were ten-thirty in the evening of July 27, 2010 and the cold in the municipality of Concepción Tutuapa is becoming more intense, and that is to live more than 2000 meters above sea level the sea is required to be made of a special wood. Maybe that's why Don José, Doña Maria, and several neighbors are willing to get under his belt over 5 hours of travel to get to Guatemala Capital.
It's five thirty in the morning in the plaza of the constitution. The heart of the capital chapina, some birds are beginning to populate the sources for breakfast, also Don José and Doña María Seek Him while waiting for others. The others are people coming from all over the highlands of Guatemala, are here because they will make history today, will perform a miracle so far no one has dared.
At eight o'clock the square began to fill, a municipal police officer, even with that strange mixture of English and hunter boby safari, observing the evolution of people and think "another ruckus over ". Don José was observed with hawk eyes have seen it all and reads the thought. No, today is not a ruckus but today is different.
At
half past nine everything is ready. Waving flags, shouting rages and you hear the voice of a leader: "Let's companions, quietly began the march towards the Congress." Congress, where lawmakers make and break the laws of this country and often without thinking of the country, it is ironic but true. Doña María load a banner and shouting does not want mining in their territory, some people observed the sea of \u200b\u200bover 5000 people coming from all corners of the western highlands of Guatemala. "I came rowdy and anti-development" some people think. Nobody knows why they are there, no matter already discovered. Thirty minutes after the grand march reaches the curve of the street that is the congress, turns and continues walking. At quarter past ten the procession reaches the gates of the congress which is expected a public statement, and in that instant the bomb explodes, this is not a simple concentration or a march against the multinationals. They will denounce the president himself Supreme Court of Guatemala by misrepresentation.
In the words of the statement public, Mr. Erick Alvarez Mancilla was the legal representative of the company Peridot SA, when the company began proceedings land titling San Miguel Ixtahuacán to stop these titles to Montana to implement the Marlin mine. That is, Peridot is the company that purchased the land from the residents of San Miguel to move them to Montana. Now, it seems that the territory belongs to the people San Miguel San Miguel community whole and not individual people because they are written on folio 58 of book 133 of the second record of the property of the department of San Marcos. Therefore, Mr. Alvarez was charged as the legal representative of the company Peridot of an offense to buy the land from people who really were not the owners. This indictment also be joined by Jorge Asencio Aguirre, legal representative of the Montana Mining to buy these grounds without finding out if they Peridot acquired legally.
Jubilation broke out, the voices calling for justice and the party continues to increase steadily. At half past ten Rigoberta Menchu, the Indian who won the Nobel Peace Prize, speaks, speaks about the importance of the fact that today, no one had dared to make a complaint as an organized people, indigenous communities had never come so far. Yes, no doubt is making history today. The march continues
minutes later, heading to court. Just spend twenty minutes on the top ten when you see another illustrious. Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini, Bishop of San Marcos, the man who boldly dared to question the "development" produced by a multinational company extractor of natural resources, the man who has become the benchmark to denounce injustices against the people, plain, poor and of this country.
At 11:20 minutes of this historic day the procession reaches its ultimate goal. The building that houses the supreme court expects. They will report their head for an alleged crime of falsifying, for irregularities in the purchase and sale of land in San Miguel and that, under the law is defended in that building, is a crime. Are redirected to the crowd, this time he speaks Monsignor Ramazzini. Implores fairness and compliance with the rule of law in which is said to live.
When you spend eight minutes from half-past eleven twenty-two people cross the doors of the court. Plaintiffs are seventeen, fourteen of them members of communities of San Miguel community, two representing human rights organizations, the bishop of San Marcos, who also signed the complaint and the team of five lawyers defending the rights of an entire people; Mam people of San Miguel, the Mayan people of San Marcos.
At eleven o'clock and forty minutes the charge is filed with the secretary of penal management. It gets stamped as received and signed. It is time, just to make history. For the first time Guatemala's judicial history, a people, an indigenous community, the Maya-Mam puts a criminal complaint against a transnational, companies that serve in Guatemala and their legal representatives. And no matter whether they are untouchable beings as the president of the Supreme Court. They are human, and have committed crimes be convicted.
is five minutes to noon. The square is crowded. All are anxious and displayed the complainants. The lawyers explained the process, some calling for the immediate arrest of Mr. Alvarez and the same for Mr. Aguirre. But no, we are in a state of law, we must respect the rules. Now begins the process of investigation, there requests, returns, meetings, subpoenas, investigations ... opened the can of worms and now begin a long process. Do not lose heart, that's the slogan, made history today, continue.
Barely half an hour later, people are scattered, hopeful because it took a step that no one expected, communities that resist a new battle has begun. Not with guns or violence. Be a legal battle and the first episode was experienced on 28 July 2010 in Guatemala City.
Many journalists pick up their cameras, while two of them speak. "This is over you", "Yes for" Don José's listens and smiles as think "No Patojos, it does not end. This starts because today we made history today. "
below the press release Miguelense Resistance Front (FREDEMI)
SPOIL AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF MOTHER EARTH IN OUR TERRITORY
Guatemala July 28 2010
representatives Mam Mayan people of San Miguel community (FREDEMI) of the department of San Marcos, a member of the Council of Peoples of the West, accompanied by the Convergencia Nacional Maya "Waqib 'Kej" communities of San Juan Sacatepequez, and other peoples affected by mining.
Just as the Bishop Monsignor Alvaro Ramazzini Diocese of San Marcos, Rigoberta Menchu \u200b\u200bTum, Nobel Peace Prize for Rigoberta Menchu \u200b\u200bTum Foundation, Nery Rodenas of the Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala, the National Coordinator of Indigenous and Peasant-CONIC-Committee CUC Peasant Unity and Human Rights Organizations.
DECLARE:
1. That the entire municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacan San Marcos, Maya Mam belongs to the people enrolled in the Second Land Registry of Quetzaltenango, the number of farm under 20.697, folio 58 of book 133 of the department of San Marcos.
2. Despite this, on 6 September 2001, Mr. ALFONSO ALVAREZ ERICK MANCILLA, current president of the Supreme Court, in its capacity as legal representative of the company PERIDOT CORPORATION, brought proceedings to an extra degree fraction of that property to the Eighth Court of First Instance Civil of this city, (File C2-2001-7813) which is forbidden by the Supplementary Titles Act regulates literally "the one who seeks by an extra degree measures of the proprietor property whose title is prohibited by law, or is already registered Registration of property, guilty of the crime of falsifying establishing the Criminal Code. "
3. You have committed this crime lords ALFONSO ALVAREZ ERICK ASENCIO MANCILLA AND JORGE AGUIRRE, as legal representatives Peridot, S. A so that we have filed a complaint against him, so that the relevant institutions of the justice system, proceed to investigate and prosecute those responsible and consequently ordered the evacuation of businesses Peridot , SA and Montana de Guatemala, SA owned by the Canadian transnational Gold Corp, for illegal occupation of our territory.
Miguelense FRONT OF RESISTANCE, (FREDEMI)
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE PEOPLES OF THE WEST (CPO)
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