"we, as members of US national civil society united in the United States Social Forum 2010, declare that the Zapatistas are not alone and ratify our commitment to be on alert and denounce the grave violations that are happening in Chiapas."
The three are charged over events that took place on 30 September 2009, when confrontations between demonstrators protesting against a new water law and the national police ended with the death of a Shuar Professor Bosco Wismua, who suffered a fatal blow to the head.
More than 80,000 workers all over the country paralyzed the work of “progress” in the form of hydroelectric plants, refineries, and thermoelectric generating facilities.
