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The Mexican Government's Latest Drug War Operation: To Protect International Pharmaceutical Companies from Mom and Pop Drug Stores Along the US Border

By Rocky Neptun
San Diego Indymedia
August 21, 2008

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/08/20/18528084.php

From the Community Congress: Here are two op/eds from the Daily Bulletin that denounce the recent burning of the former community center at 1041 S. White Ave.08-06-08
More Than A Building Burns in Pomona
The Pomona city council recently allowed the fire department to burn down a 22,000 square foot building that the local community in south Pomona had, over the past seven years, used as a computer learning lab, alternative school and youth center. While Mayor Torres offered the excuse that the building was blighted for burning it, there is a much deeper symbolism to be found here: Our local government conveys a distinct disdain for its own community.

In the case of the burnt-down building, members of the local community had independently bought this four-acre site—then lost it to the City in a legal battle. Imagine local residents trying to do something positive for their neighborhood in south Pomona, where violence and poverty are pervasive, only to be slapped down by the city’s elected officials. You would immediately ask, “Why would they discourage community involvement? Isn’t that what you want?!”
At a time when the city government flirts with economic bankruptcy, their message is clear, “We’re in charge, so stay out of our business.” But voters need to start asking, do these people really know what they are doing? In just the last six months the ‘Starbucks building’ at Mission and Garey defaulted, and the City had to step in to buy it, in order to save their initial tax dollar giveaway that got the site built. Several buildings in the downtown were demolished to pave the way for a project that the mayor claimed would “turn Pomona around”—that project is now dead and we have a sink-hole in its place! The Dodge- Chrysler dealership at the south Pomona auto center is now empty—that project was initially built with a three million dollar subsidy financed by the taxpayer.
But there is a method to all this madness. In each case, we have rich developers who come seeking welfare payments in order to build something. Council members promote these projects, even when basic math tells you they won’t work. These projects, however, do generate campaign contributions from developers for our needy politicians. The burning of the community center, for instance, now paves the way for the City Council to make another deal with developers—hey, its election time! Yes, there is plenty of symbolism here. From a Buddhist parable: “The house is burning, and the children are inside unaware of the fire.” Pomona is burning…will someone respond?
Tomas Ursua 07-29-08-----------------------------------

Hypocrisy
Outrageous! Pomona Mayor Norma Torres justifies allowing the Fire Dept. to burn down a former independent community center on S. White Ave. for practice! She sites the building being blighted as an excuse—maybe that’s because the building was severely vandalized during the eight months that the City left it unsecured and unsupervised! The truth of the matter is that prior to the City evicting the non-profit organization managing the site, the building had been almost entirely re-plastered by the Plasterers’ Union apprenticeship program, and over two hundred thousand dollars in materials and more in volunteer labor had been invested to improve the building.
I can attest, as a volunteer there over the past seven years, that the building provided a vast array of services to the local community, all with out the help of our pompous City Council. While the Council pretended to be working on a Youth Master Plan for the past four years, that community center provided computer classes, an independent school, and in its final year, a teen center where hundreds of local Pomona youth organized peaceful music venues.
What happened to the council’s promise to create a youth center for Pomona’s youth? They just burnt down a potential site! Now, they’ll demolish the building and then make a sweetheart deal with their chosen developer friends, which will generate campaign contributions when they run for office. That’s the way things work in Pomona. By the way, I hope the voters remember this act of hypocrisy in November when Norma Torres, George Hunter, Paula Lantz and Stephen Atchley (all members of the council that allowed this building to be burned down) will be running to get elected again.
Tina Mata

