Banned from Traveling by Sea, Subcomandante Marcos...

Posted by Narco News - October 12, 2006 at 8:04 am

Banned from Traveling by Sea, Subcomandante Marcos Proposes to Head to Baja California via the Mexican Mainland
In the First Days of His Reloaded National Tour, Zapatista Delegate Zero Is Denied Mexico’s Constitutional Right of Free Transit

By Al Giordano
The Other Journalism with the Other Campaign in Sinaloa
October 12, 2006

Full Story: http://www.narconews.com/Issue43/article2147.html

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Update: Baja Ferries Backs Down?

Submitted on October 12th, 2006 by Al Giordano
According to this morning's La Jornada, Baja Ferries CEO Juan Medina Plata yesterday softened his tone, now saying that Zapatista Subcomandante Marcos may board the boat to Baja California Sur tonight from Sinaloa without taking off his ski-mask or presenting identification:

Delegado Zero will leave at midnight from the port of Topolobampo, Sinaloa, toward Pichilingue, in the municipality of La Paz, Baja California Sur, for which he will have to identify himself with a first and last name at the moment of presenting his ticket for the boat named The California Star. He won't have to reveal his identity, because in general identification credentials are not required to board.

That is what Juan Plata Medinal, spokesman for Baja Ferries, said, explaining that Subcomandante Marcos will be able to travel with his ski-mask on and transit freely like any other passenger.

The business cannot sell a ticket to someone who uses the pseudonym of Subcomandnte Marcos, but last week a packet of 40 tickets were sold to an EZLN delegation and any of those names could be him, he said.

He mentioned that what is not prohibited is permitted, and in this sense there is nothing to impede that Marcos travels on the boat, where he can remain on board with or without his ski-mask with the guarantee that nobody will bother him.

What happened? President Vicente Fox is scheduled to be in the same port of Topolobampo this afternoon at 5:30 to cut the ribbons on some development projects. Once the story hit that a problem was brewing right there, the boys upstairs got nervous and apparently decided to back down.

Another victory for the Zapatista Other Campaign. Things of this land...

Marcos subió al ferry

Submitted on October 13th, 2006 by Dan Feder
Nos informa el equipo móvil del Otro Periodismo que el Delegado Zero se subió al Ferry California Star a la 1 de la mañana. Llegaron a Baja California Sur a las 7 de la mañana, hora del norte.  Subió el subcomandante con el nombre Marcos Montes de la Selva.

Marcos boarded the ferry

Submitted on October 13th, 2006 by Dan Feder
The Other Journalism Road Team reports that Delegate Zero boarded the ferry California Star at 1:00 a.m. The ferry arrived in Baja California Sur at 7:00 a.m. local time. The subcomandante boarded under the name Marcos Montes de la Selva.

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