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Fox Government Arrests Indigenous Farmers in Chiapas

Fox Government Arrests Indigenous Farmers in Chiapas for Planting Radishes and Flowers
Pedro Jiménez Gómez and Juan Jiménez, Adherents of the Zapatista Other Campaign, Are the Latest Political Prisoners in Mexico

By Al Giordano
The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign in Chiapas
September 9, 2006

Full Story: http://www.narconews.com/Issue42/article2046.html

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Chiapas Prisoners Out on Bail

Political prisoners Pedro Jiménez Gómez and Juan Jiménez, arrested on Friday in the war of the radishes on Tzontehuitz mountain outside of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, were freed on bail hours after our report on Saturday, after paying bail of 15,000 pesos (about $1,500 dollars) apiece. From there they went, accompanied by others from their community of Huitepec Sección 2, to the Zapatista Good Government Council (JGB, in its Spanish initials) in Oventik to report what had happened to them.

Presos de Chiapas libres bajo fianza

Los presos políticos Pedro Jiménez Gómez y Juan Jiménez, detenidos el viernes como consecuencia de la “guerra de los rábanos”, en la montaña Tzontehuitz, cerca de San Cristóbal de las Casas (Chiapas), fueron puestos en libertad bajo fianza pocas horas después de que se publicara nuestro reportaje del sábado, tras pagar una fianza de 15,000 pesos (casi $1,500 dólares) cada uno. De ahí partieron, acompañados por otros miembros de su comunidad, Huitepec Sección 2, a la Junta de Buen Gobierno zapatista en Oventik para informar lo que les había pasado.

What are you gonna do...

What can you do. The government can make any laws that they want that suit their purposes. The people on the other hand have no power. In America too, for example, you can go to prison for planting certain flowers or botanical specimens. Only people that are allowed are the native americans, and that's peyote for ritual use. There might be other religious exemptions, but I'm not too informed on that topic.

Now as far as who owns what land, there again, the government can usually draw the lines pretty much any place that they like, and the people have to move. It happens in Los Angeles, too... I saw it on the news. It happens everywhere. And the rich will probably have a better team of lawyers when and if the dispute goes to court. Just like an average joe can't even really fight a traffic ticket here either. They are going to believe the cop's lies over your truth each time. The people can never beat the system, period.

Dennes Longoria

PS: Bush got installed illegally in the US, and Calderon in Mexico. They're both equally crooked.

no se puede hacer nada...

Que le vamos a hacer. El gobierno puede hacer cualquier ley que le de la regalada y que sirva sus propositos. La gente, por otra parte, no tiene poder. Por ejemplo, en gabachilandia puedes ir a la carcel si plantas flores de opio, o cualquier especie de hongo halucinogeco o que se yo. Solo le dan permiso a los indios que cosechen su peyote para sus ritos religiosos...no para abusarlo tampoco, claro. Puede haber otras religiones como la Rastafarian, pero no estoy tan seguro.

Ahora, acerca de quien es el dueno de la propiedad, el gobierno puede dibujar la linea en donde se le de la regalada, y la gente se tiene que mover. Sucedio en Los Angeles, por ejemplo...me acuerdo de la noticia. Pasa en todos lados, realmente. Y los ricos (que controlan al gobierno) siempre van a tener mejores abogados y mas recursos a su disposicion para terminar con cualquier tipo ciudadano sin contactos y sin mula. Aqui en gabachilandia no se puede ni dismentir lo que diga la placa cuando te multan en tu carro, por ejemplo. Siempre van a favorecer lo que diga la poli sobre lo que digas tu. La gente nunca puede derrotar al sistema y punto.

Dennes Longoria

PS: Bush fue instalado ilegalmente en gabachilandia, lo mismo que Calderon en Mexico. Los dos paises son iguales de corruptos.

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