenó la liberación de 12 integrantes del Frente de Pueblos en Defensa
de la Tierra (FPDT), que estaban sentenciados a penas de entre 31 y 112
años de cárcel por el delito de secuestro equiparado tras haber
participado en la protesta.
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Un año antes, la Corte dictaminó que los policías que fueron parte del
operativo cometieron graves violaciones a las garantías individuales.
Hasta ahora, sólo uno ha sido consignado por actos libidinosos, pero no
fue encarcelado.
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La SCJN también deslindó responsabilidad al expresidente Vicente Fox y
al exgobernador del Estado de México, Enrique Peña Nieto.
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El exmandatario estatal dijo en 2008 que volvería a ordenar un operativo
similar en caso de que fuera necesario restablecer el orden y la paz
social. Sin embargo, un año después, reconoció que en el caso existe un
“alto grado de impunidad” en cuanto a violaciones y abusos cometidos por
los 2,500 policías que participaron, pero dijo que era “prácticamente
imposible saber quién las cometió”.
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Cinco años después de haber avalado el operativo, Enrique Peña Nieto es
el político mexicano mejor posicionado en las encuestas para los
comicios presidenciales de 2012.
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International Commission will investigate the case of 11 Mexican women
who charge sexual torture [at the hands of police]
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The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) has decided
to investigate
rape complaints filed by a group of women in regard to a police
operation that occurred in the city of San Salvador de Atenco in 2006.
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According to documentation assembled by nongovernmental organizations,
at least 26 women were raped at the time of the incident. Eleven of those victims have
pursued the case that will be considered by the IACHR.
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During its 143rd regular session, the Commission issued a report to
begin investigating
petition 512-08 - Mariana Selvas Gómez et al.,
Mexico, filed in April 2008 on allegations that justice was not served
because officials failed to investigate the case.
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"Neither the [federal] Special Prosecutor for Violent Crimes Against
Women and Trafficking in Persons (FEVIMTRA) nor the Attorney General of
the State of Mexico (PGJEM) conducted an adequate investigation, and
none of the more than 2,500 police officers involved [in the operation]
has been penalized,” declared a spokesperson for the Miguel Agustín Pro
Juárez Human Rights Center (PRODH Center), which provides legal
representation for the complainants.
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The Commission will now investigate whether the Mexican government
committed human rights violations and will publish its conclusions after
the complainants and the Mexican government are notified about them.
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The population of San Salvador Atenco had mobilized in February, and
then in May of 2006
in protest against the expropriation of land within the city that was to
be used for the construction of a new international airport. The protest
led to a confrontation and a response by more than 2,500 federal, state
and local police officers. Two people died and 207 were arrested.
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Civil society organizations such as the PRODH Center reported that during the
operation, which took place between May 3rd and 4th
of
2006, at least 26 women were subjected to sexual torture. Eleven of those
victims joined to bring the IACHR complaint.
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The women reported that officers had arrested them for participating in
the disturbances, and that they were sexually, physically and verbally
assaulted on the buses that transported them to jail.
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One of the complainants, Italia Méndez, wrote a letter on the fifth
anniversary of the operation in Atenco and stated: "The sexual torture
that was perpetrated against us as women was hard to face and denounce -
such violence [against] our bodies was overwhelming. Nonetheless, by
staying together and by confronting the state collectively, we were able
to dismantle the discourse that was [publicized] by those in power, a
discourse that said that we should feel ashamed and that we could not do
anything about what had happened."
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In July 2010, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) ordered the release of
12 members of the Peoples' Front in Defense of the Land (FPDT), who had
been sentenced to between 31 and 112 years in prison for the crime of
kidnapping after participating in the protest.
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A year earlier, the Court ruled that the police officers who were part
of the operation committed serious violations of individual rights. So
far, only one officer has been prosecuted for lewd acts. He was not
jailed.
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The supreme court also exonerated [former] president Vicente Fox and the
former governor of Mexico state, Enrique Peña Nieto in regard to the
case.
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Peña Nieto said in 2008 that he would have ordered a similar operation
again in the event that it become necessary to restore order and social
peace. A year later, Peña Nieto acknowledged that there was a "high
degree of impunity" in regard to the violations and abuses committed by the
2,500 police officers involved, but said it was "practically impossible
to know who committed those acts".
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Five years after having [ordered and] supported the operation, Enrique
Peña Nieto holds the top position in polls leading up to the 2012
presidential race.
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Tania L. Montalvo
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CNNMéxico
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Nov. 09, 2011
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See also:
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Added: Nov. 14, 2011
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Mexico
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Raped, Beaten, Never Forgotten
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When the women left their homes that May morning in 2006, they never
imagined the horrific experience that lay ahead of them.
