perkana wrote:http://sandiegofreepress.org/2015/03/ca ... s-the-u-s/On Tuesday March 10th at San Diego City College a press conference was held announcing the upcoming arrival of three caravans planned to begin travelling across the country, including one which will arrive in San Diego on March 23. All caravans will include students from Ayotzinapa and family members of some of the 43 normalistas that went missing from Guerrero, Mexico, this past September, with remains of all students except one yet to be found.
The arrival of one of the three caravans in San Diego on the 23rd will be the beginning of more than 45 cities in the U.S. that will be visited. The U.S. is also the first country outside of Mexico to call for action.
“One is the caravan Pacific that is going from San Diego to the Seattle. Then there is a caravan in the center of the country that is going from Texas up to Chicago. Then you have a caravan in the Atlantic coast that will travel up—and the three caravans will travel to Washington D.C. and end in New York,” said panel member and San Diego City College Professor Enrique Davalos.
The demands of the Caravan, taken from a print out passed out during the event, are the following:
1. That the United States government stop the aid in the form of arms, ammunition and military hardware. Due to the fact that most of this aid is in large part responsible for the thousands of deaths and massive human rights violations in its neighboring country.
2. The United States apply international pressure to the Mexican government that they return the 42 kidnapped students alive.
Sounds like good action. I visited their site, and couldn't find a schedule. (looks like press conference on March 23rd with more details) Let me know when they will be in the SF/Bay Area. If/when they come to SF I will go.
Are people scared of retaliation when they return to Mexico? Sounds like the government has been ruthless......
Do you think Feds coordinate with local jurisdictions (the local one's likely responsible for, what we can assume now, the killing of those 43 students?)
I don't know how active you are, but are you ever personally scared for your security?
Keep it up Perkana, we are listening.