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"You F***** with me, so I will have the pleasure of killing you"...said mayor of Iguala before shooting activist
The PRD national council unanimously approved the immediate expulsion of José Luis Abarca, Mayor of Iguala, Guerrero. Also impeachment proceedings have been initiated.
The mayor is wanted for murder.
On May 30th 2013 hundreds of striking miners, farmers and activists belonging to Unión Popular Emiliano Zapata (UPEZ), was conducting a protest in Iguala, Guerrero.
The grievances had lasted over seven years and nothing had transpired to addresses the issues of exploitation and extreme occupational hazards that faced Taxco miners on strike against Grupo Mexico, the Larrea family, and the complicity, abuses, and impunity of local rulers. Other issues were the exploitation of farmers.
In the case of Iguala, the local ruler is mayor, José Luis Abarca. Iguala residents have long complained of the criminality of Abarca and his wife, and their alleged ties to Guerrero Unidos cartel.
On May 29 th, Abarca told a group in an open forum to ***8220;stop ****ing around with me, I have people that work for me, that can take care of this***8221;
Arturo Hernandez Cordona, (at left) scientist, agricultural consultant, and founder of the local PRD as part of the National Democratic Leftist group (IDN) asked Abarca;
***8220;what do you mean take care of this? That sounds like a threat to me***8221;
The next day was May 30th and the protest. It lasted for a couple of hours and everyone dispersed around 3 in the afternoon. The last of the protestors to leave were a group of eight organizers and leaders, including Arturo Hernández Cardona, Ángel Román, Rafael Bandera and 5 others.
The men were traveling on a toll highway when they were intercepted by an armed group. Of the eight men, 4 managed to flee, 3 were killed and their bodies found, and one has never been seen again. One of the survivors gives details;
On May 30th we were intercepted by two trucks, one gray Cherokee and a red Explorer; the Cherokee six people exited armed with guns, and in the Explorer were two men and a woman, but they just stayed inside the vehicle This testimony is from Nicholas Mendoza Villa, on July 25 last year.
He testified that the armed men got out of the truck and went to the vehicle of their and forced them out, right away Hernandez was shot in the right leg.
While blindfolded, they were moved to an unknown location, although blindfolded, Mendoza said he could tell it was a field.
He continued, saying next the blindfolds were removed and "we were looking at ten men with rifles, and then the beating began.
Around six p.m. two men dug a pit. Late at night three people arrived, of whom he said he knew the iden****** of two; the mayor Jose Luis Abarca and Velázquez, Secretary of Public Security, the third person he was not familiar with. They all were drinking beers which they carried to where they were being held.
The survivor says the mayor ordered further torture, and at the end of our torture, mayor Jose Luis Abarca approached engineer Arturo Hernández Cardona, saying how much Hernandez ****ed with him, so he will have the pleasure of killing him.
He began beating Hernandez for about 10 minutes until Hernandez was in a heap, then the director of Public Safety lifted Hernandez up off the ground, and was dragged 10 feet to a pit, and ***8220; mayor Jose Luis Abarca Velázquez with a shotgun, fired two shots, hitting him in the face and once in the chest and left him lying in the open pit. "
It was at that point that Felix Rafael Bandera Román, attempted to escape, "but was executed on the spot.." The mayor and the other two left at that time, leaving a couple of men to execute the others and leave the bodies with a poster board with a narco message to be signed by ***8220;Los Rojos***8221;. The sicarios loaded the two bodies of Hernandez and Bandera and had the others sit on top of them in the back of a van.
It was very dark at this time, and the victims knew if they were going to escape it had to be then. The sicarios were distracted by discussing if they should dig a pit and leave it open or execute the remainder of the victims first, when the received a phone call. The sicario that answered actually lied and said everything was completed. At that moment the victims ran through the field, in the cover of darkness, into the mountains.
Four managed to make it to freedom. Three of those men moved far from the area. Three bodies were found, 1 person unaccounted for. It had rained the night of the 30th, rendering the poster board message illegible, however it reads something like:
"Come pick up your trash,
Atte. La Garra de Guerrero Leonor Nava. Los Rojos***8221;.
Rain was probably the reason the killers chose to dump the bodies rather than dig pits.