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During a police operation in response to protests by a local peasant
organization in San Salvador Atenco, more than 45 women were arrested
without explanation. Dozens of them were subjected to physical,
psychological and sexual violence by the police officers who arrested
them.
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In the case of one of the women, police officers pulled her hair, beat
her, and forced her into a state police vehicle with her shirt pulled
over her head. She was made to lie on top of other detainees, and during
the journey to the prison, police officers sexually assaulted her
repeatedly.
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Once at the "Santiaguito" prison near Toluca in Mexico State, the prison
doctors who examined many of the women failed to document all their
physical injuries or to gather evidence of the sexual abuse they had
suffered.
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More than four years later, these brave survivors are still waiting for
justice.
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None of the officials responsible for their abuse have been held
accountable. Federal authorities had conducted an investigation that
resulted in a list of 34 names of police officers who were suspected of
being responsible for the abuses, but the federal authorities concluded
that these individuals should be prosecuted at the state level.
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Almost no progress has been made in over a year. Now is the time to push
for real justice and remind the federal government of Mexico that it has
the ultimate responsibility to protect the human rights of its citizens,
and not to let this impunity continue...
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Amnesty International
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2011
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See Also:
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LibertadLatina
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Special Section
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Atenco
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Mexican Police
Rape and Assault
47
Women at
Street Protest
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Added: Nov. 14, 2011
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Mexico
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Lydia Cacho
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Detectan 17 casos de trata en la Riviera Maya
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Ante los hechos de explotación sexual se realizará una marcha pacífica
el próximo 12 de noviembre en la zona turística de Cancún
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El Centro Integral de Atención a la Mujer Maltratada (CIAM-Cancún)
documenta los casos de al menos 17 menores de edad, víctimas de una red
de tratantes de personas en la Riviera Maya, quienes vivían
originalmente en situación de calle y fueron captadas por tratantes que
las "engancharon" en el turismo sexual, comerciándolas sexualmente para
el consumo de turistas canadienses, italianos y norteamericanos,
principalmente.
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La organización, que brinda asesoría psicológica, emocional, jurídica y
alberga a mujeres víctimas de violencia, conocieron de los casos como
parte de la campaña "Yo no estoy en venta" que iniciaron en mayo pasado
para prevenir y combatir el delito de la Trata de Personas en sus
diversas modalidades, enfocada a adolescentes y jóvenes a quienes se
dota de herramientas para detectar el fenómeno, reconocer los signos de
alerta y, en su caso, denunciarlos a personas de su confianza.
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Como parte de dicha campaña se realizará una marcha pacífica el próximo
12 de noviembre en la zona turística de Cancún para lanzar como mensaje
al turismo y a la industria de que Cancún es paraíso, pero no para el
turismo sexual y que la niñez en Quintana Roo, no está en venta, anunció
este martes la presidenta del CIAM-Cancún, Lydia Cacho Ribeiro.
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La activista reveló datos
preliminares sobre los casos detectados y el estudio que han conformado
para dibujar el perfil de los tratantes de personas que operan en Cancún
y en Playa del Carmen -municipios de Benito Juárez y Solidaridad- en
donde estas mafias que explotan comercialmente a menores de edad son
protegidas por cárteles de la droga, específicamente por Los Zetas y los
"Pelones".
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Del grupo de 17 víctimas halladas por CIAM, Cacho Ribeiro dijo que sus
edades oscilan entre los 13 y 16 años, que provienen de diferentes
entidades de la República Mexicana y que su común denominador estriba en
que la violencia doméstica que sufrieron en el hogar las hizo huir y
encontrar refugio en las calles…
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"Esta modalidad de víctimas de Trata, que se encuentran en situación de
calle está cobrando importancia en Cancún y Riviera Maya. Hemos sabido
por testimonios de las propias víctimas que mantienen relaciones
sexuales con policías, comerciantes, taxistas y chavos de calle a cambio
de comida, protección, favores o drogas y no exclusivamente por dinero.
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"Luego son captadas por sujetos a los que ubican como ‘valedores' que
primero las protegen, con quienes entablan un vínculo emocional muy
fuerte, y quienes terminan explotándolas sexualmente o entregándolas a
tratantes profesionales", expresó.
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Estos ‘valedores' operan particularmente en la famosa Quintana Avenida,
localizada en Playa del Carmen y en playas aledañas a la zona. Y en
Cancún, en el Parque de las Palapas y en la zona de bares de la avenida
López Portillo.
