PROTEST MEXICAN GOVT REPRESSION: ATENCO

Join with simultaneous actions across North America to DEMAND:

• End the State aggression against the people of Atenco.
• Remove all security forces from Atenco and release all prisoners.

SUMMARY
Atenco under state of siege, Zapatistas declare red alert

The municipality of Atenco, a self-declared autonomous community near Mexico City, is under a state of siege, occupied by 1000s of Federal Preventative Police who ransacked homes throughout the community. The conflict was sparked by police intervention on behalf of US-based multinational Wal-Mart, whose plans to build a megastore in nearby Texcoco are being vigorously resisted by native Nahua farmers and flower vendors.

Latest information from Mexico City:

• Javier Cortés Santiago, a 14 year old boy, was shot to death by police Wednesday
• 207 arrested, including 13 foreigners
• At least 40 more are unaccounted for
• 42 civilians injured, many beaten, 6 in the hospital in critical condition.
• Barbara Zamora, a prisoners' lawyer reporting from within Almoloyita Prison states that women were raped by police.

The Atenco-based Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra, EZLN (Zapatistas), Other Campaign, Mexico Indymedia, Mexico City Free Media Center (CML-DF), Mexico Solidarity Network and many others are calling for solidarity actions via protests, phone campaigns and email campaigns directed at Mexican Consulates.