Para todo el Mundo. Difundan por favor. The case of the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa in Mexico continues to get more complicated as investigations develop further. To all my non-Mexican or non-Hispanic friends and followers, I beseech you to care about what is happening in Mexico at the moment. I’ve linked a very general article above, but I’m gonna give you a little more context, to emphasize the importance of these events: On September 26, 2014, forty-three students from Ayotzinapa (a small, rural town in the south of Mexico) majoring in Education were mass-abducted by the police, and that’s the last anyone saw of them. A few weeks later, it’s been confirmed that the police abducted them, the state’s governor (who is now in hiding) handed them to a cartel/gang to dispose of them. They did absolutely nothing wrong. They were students. The president of the United States of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, has been in China for the past week, playing the politics game, while the entire country is mourning and in a very, very, very angry state. Peña Nieto has been president for almost two years and all he has done has been disastrous for the country: he’s been selling land, property, federal companies and natural resources; he’s started a phony and failed education reform which affected thousands of teachers; he’s done nothing to fight the drug crime that’s been plaguing Mexico for almost a decade. The only thing Peña Nieto has done for the families of those affected by the incident of the Ayotzinapa students, is invite them to Los Pinos (the Mexican equivalent of the White House) and give them his condolences, followed by promises to take care of the issue. Of course, he’s now in China. There have been numerous protests and marches, demonstrations, and rallies. In the latest one, masked people set fire to the National Palace (one of the biggest Mexican centers for ceremonies). These people immediately disappeared, and some people spotted them being protected by the police. This leads people to believe that the violent protesters were seeds of the government. The police proceeded to arrest numerous peaceful protesters. These demonstrations go beyond Mexico City and the town of Ayotzinapa; they’re everywhere in the country. Why? Because this is not an isolated incident. As I mentioned before, drug crimes in Mexico have been a big issue for the last decade. There were shootings constantly in many big cities, and many civilians were abducted, killed, or stolen from. Since the Mexican government is very corrupt, the majority of Mexicans believe (and it has been confirmed) that much of the drug cartels have alliances with government officials, ensuring their safety and ensuring continued conflict. Again, many people have been abducted and many have been killed. The Ayotzinapa killing only makes people wonder: how many of these deaths are attributed to the government? This is not the first time students are killed in Mexico. It happened many times during the ’60s and early ’70s. Most relevant was the Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968, where it’s believed that as many as 300 students were killed by armed police and army forces. Why? Because they were pushing for social, educational, political and economical reforms peacefully, ten days before the opening of the Olympics (which were to take place in Mexico). The 43 Ayotzinapan students abducted on September 26th of this year were not even protesting; they weren’t in a rally or demonstration—they were organizing a fundraising event for their school. They were abducted and killed, burnt, and disposed of in black bags. Furthermore, 12 mass graves were discovered days after their presumed assassination was confirmed; they had about 37 bodies, and none of these bodies’ DNA matched any of the students’. Meaning: there is a large amount of unidentified bodies just lying in mass graves. Ayotzinapa is not only about the students; Ayotzinapa is a movement that started because of this horrific tragedy; Ayotzinapa is the straw the broke the country’s back; it’s the drop that made the dam spill. We are sick of this corrupt government, and sick of the violence, and sick of the state of the country, and sick of being afraid, and sick of the phony excuse of a president. We are sick, and the signs of this sickness are everywhere. They’re in graffitis in international borders, in alleys, in bars, in signs, in the people screaming for justice, in the people screaming of pain, in the people mourning the loss of a loved one, in the people mourning the state of the country—everywhere but in the media. Please read the short article I’ve linked. It explains what happened in Ayotzinapa and what has happened since, but it does not give you as much context as I hope I’ve given you. Please understand the importance of this. Please give it as much consideration as you are giving Ferguson. This is a country in mourning, in the brink of change for better of for worse. Please sympathize, empathize, pray if you believe in praying. Talk about this. I don’t want this to drown Mexico without the world being aware. I want pressure from around the world. I want pressure from the United States. I want pressure from Canada. I want pressure from Venezuela. I want pressure from all those countries with which Mexico has agreements with. If you have more background or contextual information, please add your comment. If you have updates on the Ayotzinapa incidents, please add your comment. Please share this with all the information you can. Maybe it will change nothing, but I wish to keep myself and the audience of this post informed
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 03:11:04 +0000
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