Marcelino Ruiz Gómez Denounces Prison Authorities in CERSS No. 10 in Chiapas

Indigenous prisoner in struggle, Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, denounces prison authorities denying the entrance of provisions from his family members into the prison

CERSS No. 10

Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico

Organization Vineketik en Resistencia

Adherent of the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle of the EZLN

To the Public

To the Media

To the National and International Sixth

To the Human Rights and Non-Governmental Organizations

To the Network Against Repression and for Solidarity

To the People of Mexico and the World

Today, Thursday May 6^th, at approximately 11:00 am, my wife came to the prison to give me pozol that my mom had sent me from San Juan Chamula, and some fruits like mango. The prison authorities didn’t let the things pass into the prison. They are prohibiting the things that my family brings me from entering into the prison. It is a clear act of repression by the director, José Hernández Marquez, and his commander, Ramiro. I already asked to speak to them, to ask them for an explanation as to why they are not allowing my things to pass into the prison, when there is a store that sells fruit inside the prison. They don’t let the things my family brings to pass into the prison because I don’t have the money to pay. I am denouncing these acts to the public, as well as to the human rights organizations. The inequality and contempt toward Indigenous peoples, who have always been repressed in different ways in order to extinguish our struggle, is clear.

Sincerely,
Marcelino Ruiz Gómez