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La agrupación ha dividido en
tres al tipo de víctimas de Trata, detectados en Quintana Roo, durante
la campaña "Yo no estoy en Venta":
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Infantes y adolescentes que viven con sus familias y son explotadas en
niveles socieconómicos altos, por amigos de la escuela y propietarios de
bares; quienes se reportan como desaparecidos o que huyeron de sus casas
y terminan dentro de una red local o internacional de Trata; y quienes
son traídas al estado por tratantes que manejan las rutas de tráfico de
migrantes indocumentados, principalmente de países como Guatemala, El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Paraguay.
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Activists detect 17 cases of minor sex trafficking at Mexico’s Riviera
Maya resort
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Given the facts of sexual exploitation, a peaceful march is planned for
November 12th in the resort city of Cancun
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The Comprehensive Care Centre for Abused Women (CIAM-Cancún) has
announced that it has documented the cases of at least 17 underage
victims of sex trafficking networks in the Riviera Maya resort area. The
victims were homeless children who had been entrapped by a network of
traffickers who prostituted them for the consumption of sex tourists who
are principally from Canada, Italy and the United States.
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CIAM, which provides emotional, psychological, legal and housing
assistance for women victims of violence, raised awareness of the 17
victims as part of its "I am not for sale" campaign. The effort began
last May to prevent and combat the crime of human trafficking in its
diverse forms. The campaign is aimed at teenagers and young adults who
will be educated to detect the phenomenon, to recognize the warning
signs and, where appropriate, report them to people they trust.
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CIAM is organizing a peaceful march for November 12th in the resort city
of Cancun to launch its message to the tourism industry that Cancun is
a paradise, but not for sex tourism, and to declare that the children of
the state of Quintana Roo are not for sale, announced CIAM-Cancún’s
president, [journalist and activist] Lydia Cacho Ribeiro.
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Cacho Ribeiro discussed preliminary data in regard to the cases detected
as well as deails about a study that CIAM has developed to determine
the profile of the human traffickers that are operating in Cancun and
Playa del Carmen - where the gangs who engage in the commercial sexual
exploitation of children (CSEC) are protected by the drug cartels, and
specifically Los Zetas and the "Pelones."
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According to Cacho Ribeiro, the ages of the 17 victims found by CIAM are
between 13 and 16. They come from across Mexico. Their common
denominator is that they all suffered domestic violence at home that
drove them onto the streets.
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"This type of victims of trafficking, who may be found to be living on
the streets, is becoming increasingly important in Cancun and Riviera
Maya. We have testimony from the victims who have declared that the have
sex with policemen, shopkeepers, taxi drivers and street kids in
exchange for food, protection, favors or drugs. It is not always an
exchange of money that is involved.
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"Later, they are captured by subjects who pose as benefactors, who
protect them, and with whom they have a strong emotional bond, These
subjects end up exploiting the victim sexually, or they hand
the girl
over to professional traffickers,” said Cacho Ribeiro.
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These 'protectors' are especially active in the famous Avenida Quintana
in Playa del Carmen, and along the beaches surrounding the area. In
Cancun, they operate in the Parque de las Palapas and in the bars along
the Avenida Lopez Portillo.
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CIAM has categorized three types of victims of who have been detected in
Quintana Roo state during the I am not for Sale campaign: 1) children and
adolescents who are living with their families, who are exploited by
school friends and bar owners; 2) youth who are reported as missing or
who fled their homes and end up in a local or international [sex] trafficking
network; and 3) victims who are brought into the state by traffickers
who operate human smuggling routes that transport undocumented migrants
who are principally from the nations of Guatemala, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Paraguay.
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Adriana Varillas
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El Universal
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Nov. 08, 2011
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Added: Nov. 06, 2011
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Latin America
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The Rise
of Femicide and Women in Drug
Trafficking
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While men have predominantly run drug
trafficking organizations (DTOs),
women have participated in them since
the 1920s. Their role may have
appeared miniscule compared to that
of their male counterparts, but they
have played key roles such as drug
mules and bosses…
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Indirect
Effects of Drug Trafficking
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Government
crackdowns on drug cartels not only
affect women directly, impacting
those who may be working as bosses
or mules, but also indirectly
through a resulting increase [in]
prostitution and sex trafficking.
These industries present an
alternative when governments place
heightened scrutiny on DTOs.
According to the International
Organization for Migration, sex
trafficking alone can produce USD 16
billion a year in revenue in Latin
America. With such high profits,
they are obvious choices to mobilize
in the midst of increased government
control…
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Femicide
Emerges
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The rise [in] the number of women in
prisons and the surge in their crime
rates are symptoms of a prominent
issue in Latin America, known as
femicide. Femicide refers to the
mass killings of women, and reflects
the excessive masculinity that is
associated with the drug industry…
[Drug crime is just one of many
causes of femicide in the region.]
