MISSING
A series of unfortunate events followed the presidential election of July 1st, 2012. It is not only about great suspicions of a presidency bought and imposed by the powers that be, but more pressing now are the disappearances of young people who have participated in the assemblies and marches against a candidate and his party with the poorest Mexican vote.
These unfortunate events are reminiscent of the 1970s and that they are reoccurring right now is a warning signal as to what that the next six years of Enrique Peña Nieto’s presidency can hold. These disappearances all occurred within the Institutional Revolutionary governments’ constituencies.
At least four young people have not been seen since the end of the week. One is Andrea Noemi Chavez Galvan. The last time she was seen was on Friday July 27th around noon outside Petróleos school, connected with the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, in a state governed by the PRI. Since then there’s been no sign of her.
A week earlier in Michoacán, also a state ruled by the PRI, three youths: Diego Maldonado, Ana Belem Sanchez Mayorga and Luis Enrique Castañeda Nava disappeared after participating in demonstrations against Enrique Peña Nieto’s imposed presidency. And in Veracruz another young man named Felix Garcia who participated in the movement #Ocupa Televisa went missing. Veracruz is also governed by the PRI.
One of them, Luis Enrique had even updated his Twitter account just before his disappearance: “Today was afternoon tango lessons in Paracho, tomorrow the Cantoya balloons contest begins.” It was posted on July 21th at 5:56 pm and that’s the last of what he wrote.
There are at least five people linked to the #YoSoy132 movement who have maintained mobilization during and after the presidential election and who continue to demonstrate across the country.
They are not crazy, or losers, or troublemakers, as has been suggested by many. Politicians and the media attempt to sway people’s perceptions of the ordinary person who meets his natural daily obligations and goes to work, rejecting street protests of any kind.
These girls and boys with peaceful ideals who are fighting for their right to disagree with a “rigged” election, are heard. They do not deserve this cruel fate.
For them and thousands and millions of victims there can be no “perfect crime.” There’s always a trail that leads to the truth and the facts. From the Monex case, millions of dollars accumulated in just a few months are presumed to come from drug trafficking and used for the outright purchase of presidency.
When these kinds of retrograde actions from a repressive government start happening it is worrisome, because it means authoritarianism and violence against youth. And the not so young.
Monday, July 30, 2012 14:27 Hector R. Aguilar
Source: “Despararecidos” – elpuntocritico.com