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Originally published in Spanish by Enlace Civil, A.C. *********************************** Translated by irlandesa From: Enlace Civil, A.C. enlacecivil@laneta.apc.org Date: Monday, June 3 2002 16:45:49 —0500 San Pedro Buena Vista, Municipality of Cítala, Chiapas. NON-GOVERNMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SAN CRISTÓBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS. In submission by the undersigned, We are all Tzeltal-speaking campesinos who are active members of the zapatista support bases, and, as a consequence of the marginalization and extreme poverty in which we had been existing, we have been in possession of a 30-hectare predio since 1994, as a result of the movement by the zapatista compañeros, who spilled their blood so that we might have a better way of life and more opportunities. We have been working these lands along with our families, but over the last few days, and at the present time, we have been suffering outrages, which we are denouncing to you. Our homes were looted by about 60 persons from Sitim, Mojon Tsui, Guadalupe Xanail and Ranchería Batsibiltic, of the Municipality of Chilón. They beat our wives and took off with 20 hundredweights of coffee. The campesinos have been beaten by these persons, who are campesinos like ourselves. They are active in the PRI and PRD parties. On Saturday, May 25, at about 8:00 AM, those attackers appeared with firearms, machetes and sticks. They evicted our women from their homes in an aggressive manner, and they stole all the cooking utensils, recorders, machetes, mattocks, de-pulping machines, maize, beans, coffee, chickens, turkeys, hammocks and money. We are presenting our plea for your swift intervention in these problems, we are demanding that the government pay for everything that has been lost, and that the government members be removed as soon as possible, because the zapatista bases do not want problems. We are urging your intervention, in order to avoid the spilling of blood, since 28 residents have been displaced, and we are attaching the names of the PRI and PRD government members. The Leader of Sitim, Municipality of Chilón, Chiapas. 1. Tomas Gómez Hernández (primary leader) 2. Miguel Gómez Hernández 3. Domingo Gómez Hernández Community of Guadalupe Xanail, Municipality of Chilón 1. Miguel Ángel Zaragoza Morales 2. Delmar Zaragoza Morales 3. Pascual Zaragoza Morales 4. Antonio Morales Aguilar 5. Miguel Zaragoza Gómez Ranchería Mojon Tsui 1. Tomas Gómez Aguilar 2. Francisco Guzmán Lopez 3. Miguel Gómez Pérez 4. José Gómez Pérez 5. Fernando Guzmán Cruz 6. Manuel Guzmán Gómez 7. Fernando Guzmán Hernández 8. Manuel Pérez Aguilar 9. Juan Pérez Sánchez Ranchería Batsibiltic, Municipality of Chilón 1. Sebastián Aguilar Vázquez This gentlemen acts as the lawyer for all the problems which take place among them.