Mexico: Weekly Newsletter
We hereby share an unofficial translation of the part on Mexico from the latest Weekly Newsletter published by Sol Rojo on November 9.
The war against the people is getting more brutal, and this is clearly reflected in the statistics on this barbarity. With more than 550,000 people murdered over the past 20 years, more than 72,000 unidentified bodies, and a growing number of unmarked mass graves throughout the country, and, of course, with more than 135,000 people missing, no one can deny that we are facing a situation of reactionary war in which the old State and its legal and illegal apparatuses are targeting the masses.
Where there is oppression, there is resistance
On the second anniversary of the murder of comrade Yanqui Kothan Gómez Peralta at the hands of Guerrero state police, students from the “Raúl Isidro Burgos” Rural Teachers’ College in Ayotzinapa held a rally on November 7 in the city of Chilpancingo, at the very site of the murder. Comrades from the Federation of Socialist Peasant Students of Mexico (FECSM) denounced that the Sheinbaum administration is not only failing to make progress in the case of the forced disappearance of the 43 students but is also failing to resolve the issue of Kothan’s murder.
Meanwhile, preparations continue for the “Tour for Life: Mexico Chapter,” organized by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) to bring together the searching mothers from across the country. After denouncing the wave of provocations from all three levels of government against the tour’s preparations, efforts to ensure its success continue in various locations through planning meetings, collection centers, and outreach efforts that bring together new voices and more cases from the mothers and families of the disappeared who confront the regime with dignity.
In Oaxaca, cases such as the disappearance of Dr. Ernesto Sernas García (May 10, 2018) – a democratic activist, defense attorney for political prisoners, and defender of human rights – or the disappearance and femicide of Sandra Estefana Domínguez Martínez (October 4, 2024), an Ayuuk indigenous woman, feminist, and defender of human rights, have garnered significant attention. The first case has drawn attention because it involves documented direct involvement by State actors in the forced disappearance of the university professor. The second case is emblematic because it occurred under the protection of those in power, following her denunciation of networks of complicity among federal and State officials who perpetrated sexual violence against indigenous women.
As the Front of the People – Red Sun we salute the preparations for the “Tour for Life: Mexico Chapter” and the work being done by the various collectives, organizations, unions, and individuals to make it happen. We express our solidarity with the Zapatista delegation, the mothers, and the families searching for their loved ones who will travel across the country, and we join their voices in demanding truth and justice for the cases of Ernesto Sernas García, Sandra Estefana Domínguez Martínez, and the more than 135,000 disappeared in the country.
Because they took them alive, we want them back alive!
Dr. Ernesto Sernas García – presentation alive!
Justice for Sandra Domínguez!
