March 26, 2001.
To the People of Mexico:
To the Peoples and Governments of the World:
To the National and International Press:
Brothers and Sisters:
Regarding the important events of this Wednesday, March 28, we have the following to say:
First. - The EZLN has been given the opportunity by the Congress of the Union to have 40 special guests and 220 places in what are known as the "galleries" in the San La'zaro Legislative Palace. Of these 220 places, half (110) were allotted to the National Indigenous Congress.
Second. - The EZLN decided that all of their guests would be indigenous representatives, since very rarely - if indeed, this is not the first time - have the indigenous ever entered the Congress by anything but the back door or been present there under dignified and respectful circumstances. As may be appreciated from the attached list, there are indigenous with different political positions, and representatives have been invited from the great majority of the Indian peoples which exist in our country.
Third. - The EZLN has sent the Congress of the Union a list of all the national, Federal District, provincial and international media of which we are aware. The EZLN has asked the Congress of the Union to accredit all of these media for the coverage of the events of March 28, 2001. It is up to the Congress of the Union to grant the relevant accreditations.
Fourth. - The zapatista delegation will be leaving the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 28, 2001. The route we will be following is: ENAH - Perife'rico - Avenida del Iman - Avenida Aztecas - Monserrat - Division del Norte - Eje 8 Sur Popocatepetl - Plutarco Elias Calles - Avenida Congreso de la Union - Legislative Palace .
Fifth. - The list of speakers and guests of the EZLN and the CNI is attached.
>From the National School of Anthropology and History.
Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee
- General Command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
1.- FRANCISCO GOMEZ (Zapatista who died in combat during the first days of January of 1994) 2.- RODOLFO MONTIEL FLORES (Indigenous ecology prisoner in Guerrero) 3.- TEODORO CABRERA GARCI'A (Indigenous ecology prisoner in Guerrero) 4.- LEOCADIO ASCENCIO AMAYA (Indigenous prisoner in Michoaca'n). 5.- AURELIO GUZMA'N MATEO (Indigenous prisoner in Michoaca'n). 6.- GAMALIEL ASCENCIO AMAYA (Indigenous of Michoaca'n with an arrest warrant) 7.- GALDINO QUIROZ MIGUEL (Indigenous of Michoaca'n with an arrest warrant) 8. Delegate from the EZLN. 9. Delegate from the EZLN. 10. Delegate from the EZLN. 11. Delegate from the EZLN. 12. Delegate from the EZLN. 13. Delegate from the EZLN. 14. Delegate from the EZLN. 15. Delegate from the EZLN. 16. Delegate from the EZLN. 17. Delegate from the EZLN. 18. Delegate from the EZLN. 19. Delegate from the EZLN. 20. Delegate from the EZLN. 21. Delegate from the EZLN. 22. Delegate from the EZLN. 23. Delegate from the EZLN. 24. Delegate from the EZLN. 25. Delegate from the EZLN. 26. Delegate from the EZLN. 27. Delegate from the EZLN. 28.- SOFI'A ROBLES (CNI) 29.- HUGO AGUILAR (CNI) 30.- ALDO GONZA'LEZ (CNI) 31.- JERO'NIMO HERNA'NDEZ (CNI) 32.- DOMITILA (ZAPOTECA) 33.- MAURILIO DE LA CRUZ (HUICHOL) 34.- MAURO DE OYARZABAL (AMUZGO, PT) 35.- BRIGIDA CHIAUTLA (NAHUA). 36.- PASCUAL LUCAS JULIA'N (NANHU). 37.- ROMUALDO (NAHUATL, CNOC) 38.- SAU'L VICENTE (ZAPOTECO, PRD) 39.- ENRIQUE KU HERRERA (MAYA, PRI) 40.- FERNANDO YA'NEZ MU~OZ.
