A-Infos (en) Anarkismo.net: Interview with Anarchist Black Cross (CNA) of Mexico City [machine translation] (ca)

Interview received via ALB ---- What year and in what context CNA born DF? Why has based 
its constitution? ---- The current ANC Initiative was formed in September 2007, being its 
first meeting in the Social Library Resurrecting the 5th. In anarchist meetings conducted 
in the summer, both in Mexico City (anarchist meeting in Mexico) in the table of 
abolitionism and in the galactic anarchist meeting discussed several individualities the 
need to coordinate work on inmates and against prison . Although at that time were not 
that many anarchist prisoners because of their actions if they had young anarchists in 
prison by reason of being just that, young and have different ideas. The most famous case 
was that of Carlos Estrada "the skin" but remember "The Kills" or "The didi" young 
prisoners by virtue of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and not have the money 
to buy justice.

At first this fact prompted a number of us to get involved. Still others did from the 
repression in Guadalajara in 2004 where the anarchist movement was severely beaten and 
several of its members imprisoned. Some more after the events in Atenco was that we fully 
repressive anti-labor. We think that rather than being a specific group of solidarity with 
prisoners are a forum for coordinating work and proposals against prisons. We are a 
collective, if not the sum of efforts of men and women on ending interesadxs the prison 
system.

It is not our intention to be the only anti-prison effort, however, suggests that every 
organization, group, or individual people in their struggles incorporate freedom of 
prisoners and the destruction of the prison system.

What is your current assessment of the city's society?

The Society of Ontario, at present, seems asleep, apathetic, steeped in capitalism imposes 
conformity, alienated by the work, the desire for luxuries, and illusions that capitalism 
implanted to maintain control of society. However, we doubt that this illusion is 
breaking. On the streets is common to hear comments from fed against the State, against 
employers, against politicians and their parties, even against the leaders. This society 
lives in the remnants of the illusion conformist, but is like a pressure cooker about to 
explode, so, the media and campaigns to make great containment and governments are 
constantly equipping police with modern equipment showy. It is "normal" as seen on the 
streets detention vans and large groups of police, this in order that people get used to 
these images and quell fed by fear.

The Society of the federal district is experiencing a social satiation finds no way out of 
hand by which it slows the blast, generating a feeling that there is nothing to do. It is 
here important to enter a task groups, collectives and individuals libertarians, or other 
ways of thinking, it would have to show in the streets that we can build another option 
and that these might be welcomed by the neighborhoods. Then the men and women in the 
neighborhoods would note that it is everyone's responsibility to build these other options 
and would no longer wait for someone with a new option. People in the neighborhoods of 
this city not so far from the ideas of solidarity and struggle, just a matter of work. 
People have demonstrated in more than one occasion that they live in solidarity, but we 
need for this immense work of those who seek to build other forms of company and relationship.

Currently there are 6 criminal anarchist prisoners in the City, what is the work you are 
doing about it?

While not new to the DF government to pursue policies and judicialice anarchists (since 
the PRD took power in Mexico City have been increasing arrests in marches and acts of 
provocation libertarian) long was not the case Anarchist prisoners were that 6 out of a 
mass arrest in some mobilization. Beside that is the case of Oscar Chavez Castillo [i], 
anarchist arrested in Guadalajara in 2004 and currently free on bail and a trial, but 
lives in Mexico City every month and moved to Jalisco to sign.

In all these cases we have made a joint commitment to accompany the situation, support the 
various committees were formed as in the case of Victor Hernandez Govea [ii] and Emmanuel 
Hernandez Hernandez [iii], attending hearings and pending the their situation.

In the case of imprisoned anarchists echo our work has been the diffusion of the cases, 
regardless of being or disagree with the actions of colleagues. We think it is us who 
would say that playing action is or is not valid in a context of social struggle. We would 
like to dwell for a moment in the case of three detainees Abraham, Fermin and Carlos [iv]. 
Around this event has generated many rumors and uncertain information has been 
disseminated, if not false, and part of the work we have done with this case is trying to 
stop this. From the beginning various libertarian groups spread the word that one of the 
detainees had collaborated with the police giving names, prompting a tense atmosphere and 
full of mistrust. Then spread it was Carlos who gave names, do not recognize that fact 
excluded groups Carlos of their activities for freedom of the anarchist prisoners. Weeks 
later we learned that now stands accused of being Fermin who helped him. We do not intend 
to repeat in this space all the rumors, if not do a review of what has prevented us, as a 
libertarian movement, the power to make a more effective campaign for the freedom of our 
prisoners. It has given more strength to rumors, which we think that come directly from 
police forces (not saying that the groups that the police are disseminated, EYE), which 
libertarian solidarity. That solidarity that does not care if someone is innocent or 
guilty, that does not condition its presence about anything that is effective because it 
is real. We think it is us who belongs to any clarification or correction about these 
rumors. Our solidarity remains for all three as it was from the beginning. We have been 
attending hearings, sending letters, supporting their families whenever possible, 
conducted lectures and discussions, rallies in juvenile court where there are Fermin and 
Abraham and building opposite the City Government to demand their immediate release.