Another witness Miguel Vivanco testified that the mayor (Jose Luis Abarca Velázquez) and the chief of police visited the place where he and others were being held in captivity, and Mayor ordered them to be tortured. "
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/1...-pleasure.html
mother in law of the mayor
The PRD national council unanimously approved the immediate expulsion of José Luis Abarca, Mayor of Iguala, Guerrero. Also impeachment proceedings have been initiated.
The mayor is wanted for murder.
On May 30th 2013 hundreds of striking miners, farmers and activists belonging to Unión Popular Emiliano Zapata (UPEZ), was conducting a protest in Iguala, Guerrero.
The grievances had lasted over seven years and nothing had transpired to addresses the issues of exploitation and extreme occupational hazards that faced Taxco miners on strike against Grupo Mexico, the Larrea family, and the complicity, abuses, and impunity of local rulers. Other issues were the exploitation of farmers.
In the case of Iguala, the local ruler is mayor, José Luis Abarca. Iguala residents have long complained of the criminality of Abarca and his wife, and their alleged ties to Guerrero Unidos cartel.
On May 29 th, Abarca told a group in an open forum to ***8220;stop ****ing around with me, I have people that work for me, that can take care of this***8221;
Arturo Hernandez Cordona, (at left) scientist, agricultural consultant, and founder of the local PRD as part of the National Democratic Leftist group (IDN) asked Abarca;
***8220;what do you mean take care of this? That sounds like a threat to me***8221;
The next day was May 30th and the protest. It lasted for a couple of hours and everyone dispersed around 3 in the afternoon. The last of the protestors to leave were a group of eight organizers and leaders, including Arturo Hernández Cardona, Ángel Román, Rafael Bandera and 5 others.
The men were traveling on a toll highway when they were intercepted by an armed group. Of the eight men, 4 managed to flee, 3 were killed and their bodies found, and one has never been seen again. One of the survivors gives details;
On May 30th we were intercepted by two trucks, one gray Cherokee and a red Explorer; the Cherokee six people exited armed with guns, and in the Explorer were two men and a woman, but they just stayed inside the vehicle This testimony is from Nicholas Mendoza Villa, on July 25 last year.
He testified that the armed men got out of the truck and went to the vehicle of their and forced them out, right away Hernandez was shot in the right leg.
While blindfolded, they were moved to an unknown location, although blindfolded, Mendoza said he could tell it was a field.
He continued, saying next the blindfolds were removed and "we were looking at ten men with rifles, and then the beating began.
Around six p.m. two men dug a pit. Late at night three people arrived, of whom he said he knew the iden****** of two; the mayor Jose Luis Abarca and Velázquez, Secretary of Public Security, the third person he was not familiar with. They all were drinking beers which they carried to where they were being held.
The survivor says the mayor ordered further torture, and at the end of our torture, mayor Jose Luis Abarca approached engineer Arturo Hernández Cardona, saying how much Hernandez ****ed with him, so he will have the pleasure of killing him.
He began beating Hernandez for about 10 minutes until Hernandez was in a heap, then the director of Public Safety lifted Hernandez up off the ground, and was dragged 10 feet to a pit, and ***8220; mayor Jose Luis Abarca Velázquez with a shotgun, fired two shots, hitting him in the face and once in the chest and left him lying in the open pit. "
It was at that point that Felix Rafael Bandera Román, attempted to escape, "but was executed on the spot.." The mayor and the other two left at that time, leaving a couple of men to execute the others and leave the bodies with a poster board with a narco message to be signed by ***8220;Los Rojos***8221;. The sicarios loaded the two bodies of Hernandez and Bandera and had the others sit on top of them in the back of a van.
It was very dark at this time, and the victims knew if they were going to escape it had to be then. The sicarios were distracted by discussing if they should dig a pit and leave it open or execute the remainder of the victims first, when the received a phone call. The sicario that answered actually lied and said everything was completed. At that moment the victims ran through the field, in the cover of darkness, into the mountains.
Four managed to make it to freedom. Three of those men moved far from the area. Three bodies were found, 1 person unaccounted for. It had rained the night of the 30th, rendering the poster board message illegible, however it reads something like:
"Come pick up your trash,
Atte. La Garra de Guerrero Leonor Nava. Los Rojos***8221;.
Rain was probably the reason the killers chose to dump the bodies rather than dig pits.
Another witness Miguel Vivanco testified that the mayor (Jose Luis Abarca Velázquez) and the chief of police visited the place where he and others were being held in captivity, and Mayor ordered them to be tortured. "
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/1...-pleasure.html
mother in law of the mayor
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