1.- ENRIQUE VALENZUELA LEYVA (MAYO). 2.- JESU'S SOTO PAZOS (MAYO) 3.- ROMULO GONZALEZ REBOLLAR (MAZAHUA) 4.- ANDRES ROSAS SALAS (NAHUA) 5.- ANASTASIO HIDALGO (NAHUA) 6.- MARTI'N BARRIOS (NAHUA) 7.- ROGELIA JUSTO (NAHUA) 8.- TEOFILO PADILLA DE JESU'S (NAHUA) 9.- MAGDALENA (NAHUA) 10.- MANUEL RIVAS (ODA'HAM) 11.- TIBURCIO QUI~O'NEZ (ODA'HAM) 12.- JOSE LOPEZ ROSALIO (WIXARIKA) 13.- TOMAS CHINO DE LA CRUZ (WIXARIKA) 14.- CHON CARRILLO (WIXARIKA) 15.- EMETERIO TORRES (WIXARIKA) 16.- JESU'S COSI'O (WIXARIKA) 17.- ROGELIO MERCADO (PURE'PECHA) 18.- JOSE' CARRILLO GONZA'LEZ (PURE'PECHA) 19.- FELIX CANDELARIO COSIO (WIXARIKA) 20.- ANTONIO CANDELARIO (WIXARIKA) 21.- PABLO DE LA ROSA (WIXARIKA) 22.- ROSALI'O SALVADOR (WIXARIKA) 23.- MARIO ALBERTO VA'ZQUEZ (ZOQUE) 24.- VIRGINIA PE'REZ DI'AZ (MIXE) 25.- ALFREDO HERNA'NDEZ MARCIANO (AMUZGO) 26.- TRANQUILINO LO'PEZ (AMUZGO) 27.- CIRINO PLA'CIDO VALERIO (MIXTECO) 28.- JUAN NICASIO (NANHU) 29.- PATRICIA MARTI'NEZ GONZA'LEZ (MAI'Z) 30.- CONCEPCIO'N HERNA'NDEZ (NAHUA) 31.- JESU'S REYES BONIFACIO (TLAPANECO) 32.- TRANQUILINA CRUZ ROTILIO (TLAPANECO) 33.- FORTINO HERNA'NDEZ MATI'AS (ZAPOTECO) 34.- ABEL HERRERA (TLACHINOLLAH) 35.- FRANCISCO TOLEDO (ZAPOTECO). 36.- ISAI'AS MARTI'NEZ (ZAPOTECO) 37.- JUAN JULIA'N CABALLERO (ZAPOTECO) 38.- ANTONIO CARRILLO (UPN) 39.- HELADIO RAMI'REZ (MIXTECO-PRI) 40.- FIDENCIO BRICE~O (MAYA) 41.- BARTOLOME' LO'PEZ (XOCHICTLAHUACA) 42.- ANTONIO VARGAS (CONAIE- ECUADOR). 43.- MIRNA CUNNINGHAM (NICARAGUA) 44.- GASPAR RIVERA (FIOB, CALIFORNIA, EU). 45.- NOELI POCATERRA (VENEZUELA) 46.- ARTURO PIMENTEL (FIOB) 47.- GABRIEL MUYUY (COLOMBIA) 48.- JUAN GREGORIO REGINO (MAZATECO) 49.- FRANCISCO DE LA CRUZ (MAZATECO) 50.- MACARIO MATUS (ZAPOTECO) 51.- VICTOR DE LA CRUZ (MAZATECO) 52.- JESU'S SALINAS (NANHU') 53.- PEDRO DE JARO (AUTORIDAD HUICHOLA) 54.- EPIFANIO DI'AZ (TRIQUI) 55.- DAVID ASTORGA (SERI) 56.- LORENZO JOSE JOSE (MIXTECO) 57.- MAURILIO SANTIAGO (MIXTECO) 58.- SAMUEL SALVADOR (HUICHOL) 59.- MARI'A ELENA PE'REZ (YAQUI) 60.- AMARANTA GO'MEZ (ZAPOTECA) 61.- MARCELINA BAUTISTA BAUTISTA (Domestic Workers DF). 62.- ELODIO IBARRA MARCOS (HUASTECO) 63.- CELSO HERNA'NDEZ (TOTONACO) 64.- JUAN RAMI'REZ SANTIAGO (TOTONACO) 65.- TIRSO BOCHIMEA (MAYO) 66.- ARMANDO CHI MAY 67.- REPRESENTANTE DEL ISMAN. 68.- LORENZO GARCI'A (YAQUI) 69.- CARLOS FIGUEROA (PURE'PECHA) 70.- MELESIO ZACARI'AS VA'ZQUEZ (PURE'PECHA) 71.- MOISE'S JIME'NEZ CORREA (CHONTAL) 72.- ESTANISLAO ARIAS TORRES (CHONTAL) 73.- INE'S DOMI'NGUEZ HILARON (TRIQUI) 74.- MARGARITA ESPINOZA (TRIQUI) 75.