In the case of Adrian Magdaleno Gonzalez [v] we are just gathering information and trying 
to establish direct contact, but all we could hear the case, the partner was arrested 
trying to enter the subway, not on wagons. He was arrested following a review to enter the 
station. These revisions were implemented after an incident in the subway and have served 
as a pretext for increasing police presence in subway stations. The companion is now 
accused of terrorism by the alleged events of February 4, besides which he is accused of 
having participated in an attack against a bank branch in November.

Sexual torture against women in Mexico remains a corporate tool to undermine the integrity 
of social networks struggle to preventive level "what can be done?

Unfortunately the use of sexual torture in Mexico has become a constant. There are many 
known cases where women were tortured in this way, but using this method is not 
exclusively against women, in some cases men have been attacked too. Sexual torture, often 
addressed as collateral damage to womanhood and not as a measure of political control 
emanating from the patriarchal system which expresses an action of victory and humiliation 
against the "enemy" is that social movements, groups or organizations. Since this speech 
is a misogynistic attack on the most "vulnerable and weak," a community or group of women.

One effect of the sexual torture is to hide the very fact that is very little reported, 
therefore not be addressed collectively and face its consequences, we risk that it becomes 
a powerful weapon for the unfailing state. In fact, avoid repression is almost 
"impossible" as a fact that is beyond our control, yet know the purpose of political 
repression, deepening a collective reflection about its effects and consequences, will 
enable us to develop specific coping strategies to our conditions, it is to minimize the 
damage we may cause, socializing potential vulnerabilities, fears and allow us to 
visualize in an extreme situation and imagine how to respond and we would assume that 
tasks in these contexts.

What the recent legislative reforms intended to shield access to information from the 
prisoners of "maximum security"?

In Mexico, the so-called maximum-security prison are three, the Highlands in the state of 
Mexico, western Jalisco and Matamoros in Tamaulipas. These prisons are full to the 
principle of prisons "modern", to break the individual as a person, punishing the soul via 
the body lock, crush the human spirit, as, among others, says Foucault. The conditions in 
these criminal proceedings, or "extermination centers" as they have been called the Comité 
Cerezo, are extremely harsh. Isolation, limited access to books, most of the day locked in 
cells with artificial light, control and constant watch on every movement of the prisoner, 
limited visits, etc.. http://espora.org/vientodelibertad/spip.php?article341

In recent months by order of the Institute for Access to Information, Public Security 
Secretary Federal agency charged with administering these penalties, it reserves the right 
to report on the conditions of prisoners, even if they have been moved or dead. The latter 
is rare in these criminal, then precisely because of the extremely oppressive atmosphere 
in which "lives", are few inmates who commit suicide, as well as those who die for lack of 
medical attention, because despite having all the control and monitoring devices can 
imagine many of them do not have an efficient medical service. In these prisons are those 
prisoners whom the government has described as highly dangerous individuals, as is the 
case of Ignacio del Valle, Felipe Álvarez and Héctor Galindo FPDT Atenco activists, or at 
the time Jacobo Silva Nogales, ERPI commander or Cerezo brothers who were taken from the 
penalty spot on several occasions, seeking thereby to create in the inmate's sense of 
helplessness and difficult for his teammates and family visit.

What is the role of international organizations related to exert pressure on the different 
levels of government in Mexico in the areas of political imprisonment?

For nosotrxs international solidarity is something very important. Through it get to build 
this new world we carry within our hearts. Knowing that what happens there affects us here 
and vice versa, the ability to get around nuestrxs hermanxs other latitudes, knowing that 
their fate is ours, so we understand international solidarity. Specifically in the area of 
prison policy, international solidarity plays the role of conveying a message to the 
incarcerated and their environment: "There are solxs. In a scene of struggle for freedom 
of presxs not prioritize any particular strategy. The choice of how to fight, how to 
express this solidarity is the decision of each organization, group, individual or 
village. Instruments from the diplomatic, presxs lxs letters, briefings, letters of 
demands on governments, charitable events, etc.. We think that the important thing is to 
not let show solidarity.