Drug trafficking seems to heighten
the attitude that women are…
disposable... Although femicide
remains an issue for all of Latin
America, it has a greater presence
in parts of Central America. For
example, the [number] of murdered
women has tripled in four years,
from 2005-2009, in many Mexican
states from 3.7 to 11.1 per 100,000…
María
Virginia Díaz Méndez, of the Center
of Women’s Studies in Honduras,
states that, “Honduras comes in
second to Guatemala for the highest
femicide rate”. Despite growing
[rates of] femicide throughout the
region, it appears as though there
are little to no consequences for
committing such crimes…
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Andrea Mares
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Council on Hemispheric Affairs
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October 28, 2011
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See also:
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Added: Nov. 06, 2011
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Latin America
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Sex
Trafficking Now A $16 Billion
Business In Latin America
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The trafficking of women and girls
for purposes of sexual exploitation
has become a $16-billion-a-year
business in Latin America, according
to figures from the International
Organization for Migration.
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That amount "is almost half of what
is calculated is generated
worldwide" by sex trafficking, said
IOM's director for the Southern
Cone, Eugenio Ambrosi, in an
interview published Wednesday in the
Buenos Aires daily Pagina/12.
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Prostitution, he said, "is vying for
second place with weapons
trafficking as the illegal business
that moves the most money after drug
trafficking."
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Ambrosi lamented the fact that
trafficking in women has "the
advantage ... (that) the logistical
and investment (costs) are much
lower" than in other illicit
businesses, and he added that
"there's a connection" between drug
trafficking and people trafficking.
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"Sometimes the victims ... are
recruited to traffic drugs," he
said.
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"There's a very well organized
network, with the capacity to
recruit and use women everywhere to
satisfy the requirements of the
market," said Ambrosi, adding that
"something has to be done to go
after the customers…"
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WUNRN
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Dec. 02, 2008
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Added: Nov. 06, 2011
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Remarks by Mexican anti-trafficking
leader Teresa Ulloa during her
acceptance of the 2011 Gleitsman
International Activist Award at the
Center for Public Leadership at
the Harvard Kennedy School
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Mexico / Massachusetts, USA
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Programme from
the 2011 Gleitsman
International Activist Award
ceremony
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Palabras
De Teresa Ulloa al aceptar El Premio
Gleitsman 2011 al Activismo Social
Internacional
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Buenas noches, quiero agradecer a
los miembros del Jurado y al Centro
para el Liderazgo Público de la
Escuela Kennedy de la Universidad de
Harvard por otorgarme el Premio
Gleitsman 2011 al Activismo Social
Internacional. También quiero
agradecer a cada una de las que me
nominaron, Corey, Norma, Dorchen y
Jan, todas ellas compañeras en
nuestra lucha y en la
CATW-Internacional, por confiar en
mí y por todo el trabajo que esta
nominación les representó.
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Soy madre de una joven de 21 años,
que ha sido mi motivación y mayor
impulse para que haya dedicado mi
trabajo a contribuir a poner fin a
todas las formas de violencia contra
las mujeres, incluyendo la
sobre-sexualización y la explotación
sexual comercial de mujeres y niñas.
Yo sueño con que mi trabajo
contribuya para desarraigar la
normalización y la aceptación
cultural de la violencia contra las
mujeres para crear un mejor mundo
para todas ellas en todo el mundo.
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He dedicado mi vida a luchar por los
derechos humanos, especialmente a
luchar contra la violencia hacia las
mujeres y las niñas, y, desde hace
veinte años, a combatir la trata de
mujeres, niñas y niños para la
explotación sexual. Durante 40 años,
he trabajado para empoderar y
defender a las mujeres para que
logren el acceso a sus derechos y he
representado a innumerables víctimas
de violencia sexual.
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A menudo, he trabajado con un alto
riesgo personal y el de mi familia,
para erradicar la trata a lo largo
de América Latina y el Caribe,
especialmente en México, donde los
cárteles de las drogas ahora son los
actores principales de este delito.
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En mi trabajo, he incluído un
enfoque holístico para crear las
condiciones legales, políticas y
sociales que permitan erradicar la
trata de personas. Uso mi
conocimiento y experiencia para
diseñar y poner en práctica campañas
y modelos de capacitación
innovadores para la prevención, la
protección y asistencia de las
víctimas, y para la persecución de
los tratantes y explotadores, para
capacitar a los agentes
institucionales encargados de hacer
respetar las leyes y para educar a
los jóvenes, entre otros.
