[Original, Spanish-language source here.]
Joint statement of anarchist collectives and organizations in solidarity with Mario López
July 2, 2012
In the early morning of June 27 there was an explosion on the streets of Vicente Guerrero and Londres, in Del Carmen neighborhood, in Coyoacán. Compañero Mario Antonio López Hernández was found at the site with burns on various parts of his body. He was taken in an ambulance, watched over by police, to Rubén Leñero hospital, where his leg and arm were operated on.
At no time were his family members allowed to see him, much less was he allowed to be advised by a trustworthy lawyer in order to make a statement regarding the charges they were making. On the contrary, members of the Judicial Police of the Federal District accosted him with questions, pressuring him so he would respond, even though the compañero was not in a physical condition to make a statement as he was still anaesthetized, and he accepted his participation in other actions, in particular an explosion that occurred hours before at an ATM belonging to the Federal Electricity Commission.
It was only a day later, and due to the pressure exerted by several compañeros, that he finally was able to have contact with his lawyer and his family. His family’s house was raided, and they found nothing related to the charges. Since the morning of the day that Mario was found injured, the mainstream media have published articles presenting the compañero as a dangerous terrorist.
We have information that the police are trying to link more people to the events, specifically one Felicity Ryder, whose name has appeared in various mainstream media outlets as Mario’s supposed accomplice, even claiming she had been detained; however this has not been confirmed by the Federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
We denounce these irregularities, not because we believe in the laws and legality, which only serve to sustain this predatory system, but because we believe it is important not to remain quiet in the face of the attempt of the government of the Federal District (GDF) and the Judicial Police to build a media-driven case against Mario in particular and the anarchist movement in general.
It is clear to us that the government of the Federal District intends to use Mario as a scapegoat, assembling a case with the intention of linking him to other actions and changing the charges, the most recent one being “Attacks against the Public Peace,” as well as beginning an anarchist witch hunt. The PGR has shown itself to be incapable of stopping the offensive of anarchist action groups and is trying to take advantage of the compañero’s accident to make an example of him and as such send a message of fear to anarchist groups. We also know that police have a list of names of compañeros and organizations which they are investigating.
We, members of different organizations and collectives of the anarchist movement declare:
• Our complete solidarity with compañero Mario during these difficult moments. We hug him and wish him a fast and full recovery.
• That solidarity among anarchists is not just written words; as such we will organize activities to bring attention to the compañero’s situation, as well as demanding his immediate release.
• We demand the presentation of Felicity Ryder. In an article published on June 29 by the newspaper Excelsior, it is mentioned that she has been detained, but without this being denied or corroborated by the PGR.
• We reject and denounce the blatant attempt of the government of the Federal District to turn the compañero into a scapegoat of their ineptitude.
• We call on all independent, autonomous and anti-capitalist organizations to be on alert in the face of the GDF’s attempts to unleash a witch hunt of anarchists. We are sure that this new “leftist” government will continue the policies of persecution and litigation against all forms of political expression that don’t adhere to their plans.
• That the social inequality which nourishes this system of domination and exploitation is much more violent that any protest, and it is an attack against the natural right to a dignified life, impeding the freedom of individuals, preying on nature, oppressing the peoples, displacing them and throwing them into the ever-increasing number of jails in this prison-society, for which we will continue organizing and building a new world, based on freedom, mutual aid, solidarity and free association.
For the freedom of Mario!
For anarchy!
Cruz Negra Anarquista de México
Federación Anarquista de México-DF-Edo. Mex.
Grupo Anarco Comunista
Colectivo Acción Libertaria
Biblioteca Social Reconstruir
Federación Ecatepec Anarquista
Centro de Información Anarquista
Ediciones Hormiga Libertaria
Espacio anarcofeminista Ni Ama Ni Esclava
Libertas Anticorp
Sin Medios Producciones
Regeneración Radio
Proyecto Rhabdovirus
2HAK Hip Hop Libertario
Escarlata Revoltoza
Centro Social Okupado Casa Naranja
[See also : Australian woman (possibly) arrested in Mexico over alleged bombing campaign?, July 3, 2012.]
Mexico: Joint declaration of anarchist action groups
Spare no effort to free them.
Give free rein to our imagination, unleashing all the passions and focus all our anger at the release of comrades estxs. What direct solidarity is not limited and would be spread across the planet!
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The live of the companion Felicity Ann Ryder! Immediate release for Mario Antonio Lopez Hernandez! Urgent communication / Joint declaration of anarchist action groups:
Direct solidarity with our comrades Mario Antonio Lopez and Felicity Ann Ryder.
Health to those who fight!
Comrades:
In the early hours of Wednesday, June 27 comrades were two arrested Mario Antonio Lopez Hernandez and Felicity Ann Ryder by the repressive forces of the Federal District. Mario’s partner wounded was captured after falling at the time was activated an explosive device that was placed near the Del Carmen Coyoacán in Mexico City, so it was transferred to the Hospital Ruben Lenero capital city where still being held as a prisoner after the surgical procedure he underwent. The companion Felicity Ann Ryder was arrested shortly after being arrested comrade Mario Antonio on false charges that attempt to link the bombings made the night of 26 and during the early hours of 27 Revolution Autonomous Cells Immediate-Praxedis G Guerrero ( CARI-PGG) in Mexico City and Mexico State, as part of the anti-electoral campaign against all parties and the political caste made by the anarchist action groups over the past four months in different states of the Mexican region.