While the political prisoners are claimed and visibly supported, what is the existing 
situation in cases of forced disappearances and political exile?

As political detention, enforced disappearances remain a tool of power against the whole 
social movement. Since the so-called "dirty war" in the 70's the disappearance of social 
activists of all persuasions have not ceased. Peasants, trade unionists, students, 
environmentalists, guerrillas, communists, democrats, socialists, and so on. have been 
disappeared, either directly by military or paramilitary groups. In recent years there 
have been taking place with the participation of groups linked to drug trafficking. We can 
not fail to mention also as a tool of power executions of those who oppose him, as the 
case of "Comandante Ramiro" the ERPI. Edmundo Reyes Amaya and Gabriel Alberto Cruz 
Sánchez, the EPR are the cases of enforced disappearance in recent years have been more in 
the spotlight, but unfortunately, being a consistent practice of the army is unable to 
specify the number of cases.

There are organizations and groups whose main application is the presentation of the 
disappeared, as children, or the Committee of Mothers of political disappearances of 
Chihuahua, whose work has been important in the sense of not forgetting to leave lxs 
desaparecidxs, reclaiming their names and their stories. We also thought it was important 
the attitude of several of these organizations in relation to "punishment to the guilty." 
Many, though not relent in its demand for presentation also understood that not be the 
same state institutions who give them a solution. Only through political mobilization and 
collective organization will build this, along with other forms of justice.

Due to the intense repression that lives muchxs compañerxs have decided to leave the 
country by the constant threats against ellxs, their organizations and their families. 
There are many comrades who have been forced to abandon all their friends, their families, 
their lives here and trying to avoid being jailed, beaten or killed. Nosotrxs your friends 
and colleagues will not stop fighting for his return.

What is your analysis of the escalating paramilitary who lives in these weeks in Chiapas 
against the Zapatista communities?

In Mexico, the State and the holders of power and money, as in many other parts of the 
world are making use of paramilitary groups to attack organized peoples movements and 
trying to beat this publicly without their being linked with conflict , making them appear 
local conflicts between neighborhoods, villages or organizations, giving the impression 
that the government has no responsibility for the attacks.

The paramilitary escalation is taking place in various parts of the country, not just in 
Chiapas against the Zapatista communities, where there are movements that threaten the 
"stability" that the system imposes ... In Oaxaca, Guerrero and elsewhere might makes use 
of organizations related to their parties to attack dissidents.

In Chiapas paramilitary escalation is more public and also is giving a more strong for to 
power, federal and local right-left, you must constantly attack the Zapatista support 
bases and the EZLN itself. It is widespread violence trying to weaken and wear down the 
Zapatista communities and pave the way for major attacks, creating the pretext of 
conflicts between communities for public input forces without looking like an act of 
repression. It is a strategy to not stop attacking the Zapatistas, encircling them with 
the unofficial forces, attacking them for "underwater" that the Zapatista communities 
seeking to respond to provocation and thus have the official reason for inroads against them.

What stage is currently the national and international campaign "Our First Pres @ s" and 
what is expected in the medium term?

While some members of this initiative involved in this campaign from its collective or 
individual level, the ANC does not participate in it. Notwithstanding this, we welcome 
initiatives like this exist; presxs fight for the anti-capitalist perspective. We wish 
them every success to the organizations, collectives and individuals that drive this 
campaign and we are ellxs those indicated to answer this question.

[i] On 28 May 2004 meeting in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Heads of State and Government of Latin 
America, the Caribbean and Europe, to review how they were going to continue plundering 
the natural wealth of the Latin countries for European multinational companies. One of the 
points of their agenda was social cohesion, ie the need for all this calm so as not to 
disturb the big cities. Several social organizations and groups were willing to go these 
days to the streets to shout and show that they were unhappy that another road is possible 
for this world. A new world we carry in our hearts. One of the largest and most militant 
contingent was the anarchist, libertarian people consisted primarily of Jalisco, Mexico 
City, Oaxaca and Monterrey. On reaching the center of the city began a crackdown by the 
police state, of what the libertarian contingent formed a security fence to avoid being 
repressed and trying to protect the last contingent of the march, however, when they 
finished shift the burden of policing was too much to resist repression unleashed strong. 
Results 110 people were detained her, all of whom were tortured. 49 of them were flown to 
the prison in Puente Grande. To date none of them is still in prison, most have already 
been sentenced for crimes such as injury or theft. However, several still in the midst of 
a criminal tortuous, elongated and fixed from power. Unfortunately, for various reasons we 
could not maintain contact with all detainees and defendants now less than with one who is 
accused of "Mutiny", "Injuries" and "gang members." Residing in Mexico City, the partner 
is forced to travel to Guadalajara each month to review how your process.