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Inspirada por nuestras Compañeras de
CATW-AP, diseñé un modelo dirigido a
hombres jóvenes para reducir la
demanda de sexo de paga. Este modelo
es el primero en su tipo para educar
a hombres jóvenes y niños sobre la
construcción de la masculinidad
tradicional y las consecuencias de
la demanda en el sexo de paga, que
además promueve una concepción
alternativa de la sexualidad
masculina basada en la igualdad de
derechos humanos. Este modelo se ha
aplicado en México, Argentina,
Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Perú,
Panamá, Chile, Colombia y la
República Dominicana.
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Hoy, contamos con una red de cerca
de 400 organizaciones en 25 países
en la Región de Latinoamérica y el
Caribe, donde el avance del crimen
organizado y la trata de personas es
alarmante y la corrupción de las
instituciones gubernamentales y los
responsables de hacer respetar la
Ley es una constante. Cientos de
mujeres, niñas y niños se reportan
como desaparecidos y vivimos
continuamente con miedo. A través de
nuestro trabajo hemos rescatado más
de 899 mujeres, niñas y niños de la
trata interna e internacional con
propósitos de explotación sexual, a
través del Sistema Alerta Roja que
fundamos y operamos hace cinco años.
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Sin embargo, todavia enfrentamos
muchos retos inmensos, que pueden
resumirse en:
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La guerra y toda la violencia que
ella involucra contra las mujeres y
las niñas, en las actividades
militares y paramilitares:
violación, violencia sexual,
desplazamiento, muerte, hambre, el
abuso de poder al humillar a las
madres, esposas, hijas y hermanas de
los derrotados, los abusos sexuales
y la prostitución que promueven e
imponen los grupos armados, tanto
los regulares como los irregulares.
Queremos la paz sobre los intereses
económicos y políticos. Queremos el
imperio de la ley y de los derechos
humanos.
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La discriminación de género, esa
discriminación que mata a miles de
niñas aún antes de que hayan nacido,
o aún cuando ya nacieron son
condenadas a la falta de
oportunidades, a la violencia de
género, a la explotación, a la mala
nutrición, a la marginación, a la
desigualdad, y a prácticas
tradicionales perjudiciales para sus
cuerpos y a su dignidad humana, como
el pago de las novias.
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La pobreza y la extrema pobreza. La
feminización de la pobreza se ha
convertido en testigo de la
injusticia para un poco más de la
mitad de la población mundial.
Urgimos su abolición.
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La violencia de género, esa
violencia que se ejerce contra las
mujeres y las niñas en los ámbitos
públicos y privados, en todas
partes. Las muejres y las niñas son
violadas cada día en sus hogares,
donde deberían tener garantizados
sus derechos a la vida, la su
integridad personal y a su
seguridad. Las mujeres y las niñas
son asesinadas cada día en medio de
la más absoluta impunidad. La
seguridad colectiva nunca será
posible si no se puede garantizar la
seguridad y la integridad de las
mujeres y las niñas.
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Tenemos el derecho de ser una
prioridad en la agenda internacional
de cooperación, en los esfuerzos
para el desarrollo, y en la lucha
contra la pobreza, en los desastres
naturals, en la educación, en la
salud, en la protección de nuestros
derechos humanos, pero también en
los temas de seguridad nacional, en
la guerra y en la paz, en los
esfuerzos contra el terrorismo, y en
la lucha contra el crimen
organizado...
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Teresa
Ulloa speaks at the 2011 Gleitsman
Award for International Social
Activism
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Good evening. I want to thank the
members of the jury and the Center
for Public Leadership at the Kennedy
School at Harvard University for
having awarded me the 2011 Gleitsman
Award for International Social
Activism. I also want to thank those
who nominated me, [Coalition Against
Trafficking (CATW) in Women
Executive Director] Norma [Ramos],
Corey, Dorchen and Jan, as well as
all of the sisters who are all
partners in our struggle at the
International CATW, for trusting me
and for all the work that this
nomination represents for them.
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I am the mother of a 21-year-old
young woman, who has been the
greatest motivation causing me to
dedicate my work to helping to put
an end to all forms of violence
against women, including the
over-sexualization and commercial
sexual exploitation of women and
girls. I dream that my work
contributes to uprooting the
standardization and cultural
acceptance of violence against
women, resulting in a better world
for all women across the world.
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I have dedicated my life to fighting
for human rights, especially to
combat violence against women and
girls, and, for twenty y ears, to
combating the trafficking of women
and children for sexual
exploitation. For 40 years I have
worked to empower and advocate for
women to allow them access to their
rights. I have represented
innumerable victims of sexual
violence.
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Often, I have worked at high
personal risk to myself and my
family to eradicate trafficking
throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean, and especially in Mexico,
where drug cartels are now the main
actors in this crime.
