Los Comités de Defensa
del Barrio
PO Box 24009 Phoenix, AZ 85074
TONATIERRA
The United States Attorney’s Office
District of Arizona
Two Renaissance Square
40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, AZ 85004-4408
Attn: U.S. Attorney, John S. Leonardo
It is with great concern and at the petition of the parents of
the 43 disappeared students of Ayotzinapa, Guerrero - Mexico that we call upon
the Justice Department of the United States to take immediate and appropriate
steps to confront the COMPLICITY and
COLLUSION of the US government in
the ongoing Crimes against Humanity by
the State of Mexico in violation of fundamental
Human Rights established under the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which the United States is a
signatory.
We specifically call upon the offices of the US Attorney General
to address the issue of criminal complicity and collusion in the acts of violence and impunity in Mexico fomented by the US led "War on Drugs" by:
1. Immediately take appropriate measures to stop transport of
armaments to the Mexican State by any entity in the United States whether
governmental or private.
2. Investigate any sale or transport of arms from Arizona merchants
to Mexico’s Narco Government. As has been attested by documents, videos, and
witness testimonies, the disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa was a
joint operation with municipal police, the government of the state of Guerrero,
federal authorities, and direct involvement by the national army of Mexico.
3. Make the appropriate investigation to recommend that the United
States declare Mexico an outlaw state
and stop any cooperation through the Plan Merida until the case of Ayotzinapa students
is clarified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
We have become informed that on November 18th, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
entered into agreement with the Government of Mexico and representatives of the
43 Disappeared Students of Ayotzinapa which will allow for an Interdisciplinary Group of technical
experts to work collaboratively towards the locating of the disappeared students,
punishment for the responsible parties, and assistance for their families. Our
understanding is that the essential aim of the agreement is to resolve the
underlying structural problems in Mexico regarding forced disappearances, which
are not limited to students of
Iguala.
For this reason we have submitted a formal Petition for Review before the Interdisciplinary
Group that the issue of Complicity
and Collusion by the US government's policies, training and funding of the
operatives of the narco-state in Mexico be brought to light comprehensively,
and the cause of justice be served.
As was clearly exemplified in the case of “Fast and Furious”, arms sent to Mexico are responsible for the
murder of innocent people caught in a drug war out of control. Mexican police
and the armed forces are partnered with narco-traffickers in an open war
against the Mexican people. The Justice Department must act immediately to
address complicity with Human Rights violations financed with the multi-billion
dollar “Plan Merida” agreement
between the U.S. and the narco-government of Mexico. We demand and end to the impunity afforded to the
state of Mexico by the US for these criminal policies that have resulted in
over 26,000 disappeared and 100,000 deaths.
We specifically call for the accountability for the training by
the US of those Mexican Police and Armed Forces involved in the Massacre of Tlatlaya, Mexico on June 30
where 22 youth were executed by the Mexican army.
Attentively,
Salvador Reza
Barrio Defense Committees
CC.
Embajador Roberto Rodriguez Hernandez
Mexican Consulate Phoenix
320 East. McDowell Road, suite 105 Phoenix, Az.
85004
Arizona Congressman, Matt Salmon
207 North Gilbert Road Suite 209 Gilbert, AZ 85234
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