Campesino Organizations Announce Demonstration in Front of Interior Secretariat Vianey Pichardo - The News
go to original March 29, 2016

Campecino members of el Barzón have marched before in Mexico City (Notimex/Alberto Garcia)

More than 60 campesino organizations, defenders of water and the environment, will mobilize demonstrations and encampment in front of the Interior Secretariat (Segob), to solicit attention to problematic issues like a meeting of indigenous peoples and the budget for the countryside.

Said José Narro, leader of the National Plan of Ayala Coordinating Committee (CNPA-MV), “Today they will be installing commissions from other organizations will broaden the caravan over the course of the day. This encampment will be joined by caravans at 10 p.m. together with the unions of the National Workers Union and the Unified Social Front, which they will be receiving at 6 p.m. on April 10.

All the caravans will enter simultaneously by different points of Mexico City, and together the entire contingent will participate in a march the next day at 10 a.m. from he Ángel de la Independencia to the Interior Secretariat.”

The demands are for the release of 50 political prisoners who are defenders of the environment, attention to 140 conflicts generated by mining and hydroelectric mega-projects in Mexico, and a free and informed meeting for indigenous peoples.

The camp in front of Segob will be maintained until April 11, and will be accompanied by other actions on a national scale.

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