A-Infos (en) Mexico, Chiapas, EZLN communiques,1-3,Dec 22

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(#1)

December 20, 2000.

To the National and International Press:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

A communique' is off concerning a deplorable anniversary, and another one
concerning paramilitaries who are threatening to repeat it.

We are worried, as is everyone, about Popocate'ptl and the anxious sky
hovering above so many people who are living in the area around it.  We
truly hope that it does not get any worse.  We are sending our solidarity
to those brothers and sisters.

One hopes that the ostentatious self-sufficiency with which the current
government is approaching the problem does not end up being a cruel joke. 
It would not be the first time that an attempt has been made to prevent a
catastrophe through official statements.

Vale.  Salud and, if any catastrophe is repeated, then nothing has changed.

>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.

Mexico,  December of 2000.

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(#2)


Communique' from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Mexico.

December 20, 2000.

To the People of Mexico:
To the Peoples and Governments of the World:

Brothers and Sisters:

On this December 22 it will have been 3 years since the Acteal killings. 
On that day, 3 years ago, 45 children, women, men and old ones, all
indigenous, were massacred by a paramilitary group of Ernesto Zedillo's
government. 

Those intellectually responsible for this crime against humanity continue
to go unpunished.  The dirty war which made it possible continues.  The
counterinsurgency doctrine which inspired it  continues still.  The
paramilitary structure which carried it out remains untouched.  The
military protection of the assassins continues.

Despite what the lavish government publicity campaign says, nothing has
changed.  There is nothing in place in Chiapas which would ensure that
Acteal will not be repeated.

For Acteal to be finally put in our country's past, it is necessary for the
truly guilty ones to be punished, it is necessary for the warlike viewpoint
to be finally abandoned and for there to be a serious commitment to the
political path.  It is necessary that the paramilitary groups be
dismantled, it is necessary for the foundations of dialogue to be set
through the signals which were demanded.

The EZLN is calling on political, social and non-governmental
organizations, on intellectuals and artists, on religious men and women, on
all honest persons in Mexico and the world, to mobilize in demanding an end
to the policies which made Acteal possible and the fulfillment of the 3
signals which were demanded for the renewal of dialogue.

Democracy!
Liberty!
Justice!

>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.
By the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Mexico,  December of 2000.

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(#3)

Communique' from the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Mexico.

December 20, 2000.

To the People of Mexico:
To the Peoples and Governments of the World:

Brothers and Sisters:

First. -  Today, December 20, 2000, in the indigenous community of Santa Fe
El Duraznal, municipality of Chilo'n, Chiapas, nine zapatista support base
families had to displace to the mountains.  An undetermined number of PRI
militants - among whom were some paramilitaries - arrived in that community
at around 6 PM intending to repeat the Acteal killings.  They forced
zapatista men, women, children and old ones to withdraw to the mountains,
abandoning their few belongings.  The nine zapatista families are still
living out in the open, while the village continues to be in the power of
the paramilitaries.

Second. -  Up to this moment, the government has done nothing to control
the paramilitaries, who have moved, now, from threats to actions.  With
acts such as this, the Chiapas PRI is reaffirming its decision to continue
resorting to violence in order to make up for their lack of legitimacy.

Third. -  Neither dialogue nor peace will be a reality in Chiapas as long
as the paramilitary groups remain uncontrolled.  The attitude of patient
waiting and peaceful resistance which the zapatista support bases have
maintained must be respected.

Democracy!
Liberty!
Justice!

>From the mountains of the Mexican Southeast.
By the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee -
General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
Mexico,  December of 2000. 

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 11:25:48 -0500
From: irlandesa <irlandesa@compuserve.com>
Subject: 3 new EZLN communiques
Sender: irlandesa <irlandesa@compuserve.com>
To: chiapas-l <chiapas-l@tierra.ucsd.edu>

Originally published in Spanish by the EZLN
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Translated by irlandesa


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