[ii] On October 2009 was suppressed commemorative march for the slaughter of students in 
government-ordered 1968.Ese day they were detained 26 people, plus several more were 
beaten. It is the first year that the GDF represses the march, and in particular the 
anarchist contingent. Proceeds of this repression were consigned to South Remand prison, 
Joaquin Lopez Ochoa 40, Miguel Angel Martínez Ortiz, 23 years of age and the young 
libertarian Govea Victor Herrera, 21, accused of theft and damage to property aggravating 
"gang" and Jaime Cortes Funes, 22, accused of damaging property and is an advocate gang to 
court appointed counsel, who has already expressed his unwillingness to perform his job 
efficiently. Today, James is free on bail and the other three detainees, including our 
friend Victor, still under process. Victor recent hearings have been postponed, which has 
been delaying the process. Victor is a young anarchist committed to fighting for the 
freedom of prisoners. At the time of his arrest was active in The Other encampment by the 
prisoners of Atenco. For more information consult http://vsencapsulamiento.wordpress.com

You can financially support the Account number: 6149732357 HSBC Account holder: Govea 
Eduviges del Carmen Lugo.

To write letters to Victor can do to e: contraencapsulamientos@gmail.com, 
libertadavictor@gmail.com, presos2deoctubre@hotmail.com

[iii]. On November 23, 2009 Emanuel was arrested on companion around 12 noon, leaving the 
home of his companion, in the direction of Sante Fe.El companion was arrested for alleged 
policemen PGJDF, by an order of rearrest for the judicial process that is carried against 
him by the authorities of the Federal and Federal arrondissement by the events in the 
context of the mobilization against the World Water Forum was held in Mexico City in the 
year 2006.

On that occasion several young companions were arrested before, during and after 
mobilization, accused of carrying bombs Molotov cocktails and other charges. One was 
precisely Emanuel Hernandez Hernandez, who was initially charged with carrying of objects 
suitable for aggression to later change the charge to Violation of federal weapons and 
explosives. Emmanuel Hernandez Hernandez's partner is in the North Remand prison of Mexico 
City. Last December, our colleague was sentenced to 4 years in prison, ruling that reaches 
the bond, which is 6 600 pesos. This has not been deposited since the Public Ministry 
appealed the judge's ruling that the sentence be looking harder. To write letters to 
Emmanuel this e libertademmanuel@gmail.com

For financial support can be deposited into the account of Banco Azteca 43361337639372 in 
the name of Rosa Elena Osorio Martinez.

http://abajolosmuros.wordpress.com/?s=carta+de+emmanuel

[iv] On Tuesday 15 December at 6 am, were arrested Abraham López Martínez, Fermín Gómez 
Trejo, minors and Carlos Silva Orozco accused of throwing Molotov cocktails against 
several cars parked in a neighborhood south Mexico City. The arrests were made after 
residents of the area alerted police of the facts and a patrol car crossed the paths of 
the three youths. Abraham's family said they learned of the arrests was nearly one 
o'clock, when elements of the judicial police came to his home to notify them. Detainees 
were not allowed to use the phone to alert family. They are currently imprisoned on 
charges of damaging property and conspiracy, the two younger children in the Community 
located in col. Narvarte and Carlos in the prison East. We could not have direct contact 
with any of them, but I do know that they were tortured for two hours after his arrest, 
being forced to sign documents and testify against themselves and their peers. These 
statements have caused a lot of rumors within the anarchist movement, not only in Mexico, 
whether colleagues had collaborated with police. This has prevented the more coordinated 
actions to perform for their freedom, as some others have excluded Carlos Fermin their claims.

[v] On Friday, February 12, 2010 we learned of the arrest of another anarchist in Mexico 
City. Adrian Magdaleno Gonzalez 21, accused of trying to detonate homemade explosives 
inside a subway car a week earlier, on February 4. We do not know whether the partner is 
trying to do and we want to know. What we do know is that the capital's police is 
conducting a witch hunt against the anarchist movement in its different tendencies. When 
partner is trying to link with other explosions that occurred months ago in this city. 
Currently, the partner is a prisoner in the prison north.
Related Link: http://abajolosmuros.wordpress.com/

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