- ELENA RAMI'REZ LOPEZ (TRIQUI) 76.- AMALIA MARTI'NEZ AGUILAR (TRIQUI) 77.- ELEAZAR LO'PEZ (ZAPOTECA CENAMI) 78.- SEVERIANA MAYA DE JESU'S (MAZAHUA) 79.- ELIZABETH ZA'RATE ESCAMILLA (CHONTAL) 80.- OFELIA CARRILLO DE LA CRUZ (WIXARIKA) 81.- ELIZABETH CRUZ MORAM (TOTONACA) 82.- TOMASA GARCI'A CHUELA (PURE'PECHA) 83.- NATALIO HERNA'NDEZ (NAHUATL) 84.- SOCORRO MARTI'NEZ MARTI'NEZ (ZAPOTECA) 85.- MARIANA ROCHA VALDEZ (OTOMI') 86.- VIRGINIA ROSAS SALAS (NAHUA) 87.- AURELIA GUTIE'RREZ CRUZ (TZELTAL) 88.- ESTEBANA LABANA (NAHUA) 89.- FLORENTINA VA'ZQUEZ SANTIAGO (ZAPOTECA) 90.- ISALIA FABIAN HERNA'NDEZ (ZAPOTECA) 91.- ROSALI'A QUIROGA MALDONADO (MAZATECA) 92.- ERENDIRA VA'ZQUEZ MOTA (NAHUA) 93.- BLANCA LUNA MEJI'A (NANHU') 94.- AMPARO GUTIE'RREZ (PURE'PECHA) 95.- JUANA VICTORIANO CRUZ (MAZAHUA) 96.- JULIA JIME'NEZ ALARCO'N (PURE'PECHA) 97.- CECILIA CARRILLO HERNA'NDEZ (WIXARIKA) 98.- GLORIA GUZMA'N LO'PEZ (WIXARIKA) 99.- DONASIANA ANTONIO ALMARAZ (ZAPOTECA) 100.- GRACIELA GON'ZALEZ LO'PEZ (TZELTAL) 101.- AMALIA SALAS CASALES (NAHUA) 102.- JOSEFA CORRALES (NAHUA) 103.- ZEFERINA RODRI'GUEZ PE'REZ (NAHUATL) 104.- DELIA MARMOLEJO VA'ZQUEZ (NAHUA) 105.- CLAUDIA EVANGELIO OLIVARES (TOTONACA-NAHA) 106.- REBECA APOLINAR GARCI'A (ZAPOTECA) 107.- ERNESTINA ORTIZ PE~A (OTOMI') 108.- MARI'A DE GARCI'A (OD'HAM) 109.- MARI'A DOLORES ORTEGA (RARAMURI) 110.- PETRONA MOLINA CORTE'Z (TZELTAL).
1.- Delegate from the EZLN. 30 minutes. 2.- Delegate from the EZLN. 15 minutes. 3.- Delegate from the EZLN. 15 minutes. 4.- Delegate from the EZLN. 15 minutes. 5.- ADELFO REGINO MONTES, National Indigenous Congress. 15 minutes. 6.- MARI'A DE JESU'S PATRICIO, national Indigenous Congress. 15 minutes . 7.- JUAN CHA'VEZ, National Indigenous Congress. 15 minutes.
NAME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ORGANIZATION
1
2 Joaquina Marti'nez Sa'nchez
Manuel Alfonso Reyes Salinas Mazahuas
Mazahuas Apimo A C.
3
4 Mateo Sa'nchez Espinosa
Julia'n Jime'nez Garci'a Totonacos
Totonacos
5
6 Magdalena Gonza'lez Velazco
Emilio Jime'nez Lo'pez Tseltal
Tseltal
7
8 Guadalupe Lo'pez Va'zquez
Vi'ctor Guzma'n Lo'pez C'hol
C'hol
9
10 Ramiro Tabuada Garci'a
Angela Cha'vez Guzma'n Nahuatl D. F.
Nahuatl D. F.
* Representative of Communal Property of Villa Milpa Alta
* Representatives of Communal property of San Francisco Tlanepantla
11 Mario Flores Jua'rez ~a~hu Commissioner of Communal
Property of San Pedro Atlapulco
12 Benito Ovando Garci'a Zoque, Chiapas
13
14 Marcelina Castillo Cruz
Enrique Acevedo Ortiz Migrants D. F.
Migrants D. F.