First we want to clarify, to avoid distortions and false links that the partner and the partner Mario Antonio Felicity Ann are not part of the Revolution Autonomous Cells Immediate-Praxedis Guerrero (CARI-PGG) or belong to any of the informal groups of direct action , are insurrectionists, anarcho-nihilistic anarcho-environmentalists, who have decided to develop the struggle against the system of domination across the Mexican geography.
So we want to point that Comrade Mario Antonio, should really have tried to place the explosive device which he is charged (indictment that generated plenty of questions to be left “clean” paraffin test which was submitted in for traces of gunpowder), served only driven only by their anti-authoritarian ideals and their belief antisystemic. It does not belong to any of the anarchist groups that have been starring since 2009 continuously direct action against domination.
Mario Antonio comrades and Felicity Ann active part called “anarchist movement” and are members of the editorial collective that encourages the publication “anarchist conspiracy” unquestionably committed to direct solidarity with imprisoned comrades nuestrxs around the world but do not have links or membership any of the groups signing the joint statement. We do not have to lie, are “guilty” or “innocent” recognize them as “comrades” and deploy our solidarity to the end.
The kidnapping of estxs comrades reminds us of the arrest of Ramses Villareal in 2009, under false accusations in an attempt to link it with our nuclei and clusters of action, which is why we were forced to issue a statement similar characteristics. The arrest of comrades estxs (such as Ramses then) only shows the inability of the government’s repressive corporations Federal District found “guilty” and the desperation of the puppets in the service of “Chief of the capital” Marcelo Ebrard to close his term successfully and continue with his political aspirations. The arrest of Mario Antonio comrades and Felicity Ann only responds to attempts to criminalize dissent and response to the pressures of mass media as they always want repression and blood to satisfy the society of the spectacle. And this time (how strange!), It’s up to the warning to the left of the system of domination, the bearers of “hope” and “real change”. We have timely knowledge of the witch hunt that prepare anti-anarchist and Mount police have launched city authorities, not only against publicly comrades who work in solidarity with our presxs such as the Anarchist Black Cross or of involucradxs comrades in various editorial projects but also against journalists who have realized objectively in the press of the performance of the anarchist groups.
Comrades, Felicity Ann Ryder is abducted by elements of the repressive corporations Federal District Attorney’s express orders Jesus Rodriguez Almeida and Head of Government Marcelo Ebrard, who cynically deny (hours after his arrest made public) that in custody declaring “fugitive”. Marco Antonio is still heavily guarded hospital under constant psychological torture and amid endless irregularities as having taken legaloides his statement while under the influence of anesthesia.
Spare no effort to free them.
Give free rein to our imagination, unleashing all the passions and focus all our anger at the release of comrades estxs. What direct solidarity is not limited and would be spread across the planet!
For the live presentation of the companion Felicity Ann Ryder, kidnapped by repressive corporate Federal Government Distro!
For the immediate release of Mario Antonio Lopez Hernandez mate!
For the release of all the comrades nuestrxs compañerxsl presxs in Mexico and the world!
For the destruction of prisons!
By extension of refractory fire!
What night lights!
For Anarchy!
Force comrades kidnapped by the state!
Force encarceladxs comrades in Greece of the Conspiracy of Cells of Fire!
Force encarceladxs comrades in Italy!
Force, co Turtle!
Force, partner Tamara! Force, partner Gabriel! Force teammate Marco!
Against the technological system of domination!
For the destruction of everything that dominates us!
For Total Liberation!
For international coordination anarchist!
What lights up the night!
-Anonymous Anarchist Action / Informal Anarchist Federation, Baja California (AAA / IAF)
-Action Brigades by the Propaganda by Deed Simon Radowitzky-State of Mexico / DF (BAPHAA-SR)
-Cell Autonomous Immediate Revolution – Praxedis Guerrero / Informal Anarchist Federation, State of Mexico / DF / Morelos (CARI-PGG/FAI)
Informal Anarchist Revolutionary-Cell / Informal Anarchist Federation (CRIA / IAF)
Column lxs-Terrorist Revolucionarixs in Black (CTRN)
Ex-members of the Eco-anarchist cell for direct attack (CEAD)
-Informal-DF/estado of Mexico Anarchist Federation (FAI-DF)
-Front Earth Liberation (FLT)
Free-Individuxs, Dangerous and Wild Incendiarixs by the Black Death (ILPSIPN)
-Luddites Against the Domestication of Wild Nature-Mexico State / City (LOBs)
-Conspiracy of Cells of Fire (CCF) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M), section DF
– Conspiracy of Cells of Fire (CCF) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M), section Chihuahua
– Conspiracy of Cells of Fire (CCF) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M), Section Jalisco
– Conspiracy of Cells of Fire (CCF) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M), Section Veracruz
– Conspiracy of Cells of Fire (CCF) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M), section Oaxaca
Task Force-Anarcho-Nihilist by the Creator-Tamaulipas Nothing
Mariano Sanchez-Cell Insurreccional Añón-Edo. Mex. (CI-MSA) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M)
Mariano Sanchez-Cell Insurreccional Añón-Guanajuato (CI-MSA) fraction of the Informal Anarchist Federation of Mexico (FAI-M)
Informal Circle Antagónicxs-individualists (CCIA) Mexico, Planet Earth, July 3, 2012.