Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Zapotillo dam needs our attention!
Claudia Campero
Mexico City-based Blue Planet Project
Last Monday morning people from Temacapulín, Jalisco and allies occupied the construction site of the Zapotillo dam. This was a desperate measure after having done everything else to try to stop its construction. There have been multiple legal actions; the state commission for human rights has done recommendations; there have been demonstrations and consultations that have proved the majority of the population is against this dam. In February, we shared the good news that a judge had ordered to suspend the construction. Unfortunately, this has not happened. The construction of the dam has continued illegally.
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| Photo: 'We do not want the dam, we want to live in peace' Photo by Marco Von Borstel |
Yesterday, government officials menaced the demonstrators accusing them of kidnapping and other offences. They have announced they will take legal action against the people blocking the access to the construction site. Yet we wonder why they speak of “legal actions” when they themselves have ignored the law.
We urgently need your support disseminating this information, sending letters to the Mexican Embassy and letting them know you are watching!
For further information:
Solidarity post (in Spanish) http://claudiacampero.blogspot.com/2011/03/temacapulin-permanecera.html
Action alert (in Spanish) http://www.redtdt.org.mx/d_acciones/d_visual.php?id_accion=125
Labels: Presas, Temacapulín
# posted by Claudia Campero Arena @ 10:28 PM 
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