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I have included a holistic approach
in my work to create the legal,
political and social conditions that
will allow for the eradication of
human trafficking. Use my knowledge
and experience to design and
implement campaigns and innovative
training models for prevention,
protection and assistance for
victims, for the prosecution of
traffickers and exploiters, to train
the institutional actors responsible
for enforcing the laws and to
educate young people, among other
[activities].
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Inspired by our sisters at the CATW,
I designed a model aimed at young
men to reduce the demand for paid
sex. This model is the first of its
kind to educate young men and boys
[that addresses] the construction of
traditional masculinity and the
impact of demand on paid sex. [The
approach] promotes an alternative
conception of male sexuality based
on and equality of [gender related]
human rights. This model has been
applied in Mexico, Argentina,
Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Peru,
Panama, Chile, Colombia and the
Dominican Republic.
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Today, we have a network of nearly
400 organizations working in 25
countries in the Latin America and
the Caribbean, where the growth of
organized crime and human
trafficking is alarming and where
the corruption of government
institutions and those responsible
for enforcing Law is a constant
factor. Hundreds of women and
children are reported as missing and
we live in state of continuously
fear. Through the Red Alert system
that started
five
years ago, we have rescued more than
899 women and children victims of
domestic and international
trafficking for purposes of sexual
exploitation.
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Nonetheless, we still face many
enormous challenges, when can be
summariezed as follows:
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* Wars and all of the violence that
they create against women and girls,
in activities of military and
paramilitary groups: rape, sexual
violence, displacement, death,
hunger, abuse of power used to
humiliate the mothers, wives,
daughters and sisters of the
defeated, and the sexual abuse and
prostitution that is imposed by both
regular and irregular armed groups.
We want peace to prevail over
economic and political interests. We
want the rule of law and human
rights.
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* Gender discrimination, which kills
thousands of girls even before they
are born, or that which, after they
are born condemns them to a lack of
opportunities, gender violence,
exploitation, poor nutrition,
marginalization, inequality, and
traditional practices that are
harmful to their bodies and to their
human dignity, such as payments for
brides.
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* Poverty and extreme poverty. The
feminization of poverty has borne
witness to the injustices faced by a
little over half the world’s
population. We urge its abolition.
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* Gender-based violence - violence
perpetrated against women and girls
in public and private spaces,
everywhere. Women and girls are
raped ev ery day in their own homes,
where they should be guaranteed
their rights to life, personal
integrity and security. Women and
girls are murdered every day in an
environment of the most absolute
impunity. Collective security will
never be possible if we can not
guarantee the security and integrity
of women and girls.
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We have the right to be a priority
on the international agenda for
cooperation, in development efforts,
and in the fight against poverty, in
[relief efforts in regard to]
natural disasters, in education, in
healthcare, in the protection of our
human rights, as well as in regard
to national security issues, in war
and peace, in the efforts against
terrorism and in combating organized
crime...
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Teresa Ulloa at Harvard University
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Posted by Fundacion CEDAI-Centro de
Asistencia Integral
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Pop star Ricky Martin calls for the
end of child trafficking
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El Mundo / The World
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Ricky Martin |
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Opinión:
Detengan el flagelo de la trata
infantil, pide Ricky Martin
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Mi compromiso con la causa de
detener la explotación infantil
nació por una experiencia que me
hizo poner los pies en la tierra. En
2002, fui testigo de los horrores de
la trata de personas cuando
rescatamos a tres niñas temblorosas
que vivían en las calles pobres de
India. Prevenir que estas niñas
fueran víctimas de este horrendo
crimen fue un despertar personal.
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Agradezco a la iniciativa Héroes de
CNN por permitir que Ricky Martin
Foundation comparta con otras
personas y las involucre en nuestro
compromiso por terminar con la
explotación de los niños por medio
de la trata de personas y la
esclavitud en el mundo moderno.
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Eso fue hace más de una década.
Desde entonces, supe que mi
fundación debería arrojar una luz
sobre este tema tabú. La educación
ha sido nuestro pilar desde el
principio. En 2003, lanzamos People
for Children, nuestro proyecto
principal, para proporcionar
educación y soluciones a los
esfuerzos internacionales para
eliminar la trata infantil.
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Este mercado sin escrúpulos —que
consiste en 27 millones de víctimas
en todo el mundo, de acuerdo con el
Informe de la Trata de Personas de
2011— genera hasta 32,000 millones
de dólares al año, una cantidad que
rivaliza con el tráfico de armas y
el narcotráfico. De estos 27
millones, la Unicef estima que cada
año 1.2 millones son niños que son
víctimas de la trata de personas
para trabajar como de mano de obra
forzada, en la industria del
comercio sexual, en la prostitución
y en otras formas de esclavitud.
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Las estadísticas son impactantes.
