Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 09:34:12 -0600 (CST)
From: "Harry M. Cleaver" <hmcleave-AT-eco.utexas.edu>
Subject: AUT: FZLN HARRASSED AND THREATENED  (fwd)



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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 20:09:10 -0800
From: NUEVO AMANECER PRESS <amanecer-AT-aa.net>
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Subject: FZLN HARRASSED AND THREATENED 


ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SPANISH IN MEXICO BY THE FZLN
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TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY irlandesa FOR THE FZLN
AND NUEVO AMANECER PRESS
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FZLN

As the enemies of peace continue beating the drums of war, we denounce
their outrages:

In the context of the escalation of the war launched by the federal
government against the peace initiatives, and for the purpose of
frightening and intimidating the persons and organizations engaged in
seeking it, the FZLN has been the subject of different attacks over the
last few days.

1)   On November 3, in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, Ms. Maria
Eugenia Romero, accompanied by her five year old daughter, was detained
when she went to the airport in that city to pick up a package sent from
our offices in Mexico City.  When she appeared, she found PGR agents going
through the contents of the package (which was no more than shirts and
cultural posters);  these agents proceeded to detain her, asserting that
the contents of the package were "prohibited material," and they took her
to the PGR office in Mexicali, where they detained her and interrogated her
for 12 hours concerning the activities being carried out by the FZLN in
that part of the country.  It is worth noting that they made her sign
several blank sheets of paper, and we hold the Attorney General of the
Republic directly responsible for any legal trickery against Ms. Maria
Eugenia Romero.  She was finally liberated from her kidnapping thanks to
the intervention by human rights organizations, but the materials were
illegally kept by the PGR agents assigned to that city.  There is no doubt,
then, that Mr. Madrazo's agents violated several laws with this action: 
will they be promoted as a reward?

2)  Last weekend, the Fourth Meeting of the National Coordinating
Commission of the FZLN was held in the community of "Jose Ma. Morelos y
Pavon," better known as "Canada Honda," in the State of Aguascalientes; 
one did not have to wait long for the paranoia of the state officials who,
using some of the local press, characterized it as a "Subversive Reunion"
and "Guerrilla Assembly" and accused the FZLN of "seeking to establish a
guerrilla bastion in the middle of the country."

3)  Lastly, last night, November 3, unidentified persons illegally entered
our offices in Zapotecos 7 bis, colonia Obrera, DF, broke some of the
furniture and left excrement.  Simple break-in or one more warning?

We publicly state one more time:  the FZLN is a political organization
which acts peacefully and openly throughout the country;  as such, we
demand that the harassment stop and that the governmnet, for once in its
history, respect the laws and individual rights.  In any case, the
consultation is on.

Sincerely:


Javier Elorriaga
Internal Communication Committee of the FZLN

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