Atenco Farmers March for the Defense of the Land, Water and Life in Mexico teleSUR
go to original September 8, 2014

Farmers reject new government plan to build airport on their lands. (FPDT Atenco blog)

Early Monday, members of the Peoples’ Front for the Defense of the Land of San Salvador Atenco (FPDT) again took to the streets to demand the overturning of a decision allowing for private land sales.

According to an article in Somos el Medio, the farmers are fighting the imposition of an international airport on their lands and have announced a new stage in their struggle for the Defense of the Land, Water and Life.

They have invited sympathizers to join them in a march to the local courts in nearby Texcoco.

In a statement they said, “We have struggled for 13 years against the expropriation of our lands ... Since 2006, we have struggled in favor of reason and justice and against the consequences of the repression orchestrated by [current President of Mexico] Enrique Peña Nieto, and also against land speculation, government intervention, and the purchase of people’s free will. We know that we alone cannot free ourselves from the infamy perpetrated against us and refute the lies told by  Enrique Peña Nieto ...and that is why we ask your solidarity with our peoples and communities."

Since 2008, the FPDT have denounced the use of the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) to acquire lands.

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