Muchos las cuestionan porque los
crímenes se ocultan. Pero las cifras
no importan: prevenir la trata de
uno o de 200 niños le da validez a
nuestra misión.
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Nadie debe ser explotado o privado
de su libertad...
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Stop
the scourge of child trafficking
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My commitment to the cause of
stopping the exploitation of
children was born from a humbling
experience. In 2002, I witnessed the
horrors of human trafficking as we
rescued three trembling girls living
on the impoverished streets of
India. Preventing these girls from
falling prey to this horrendous
crime was a personal awakening.
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I thank CNN's Heroes initiative for
allowing the Ricky Martin Foundation
to share and engage others in our
commitment to end the exploitation
of children by human trafficking and
modern-day slavery.
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That was more than a decade ago.
Since then, I knew my foundation
must shed a light on this taboo
subject. Education has been our
pillar from the outset. In 2004, we
launched People for Children, our
principal project, to provide
education and solutions for
international efforts to eliminate
child trafficking.
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This unscrupulous market -- which
consists of 27 million victims
worldwide, according to the 2011
Trafficking in Persons Report --
generates up to $32 billion
annually, an amount rivaling that of
the trafficking of arms and drugs.
Of the 27 million, UNICEF estimates
that 1.2 million are children who
are trafficked every year to work as
forced labor, in the commercial sex
industry, in prostitution and in
other forms of slavery.
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The statistics are staggering. Many
contest them because the crimes are
hidden. But numbers don't matter:
Preventing one or 200 children from
traffickers validates our mission.
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No one should be exploited and
deprived of his or her freedom...
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Ricky Martin
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Special to CNN
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Nov. 03, 2011
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Bolivia
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Bolivian Legislative
Deputy
Marianela Paco
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Proponen penas duras por trata de
niños
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El proyecto de Ley contra la Trata y
Tráfico de Personas planteará la
pena máxima (30 años de prisión)
para castigar la trata de niños,
niñas y adolescentes, informó la
diputada Marianela Paco (MAS).
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“Hay
que establecer sanciones más duras
contra el delito de la trata de
niños, niñas y adolescentes con la
pena máxima, es decir, 30 años de
prisión”, afirmó.
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El
proyecto integral, que es analizado
en la Comisión de Derechos Humanos
de la Asamblea Legislativa, señala
que el delito de trata “será
sancionado con 15 a 20 años de
prisión para el o la persona que por
cualquier medio (engaño, coacción,
amenaza o uso de la fuerza)
favorezca la trata de personas
dentro o fuera del país”.
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El
documento define el delito de trata
de personas como la “captación,
transporte, traslado, acogida o
rapto de una persona con fines de
explotación laboral, sexual o la
extracción de órganos”. En tanto, el
tráfico de personas será penado con
una privación de libertad de cuatro
a ocho años.
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Paco dijo que se espera que el
proyecto de ley sea tratado por la
Asamblea Legislativa hasta la
conclusión del periodo de sesiones
de esta gestión, para que el 2012 se
cuente con un instrumento legal que
establezca sanciones y penalidades
de privación de libertad para
quienes incurran en este tipo de
delitos.
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Legislators propose harsh penalties
for child trafficking
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According to Deputy Marianela Paco,
a legislator of the MAS party in
Bloivia’s Legislative Assembly, a
measure currently under
consideration - the Law against
Trafficking in Persons - will raise
the maximum penalty for trafficking
in children and adolescents to 30
years in prison.
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Deputy Paco, "We need to establish
stronger sanctions against the crime
of trafficking in children and
adolescents with the maximum
penalty, that is, 30 years in
prison."
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The bill, which is being discussed
by the Human Rights Commission of
the Legislative Assembly, calls for
the crime of trafficking "be
sentenced by from 15 to 20 years in
prison for a person who by any means
(deception, coercion, threat or use
of force) traffics in people either
inside or outside of Bolivia."
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The proposed law also defines the
crime of human trafficking as the
"recruitment, transportation,
transfer, harboring or kidnapping of
a person for labor or sexual
exploitation, of for the removal of
organs…"
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Deputy Paco said that she hopes the
bill will be addressed by the
Legislature during the current
session, so , that in 2012 we will
have an instrument that establishes
legal sanctions and penalties of
imprisonment for those who engage in
this type of crime.
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Rolando Flores - La Paz
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FMBolivia
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Nov. 05, 2011
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Mexico
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Mexican Attorney General
Marisela Morales Ibáñez
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PGR
designa nuevo responsable de la
SIEDO
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Mexico, D.F.- La titular de la
Procuraduría General de la República
(PGR), Marisela Morales Ibáñez,
designó a José Cuitláhuac Martínez
como subprocurador de Investigación
Especializada en Delincuencia
Organizada (SIEDO).