------------------------------------------------------------ Mexico Solidarity Network ------------------------------------------------------------ Red de Solidaridad con Mexico MEXICO SOLIDARITY NETWORK WEEKLY NEWS AND ANALYSIS AUGUST 10-17, 2008 1. CRIME WAVE ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA 2. OFFICIALS ATTACK LEGAL ABORTIONS 3. NEW BORDER WALL NEAR SAN DIEGO 4. MSN PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (Contact MSN@MexicoSolidarity.org [1]) 1. CRIME WAVE ON THE NATIONAL AGENDA Mexico’s increasing problems with crime were on the national agenda this week after the fourteen-year-old son of a major industrialist was kidnapped and murdered, even though the family twice paid ransom demands.  The tragedy captured the nation’s attention, in large part because the media provided weeks of spectacular headlines.  President Felipe Calderon jumped on board by calling for life in prison for kidnappers and joining the organization of a march against crime in Mexico City scheduled for August 30.  As one astute political cartoonist questioned, Against who exactly is this march? Kidnappings are on the rise, in part because Calderon’s war on drugs appears to be forcing organized crime into other lucrative niches and in part because the economy is tanking, leaving increasing numbers of Mexicans with few options outside of crime.  Perhaps even more importantly, corrupt police are often involved in kidnapping schemes, leaving victims with little recourse but to pay the criminals.  Mexico is the worldwide leader in kidnappings, surpassing both Iraq and Colombia, according to a recent report by IKV Pax Christi.  But kidnapping still affects only a very small number of people each year.  There were less than 500 reported cases this past year, with perhaps two or three times as many cases going unreported.  Yet kidnapping has recently moved to the top of the Calderon agenda, at least rhetorically, in large part because the victims are generally wealthy and politically connected.  Far more widespread are common crimes and plain vanilla government corruption, everything from murders that go uninvestigated because they might have political ramifications to police extorting small bribes to cover traffic violations.  The problem begins at the top, with government officials perpetrating a culture of corruption in which anything goes.  “A poor politician is a lousy politician” goes the cynical refrain, as neoliberal capitalism combined with one of the most corrupt governments in the world devastates working class barrios and rural areas.  Organized crime rules large parts of the country and controls important elements of the political class.  According to the US State Department, cartels repatriated at least US$22 billion to Mexico from US drug sales since 2003 – and the number is likely much larger.  A significant percentage of drug sales ends up in the pockets of politicians, with some estimates ranging as high as one-third.  PAN Senator Santiago Creel reminded us this week “that we shouldn’t be fooled.  Money from narco-trafficking is not traveling in suitcases around the country.  It is deposited in banks.”  Creel’s comments were taken as a public swipe at Calderon’s failing anti-narcotics strategy, which has focused almost exclusively on interrupting transportation routs and production facilities rather than money laundering.  The results are present every day in the mainstream media.  Monday was in many ways a typical day, with 17 executions reported in the state of Chihuahua, including the second most important official in the office of the state Attorney General.  Thirteen additional victims were reported in Durango, Michoacan, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Quintana Roo, Sonora and the state of Mexico.  The army recently invaded Chihuahua with several thousand troops, initially to the delight of a population overwhelmed by delinquents.  But the honeymoon was short, as the army conducted hundreds of unwarranted home searches, beat homeowners and pedestrians at will, and killed several innocent citizens.  In Chihuahua, the army is caught up in a war in which most of the local police are aligned with the Juarez cartel, while the army’s allies are less clear.  The Juarez and Gulf cartels have been involved in open warfare over lucrative territories, and the army may be looking for a way to return to the status quo antes, where murders were done in isolated rural areas rather than during highly public gun battles in city centers.  This would account, in part, for the lack of government action on money laundering, which is the heart of drug trafficking and should be its most vulnerable point.  But politicians don’t want to interrupt the flow of illicit money, which greases the political system while also providing one of the most important sources of foreign exchange in a country on the verge of an economic crisis.  With the Mexican economy suffering its worst performance in the second trimester o Long message truncated by MailBucket.

A dos años de la muerte de Lorenzo San Pablo“Los que mueren por la...

Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Is Our Era’s Very Own Saul Alinsky

By Al Giordano
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 19, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3184.html

David Rovics and Other Special Guests to Appear at Benefit for The Fund for Authentic Journalism

By Al Giordano
Publisher, Narco News
August 19, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3182.html

Masked Gunmen Unleash AK-47s on Drug-Rehab Center; Mexican Soldiers Parked 50 Yards Away Do Nothing

By Molly Molloy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 18, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3181.html

Narco News Obtains Ramirez Peyro Letter on Eve of Hearing that Could Bring a Death Sentence Called Deportation

By Bill Conroy
Special to The Narco News Bulletin
August 18, 2008

http://www.narconews.com/Issue54/article3180.html

Como parte de los preparativos de la V Conferencia Internacional...

Informe de la Brigada #1 de Observación y Solidaridad con las Comunidades Zapatistas en Chiapas. Caracol IV Arcoíris de la esperanza del nuevo amanecer, Torbellino de nuestras palabras. Municipio Autónomo 17 de Noviembre.