15
16 Rafaela Justo Eli'as
Gaudencio Mancilla Roblada Nahuatl de Jalisco
Nahuatl de Jalisco
17 Ebaristo Velazco Go'mez Tojolabal CIOAC Independent
18 Marti'n Me'ndez Lo'pez Tojolabal CIOAC Independent
19
20 Joel Aquino
Donaciana Antonio Almaraz Zapoteco
Zapoteco
21
22 Prospero Garci'a
Imelda Conde Herna'ndez Chinanteco
Chinanteco
23
24 Eusebia Zepeda Cortes
Melquiades Rosas Blanco Mazateco
Mazateco
25
26 Salomo'n Maximiano Emeterio
Soila Jose' Juan Mixe
Mixe
27 Zacarias Cubas Guzman
Triqui
28
29 Medardo Pe'rez
Ignacia Cruz Nolasco Chontal
Chontal
30 Lorenzo Cruz Mendoza Chatinos
31
32 Salomo'n Gil
Efrain Solano Alinares Cuicateco Municipal president of
Valerio
Trujano
33
34 Faustino Santiago Reyes
Reyna Pe'rez Herna'ndez Mixteco
Mixteco
35
36 Andre's Pe'rez Herna'ndez
Alvaro Roma'n Zoque Oaxaca
Zoque Oaxaca
37
38 Celia Rodri'guez Diego
Melecio Zacarias Vazquez Purepecha
Purepecha
39
40 Beatriz Gutierrez Luis
Bernardo Hidalgo Villa Huave
Huave
41
42 Pedro de Jesu's Alejandro
Domitila Rosendo Hidalgo Nahua Guerrero
Nahua Guerrero
43
44 Macaria Lo'pez Juliana
Arturo Marcial de Jesu's Amusgos
Amusgos
45
46 Teodorico Melecio Santos
Minerva Garzo'n Guzman Tlapaneco
Tlapaneco
47
48 Juan Lazo Juarez
Lucilda Hidalgo Carretero Ixcateco
Ixcateco
49
50 Manuel Salvador Aguilar
Otilia Galindo Garcia Tacuates
Tacuates Municipal President and Alderman of Santa Maria Zacatepec
51
52 Teofilo Soriano
Juanita Lopez Chocholteco
Chocholteco
53
54 Hermelinda Tiburcio Cayetano
Procopio Francisco Clemente Mixteco Guerrero
Mixteco Guerrero
55
56
57 Leocadio Serio Lo'pez
Alejandro Carrillo Enriquez
Carlos Cha'vez Reyes Wixarika
Wixarika
Wixarikas Advisor UCIH-J
UCIH-J
58
59 Pedro Mayo Alfonso
Faustino Martinez Vargas Nahuatl - Popoluca
Nahuatl - Popoluca
60
61
62 Dennis Ramo'n
Rafael Garci'a Valencia
Graciela Barajas . Tohono Od'dham
. Tohono Od'dham
. Translator *Pte of the legislative council of the Od'dham Nation.
. Aut Tradicional y Regidor Indi'gena Caborca Sonora.
63
64 Antonio Gutierrez Pe'rez
Catarina Pe'rez Rui'z Tzotzil
Tzotzil
65 Juan Dionisio Pe~a ~a~hu
66
67 Celia Sanchez Aquino
Natalia Marcial Cerqueda Zapoteca
Zapoteca
68 Antonio Alvarez Lo'pez Chol
69 Santiago Herna'ndez Mendez Tzeltal
70 Tiburcio Qui~ones Julian Odame
71
72 Jose' Albino Moreno
Jose' Ignacio Cruz Rara'muri
Rara'muri
73 Olga Lo'pez Camacho Triqui
74
75 Efren Capiz Villegaz
Eva Casta~eda Cortez Purepecha
Purepecha
76
77 Abelardo Torres Cortes
Alfonso Vargas Romero Pure'pecha
Purepecha
78 Felix Cerdan Najera
79 Emilia Sosa Mari'n
80 Alejandra Vargas de la Cruz Acompa~ante
81 Carlos Gonza'lez Garci'a Acompa~ante
82 La'zaro Arias Go'mez Tzotzil
83 Rosa Go'mez Herna'ndez Tzotzil
84 Juventino Alegria Silva Nahuatl de Jalisco
85 Marta Sanchez Nestor Amusgo
86 Ignacio Marti'nez Arza'te Totonaco
87 Roque Nava Calvario Nahuatl de Guerrero
88 Teodoro Tomas Galeana Tlapaneco
89 Mario Rodri'guez Sanchez Nahuatl de Guerrero
90 Mario Campos Herna'ndez Mixteco
91 Miguel Pe'rez del Angel Tenek
92 Pascual Ventura Enri'quez Wixaritari
93 Luis Serio Lo'pez Wixaritari
94 Juana Sanchez Cruz Totonaco
95 Pio Quinto Sanchez Gaona Totonaco
96 Rutilio Vitergo Aguilar Mixteco
97 Pedro Francisco Niceno Mixteco
98 Candida Jimenez Perez Mixe
99 Daniel Sa'nchez Ne'stor Amuzgo
100 Amador Corte'z Robledo Tlapaneco
101 Lino Herna'ndez Herna'ndez Chinanteco
102 Jose' Cruz A:lvarez Zoque
103 Salvador Campanur Pure'pecha
104 Elena Diego Verde Ixcateco
105 Juan Leonel Valencia Rojas Zapoteca
106 Melina Herna'ndez Sosa Zapoteca
107 Moise's Leoncio Santiago Garci'a Mixteco
108 Teofilo Padilla de Jesu's Nahua
109 Cuauhte'moc Gonza'lez Magdaleno Wixarika
110 Simo'n De la Cruz Gonza'lez Wixarika
Originally published in Spanish by the EZLN
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Translated by irlandesa