Civil Society Network for Public Education in the Americas - CSNPEA

http://www.ezln.org/unam/presos-eng.html
Striking Students of the National
Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM)

The international press spoke of the military police takeover of the UNAM as "nonviolent" and "surprisingly smooth". It did not mention that such action was illegal. Nor has it bothered to mention the 998 detentions, the students still imprisoned, the 262 students facing criminal charges, the 85 students accused of terrorism, and the witch-hunt currently underway against leaders of the ten-month old movement. 

The message of the Mexican government is that fighting for free education, as guaranteed in the Mexican Constitution, or struggling for greater student voices in university affairs, is legally equivalent to being a terrorist and a sabateur. This message must not go unanswered. 

From outside Mexico, the most important thing you can do to help free the prisoners is to put pressure on the Mexican government, to let them know that you are aware of the situation at the UNAM, and to tell them that thousands of people from around the world condemn the attempt to use force to crush the student movement; insist on a real dialogue between the General Strike Council (CGH) and the university authorities; and demand the immediate and unconditional liberation of all political prisoners, as well as the cancellation of the 432 arrest warrants currently in effect against leaders of the student movement. 

Also, contact your deputies, ministers, and representatives in Parliament or Congress to inform them of the decision of the Mexican government to use repression and force against a legitimate student movement expressing basic educational demands. Ask them to convey your wish that your country not engage in commerce with nations whose governments imprison their students by the hundreds instead of talking with them to find a resolution to their grievances. 

The contact information for important Mexican government figures is below. Please send them emails, faxes, letters, and phone calls: 

     Dr. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
     Presidente de los Estados Unidos 
     Mexicanos
     Palacio Nacional 
     Patio de Honor, Piso 1, Col. Centro 
     06067 México DF 
     Tel (525)-395 67 00, 272 69 03, 515 57 14
     Fax (525) 52 77 23 76 
    webadmon@op.presidencia.gob.mx 
     Webpage:
    http://www.presidencia.gob.mx

     Lic. Diodoro Carrasco Altamirano
     Interior Minister
     Bucareli 99 piso1 Col. Juarez
     México, D.F. 06699
     Tel: (525) 7 05 21 71
     Fax: (525) 7 03 21 71

     Dr. Jorge Madrazo Cuellar
     Attorney General
     Ave. Reforma esq. Violeta
     Mexico, D. F. C.P. 06300
     Tel: (525) 626 44 26
     Fax: (525) 3 46 09 57

     Dr. José Luis Soberanes Fernández
     President of the National Human Rights 
     Commission
     Periferico Sur 3469, Col. San Jerónimo
     Lidice
     10200, México, D.F.
     Tel: 631 00 40, 6 81 81 25
     Fax: 6 81 71 99, 6 81 92 39
     Lada sin costo desde México: 
     01 800 00 869
     Email: cndh@laneta.apc.org
     Email: Correo@cndh.org.mx 

The addresses, emails, phone and
fax numbers of Mexican diplomatic
installations (Embassies, consulates, etc.)
around the world are located HERE,
courtesy of the Foreign Affairs Office
of the Mexican government. 

A bank account has been established
to help cover the legal costs of the 
defense of the political prisoners. 
Deposits can be made to 
BANAMEX ACCT. NO.4086-8558, 
IN THE NAME OF MONICA GAMA. 

Finally, send a message to the General
Strike Council expressing your support 
for their cause. 

Freedom for all the political prisoners
of the UNAM! 

http://www.ezln.org/unam/presos-esp.html#orden
Por la Libertad Inmediata e de Todos Los Presos Politicos Universitarios

RESUMEN 

Total de personas oficialmente detenidas entre el 1 de febrero y el 7 de febrero durante los operativos de la Policía Federal Preventiva en las instalaciones y planteles de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 998 

Total de personas liberadas desde entonces: 734 

Total de personas consignadas por "delito flagrante": 227
(174 consignadas por los hechos del 1 de febrero)
(53 consignadas después de la toma de la UNAM) 

Total de personas respecto de quienes se ejecutó orden de aprehensión, y quienes actualmente se encuentran detenidas: 35 

Total de universitarios consignados por ofensas criminales: 262

Cargos en su contra (variables según el caso): despojo, terrorismo, motín, sabotaje, violaciones de la Ley Federal de Armas de Fuego y Explosivos, lesiones, asociación delictuosa y robo. 

Total de personas consignadas que se encuentran libres bajo caución: 1 

Total de estudiantes menores de edad actualmente presos bajo la disposición del Consejo de Menores: 2 

Total de presos políticos universitarios: 264 

Total de estudiantes que todavía tienen órdenes de aprehensión en su contra, y que pueden ser detenidos en cualquier momento: 395 
Fuente: Procuraduría General de la República