Context : Already on the 27th of April 2010, a humanitarian and human rights convoy of international observers, who was heading to the San Juan Copala community, was ambushed by a paramilitary group. The attack killed Jyri Jaakkola (33 years old), a Finnish human rights activist and Bety Cariño (37 years old), a Mexican activist supporting women community groups and free radios.

Murder of the leader of the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, Timoteo Alejandro Ramirez and his wife Cleriberta Castro

The Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala emphatically denounces the MURDER of our top leader, Timoteo Alejandro Ramírez (44 years old) and his wife Cleriberta Castro (35 years old). The deplorable deed took place in the Yosoyuxi community, which is part of the Autonomous Municipality. According to witnesses’ statements, an unmarked three-ton truck that was apparently delivering merchandise stopped outside the store where the slain comrades live. An armed commando got out of the truck and executed the victims. This commando was made up of four NON-Triqui individuals. The Autonomous Municipality holds the Movement for Triqui Unification and Struggle (MULT) responsible for the crime.

Our comrade Alejandro was the guiding moral force of the Triqui community, a tireless leader for building stronger indigenous autonomy in the region, and the top leader of the Independent Movement for Triqui Unification and Struggle (MULTI).

This makes one more act of impunity that has occurred during the Ulises Ruiz Ortiz government.

The Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, in conjunction with the undersigned organizations, demands JUSTICE in the face of this new attack and an END to the extreme violence now going on in the region.

No paramilitary group can control the rights of the Triqui people!

Justice and peace can only be built from below!

Community democracy!
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MUNICIPIO AUTÓNOMO SAN JUAN COPALA

MOVIMIENTO AGRARIO INDÍGENA ZAPATISTA (MAIZ)

CENTRO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS MIGUEL AGUSTÍN PRO

FUNDACIÓN NACIONAL DE MUJERES POR LA SALUD COMUNITARIA A.C.

MOCRI-CNPA-MN

COLECTIVO CONTRA LA TORTURA Y LA IMPUNIDAD (CCTI)

TALLER INTEGRAL ARQUITECT@Z

CASA DE ONDAS

UNIDAD Y JUSTICIA POR LA LIBERTAD DE LOS PRESOS DE ATENCO

CIARENA -AC

JOVENES EN RESISTENCIA ALTERNATIVA (JRA)

ALIANZA DE MUJERES INDÍGENAS DE CENTROAMÉRICA Y MEXICO

FORO PERMANENTE POR LA COMISIÓN DE LA VERDAD

REPRESENTACIÓN SINDICAL DEL SME

GRUPO MARXISTA REVOLUCIONARIO, SME

GRUPO DE ACCIÓN POR LIBERTAD PARA COPALA

ALIANZA MEXICANA POR LA AUTODETERMINACIÓN DE LOS PUEBLOS (AMAP)

FOODFIRST INTERNACIONAL ACTION NETWORD FIAN, SECCIÓN MEXICO

COMUNIDADES CAMPESINAS Y URBANAS SOLIDARIAS (COMCAUSA -AC)

VOCES OAXAQUEÑAS CONSTRUYENDO AUTONOMIA Y LIBERTAD