Guerrero • The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) reminded the leadership of the Union of Organized Peoples of Guerrero (UPOEG) that the the victims of the 54 suspects sheltered in the houses of justice in Ahuacachahue and El Mezon have human rights.
On Saturday February 2, the CNDH asked the government of Guerrero to take precautionary measures in regard to the people being kept under guard by the Community Police (PC) sponsored by UPOEG, who have been kept since Jan. 5.
Governor Angel Aguirre Rivero responded positively to the call made by the CNDH, saying that his government would take all measures to ensure that human rights of the suspects are safe.
In this regard, Bruno Placido Valerio, UPOEG leader said that while they are at the beginning of receiving testimony for and and against the detained, right now the communities are discussing the construction of a proposal that will allow the repair of the damage to direct victims and families of those killed, kidnapped, extorted and raped, including those women who have come forward to seek justice.
"Those who were taken and didn't return had human rights," said the leader of the organization that is carrying out the actions of self-defense in the Costa Chica [Little Coast] of Guerrero.
He added that the construction of the proposal to repair the damage is also taking into account the participation of the families of those who are accused of being guilty, who also have all the conditions to defend the innocence of their loved ones.
"Just as those under guard here have caused us sadness, so also those who have not returned to their homes cause us sadness, those who were abducted and whose dignity was stained. We owe it to everyone to be fair," said Placido Valerio.
He added: "Some people will say right now that the dead do not count because they cannot speak, but they left women, husbands, sons and daughters, they left family and we need to build a plan to repair the damage."Mario Campos Navarrete, priest in Malinaltepec and one of the promoters of the security model and community justice, recalled that families live for days, months and sometimes years in great distress when they lose their loved ones, and no one gives them information or ensures their return.
The priest commented that he lived close to the process by which the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC) emerged, and he said that there is a similar situation now in the case of UPOEG, but he added that the latter now faces several organized crime groups. He said:
"We already saw that the previous presidency, despite the many dead and many missing, did not achieved removing the cancer of organized crime. It is unfortunate that the new federal government is betting on the same strategy and therefore we should reconsider alternatives to restore peace to the country. The people are already presenting theirs."Although the legality of the community police is repeatedly questioned, the religious leader ensured that in this project no one does what he wants; all of its members behave with discipline and principles, hence the results that it has produced in such a short time.
In the case of the detained, the commander M-1, who is in charge of the Justice House in El Mezon, said it is clear that they are not abused, because their families can visit them and they are fed by the inhabitants of the towns. Spanish original