Conformada por observadores Suizos, Españoles (Gallegos), Italianos, Franceses, Xican@s de Estados Unidos y Mexicanos; además de la compañera Delia Pérez, liberada el pasado 24 de julio, tras estar injustamente encarcelada durante ocho años, y perteneciente a la resistencia de La voz del Amate dentro del CERESO #14, y actualmente participa en la organización de expresos “Voces inocentes”.

A partir del 3 de agosto se visitaron 4 comunidades: “Nueva Revolución”, “8 de Marzo”, “10 de Abril” y “Francisco Villa”, todas estas, tierras recuperadas a partir del levantamiento de 1994.
Además, de la clínica del municipio,





la Cooperativa de café Tatawelo




y del Centro Recreativo Autónomo “Tzaconejá” (donde se encuentran los ríos)



En todas las comunidades se realizaron reuniones con las autoridades, promotores de salud y educación y personas de la misma comunidad, en donde se trataron temas, respecto al como ellos ejercen la autonomía, honor y justicia, salud autónoma, educación autónoma, participación de la mujer, creación y organización de cooperativas y sustentabilidad alimentaria.

Se hizo énfasis en que se informara sobre los problemas de hostigamiento y represión que están sufriendo, principalmente por el despojo del territorio y la explotación de los recursos naturales, para lo que el mal gobierno utiliza estrategias de contrainsurgencia.
En el caso de la comunidad tzeltal “Nueva Revolución” se pretende construir una presa que inundaría a esta comunidad, y comunidades aledañas, ofreciendo dinero a los habitantes para que abandonen sus tierras, lo que no solo implicaría el dejar a los compañeros sin tierra, sino también la destrucción de la flora y fauna del lugar; todo esto como parte del Plan de infraestructura hidroeléctrica.





En la comunidad tojolabal “8 de Marzo”, se pretende crear un proyecto de ecoturismo ya que cerca de está comunidad se encuentra una zona arqueológica maya que el gobierno quiere explotar, aunque no pertenece a territorio zapatista, implicaría que se construyan carreteras lo que supondría que fueran desplazados de su territorio; comentaron que en esa comunidad no entran militares, ni policías, pero si gente vestida de civil, piensan que de inteligencia puesto que llegan con la intención de saber como se organizan los compañeros, además de que crean grupos paramilitares con la gente que aun cree en los partidos políticos a quienes por ejemplo les dan ayuda de ganado y como no tienen terreno en donde tenerlos, los ponen en territorio zapatista, lo cual crea enfrentamientos entre comunidades zapatistas y no zapatistas. En ocasiones han visto como llega gente de apariencia militar a regar semillas de mariguana para que después se diga que en territorio zapatista se siembra, argumento que recientemente el gobierno de Sabines utilizo en el caracol de La Garrucha, para intentar entrar el día 4 de Junio del presente año.

La comunidad tzeltal y tojolabal “10 de Abril” creada en 1995 y desalojada hasta la fecha en tres ocasiones las mismas veces que han regresado y en donde mujeres, hombres y niños han resistido.
Las mujeres han estado en primera línea defendiendo la tierra de sus antepasados. Actualmente con el gobierno del estado, la estrategia a cambiado; son los paramilitares disfrazados de civiles los que acosan a la comunidad, creando división entre las comunidades y a su vez propiciando un clima de amenaza y hostigamiento.






En la comunidad tojolabal denominada “Francisco Villa”, los compañeros nos indicaron tener conocimiento de la creación de grupos paramilitares en una comunidad llamada Galilea, los partidos políticos que se encuentran tras de esta estrategia son el PRI, el PRD y el Partido Verde Ecologista. Quienes también incitan a los jóvenes a consumir alcohol lo cual esta prohíbo dentro de las comunidades zapatistas. Además existe el proyecto de hacer una presa para crear un cultivo de peces con la intención de privatizar los recursos naturales del Rio Azul, que implicaría la destrucción de un cerro que funciona como un muro de contención y entonces habría la posibilidad de una inundación en la comunidad. El territorio que actualmente ocupa esta comunidad funciono como campo de aterrizaje para helicópteros militares. Por lo que continuamente había sobrevuelos de hostigamiento.

Todo esto forma parte de la nueva estrategia gubernamental del gobernador de Chiapas Juan Sabines que obedece al re denominado Plan Mesoamérica (Plan Puebla Panamá).

Cabe mencionar que las entrevistas con los compañer@s de las comunidades zapatistas fueron grabadas en audio y algunas en video. Estas materias se pueden encontrar en las siguientes páginas de internet:

Enlace Zapatista

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