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Apenas en mayo pasado se había
designado a Patricia Bugarin como
titular de la SIEDO.
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…Angélica Herrera Rivero en la
Fiscalía Especial para los Delitos
de Violencia Contra las Mujeres y
Trata de Personas (Fevimtra).
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Los servidores públicos tienen la
encomienda de respaldar el trabajo
del gobierno de la República para
garantizar a la sociedad una
procuración de justicia sólida y
procedimientos penales efectivos y
expeditos…
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La nueva titular de Fevimtra,
Angélica Herrera, ocupaba la
titularidad de la Unidad
Especializada en Investigación de
Tráfico de Menores, Indocumentados y
Órganos.
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En su trayectoria profesional se ha
desempeñado en la Fiscalía
Especializada para la Atención de
Delitos Electorales y en la SIEDO.
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Attorney General names new
leadership to organized crime and
gender violence / human trafficking
units
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Mexico City - Mexican Attorney
General Marisela Morales Ibáñez has
named José Cuitláhuac Martinez
Assistant Attorney General for
Specialized Investigations into
Organized Crime (SIEDO). Cuitláhuac
Martinez replaces Patricia Bugarin,
who had been been appointed to the
post in May of 2011.
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…Angelica Herrera Rivero was named
to take over the office of the
Special Prosecutor for Crimes of
Violence Against Women and
Trafficking in Persons (FEVIMTRA).
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Public servants have the task of
supporting the work of the
government of the Republic to ensure
that society is provided with strong
law enforcement and effective and
expeditious criminal procedures …
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The new head of FEVIMTRA, Angelica
Herrera, previously served as the
head of the Special Unit for
Investigations into Child
Trafficking, [crimes against the]
Undocumented and Organ trafficking.
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Herrera had also worked in the past
ain the office of the Special
Prosecutor for Electoral Crimes, and
within SIEDO.
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Miguel Cabildo
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Proceso
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Mexico, The United States
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U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
Anthony Wayne (right) hosts
anti trafficking NGO
roundtable in Mexico City
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EU
otorga a México 1.5 mdd para
combatir trata
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U.S. Government provides $1.5
million for Mexican anti-trafficking
NGOs
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La embajada de Estados Unidos en
México anunció que este mes serán
entregados 1.5 millones de dólares
en fondos, para apoyar a las
organizaciones mexicanas de la
sociedad civil que trabajan contra
la trata de personas.
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La representación diplomática
informó que estos recursos
económicos se sumarán a los cinco
millones de dólares que su gobierno
ha otorgado desde 2009 para ese
mismo propósito.
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En un encuentro con organizaciones
no gubernamentales, el embajador
Anthony Wayne señaló que si bien los
gobiernos de ambos lados de la
frontera están comprometidos con el
combate a la trata de personas,
estos no pueden terminar con el
problema sin la ayuda de la
sociedad.
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Al participar en una mesa redonda
sobre el tema, el diplomático
estadounidense afirmó que la trata
de personas es un problema global,
que afecta a la gente en ambos lados
de la frontera entre México y
Estados Unidos.
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"Los gobiernos de ambos países están
comprometidos a cooperar
estrechamente para reducir este
comercio criminal; sin embargo, los
gobiernos no pueden terminarlo
solos. Ese es el motivo por el cual
reuniones como ésta son vitales",
declaró según un comunicado de la
representación diplomática.
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Destacó que para ser eficaces en ese
propósito se debe aprovechar la
experiencia y capacidades de actores
apasionados, como son las
organizaciones de la sociedad civil,
al tiempo que reiteró el compromiso
del gobierno para cooperar en el
combate a este problema.
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"Mi embajada espera continuar
nuestra cooperación efectiva con
estos grupos, al igual que con el
gobierno de México, hasta que
podamos declarar que hemos ganado
esta pelea", recalcó.
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La embajada de Estados Unidos en
México recordó que en el combate a
la trata de personas, "emplean una
estrategia integral de todo el
gobierno, con énfasis en prevención
y en atrapar y proceder legalmente
contra los criminales, y más
importante, en protección a las
víctimas de este crimen".
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Indicó que para mantener esta
estrategia, el embajador Wayne ha
ordenado a todas las agencias y
oficinas de la representación
diplomática a cooperar con la meta
de terminar con la trata de
personas.
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Además del apoyo a los grupos de la
sociedad civil, la embajada ofrece
capacitación para actores
gubernamentales y no
gubernamentales, trae expertos de
Estados Unidos, al tiempo que
coopera estrechamente en esfuerzos
de justicia para combatir y prevenir
la trata, concluyó.
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El Universal
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Mexico
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