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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 13
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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"NOTHING IS HAPPENING"
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Apparently, to watch the "news," "nothing" much is happening.
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Clinton is (yawn) doing a tough guy routine with Iraq. Bob Dole,
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the straw man from Kansas, is pretending to be running for
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President. Congress is "considering." About whatever is
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*really* occurring: "mum's the word."
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So we turn to our new NAFTA neighbor, Mexico, where at least the
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whole country is not all "looking the other way" and pretending
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there is no news.
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A new Special Prosecutor has been appointed to investigate the
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1994 assassination of PRI presidential candidate Luis Donaldo
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Colosio. The new Special Prosecutor, Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez,
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replaces Pablo Chapa Bezanilla. It is being demanded that
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Gonzalez Perez subpoena Mexico's ex-president Carlos Salinas de
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Gotari.
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Past Special Prosecutor Bezanilla has refused to respond to more
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than 60 written questions on the Colosio case delivered to him by
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law school students at Mexico City's UNAM university.
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According to *La Jornada*, "The dimunitive figure of the former
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Special Prosecutor in the Colosio case could be seen scurrying at
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top speed through the halls of the UNAM Law School. Behind him,
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about 20 reporters were earnestly trying to make him respond to
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diverse questions regarding the investigation. As his only
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response, Pablo Chapa Bezanilla gave a little smile."
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Bezanilla's "little smile" came immediately following his
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participation in a meeting during which he had stressed the
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necessity of the current investigation's recovering its public
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credibility. But Bezanilla lamented to reporters that "he
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prefers to reflect on their questions," then exited at full speed
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from the building.
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The Mexican mass media, unlike our own here in the united states,
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has been aggressive in its demand for the truth. Says Alfonso
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Molina Ruibal, president of the government commission charged
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with investigating the Colosio assassination, "If there had not
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existed such a firm position by the media... it is possible that
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the temptation to cover up would have prevailed."
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According to Mexican journalists, the Carlos Salinas connection
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has not been sufficiently looked into and it could shed light on
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just who might be the "intellectual author" of the Colosio
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assassination.
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Meanwhile, elsewhere in sunny Mexico, two policemen connected
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with something called "Transformacion 2000" shot at hundreds of
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pedestrians in Mexico City's Historic District who were trying to
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lynch them. This occurred after the two policemen tried to
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rescue the actor Carlos Bracho who had run over a 4-year-old
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child with his Jeep Cherokee automobile.
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According to witnesses, the actor had tried to escape but dozens
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of pedestrians stopped him.
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At this point the two policemen, Victor Manuel Mindez Fuentes and
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Israel Zarazza Robles, arrived. They tried to take away the
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actor, but were confronted with protests and outrage by the
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pedestrians. With shouts, and with some of them armed with
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sticks and bottles, they surrounded the trio and prevented their
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leaving.
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The policemen, to clear the way, tried driving through the crowd
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and injured several of them, one of whom had to be hospitalized.
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With this, the anger of the crowd increased and they began to
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destroy the policemen's automobile. In the meantime, the police
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and the actor attempted to escape the ugly scene on foot, but
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were cut off and captured at the corner of Costa Rica and El
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Carmen streets.
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Here, the policemen shot at their pursuers, wounding Felipe
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Acosta Suarez in the leg. But the shots did not deter the angry
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crowd which, more furious than ever, chased the uniformed
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officers to the Worker's University, where they took refuge.
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At this point, hundreds tried to break down the door in order to
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drag out the policemen and set fire to them "in the middle of the
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street, like dogs," shouted some. Others proposed to hang them
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from a post and the majority favored just to throw them in the
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sewer. The two officers stayed hidden in a room on the second
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floor, where they tried to find different clothes to put on.
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Around 8 pm they were rescued by officials who, amid struggles,
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managed to move them to the primary agency of the Public
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Ministry. Even still, some of the inflamed crowd followed after
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them. Others went to the hospital to try and prevent the escape
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of actor Carlos Bracho and to "throw him in the sewer when we see
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him."
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*La Jornada* gives a different perspective on the Iraq situation;
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it allows us to hear more of the Iraqi position regarding current
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tensions. Iraq rejects the legality of the "zones of exclusion,"
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i.e., the "no-fly zones," imposed on them. The legality of these
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"zones of exclusion" has not been recognized by the United
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Nations Security Council.
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This past May, an agreement had been reached to allow Iraq to
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export oil in return for food. Now, with this agreement
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apparently on hold due to renewed hostilities, the price of
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"October crude" oil has gone up 63 cents. So it looks like
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"somebody" is making a profit.
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Elsewhere in Mexico, directors of banks and businesses are
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urgently making known to Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo their
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great worries over the violence generated by the Popular Army of
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the Revolution (EPR, Ejercito Popular Revolucionario) and to
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demand greater efficiency in the government's actions meant to
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counteract the growing popular unrest, a phenomena having
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negative impact on economic activity. They are demanding prompt
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solutions.
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Respecting the offer made by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico James
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Jones to help combat the EPR, the general feeling is that, while
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grateful for the offer, Mexico must solve the problem itself.
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While admitting that massive unemployment is fueling unrest, the
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businessmen and bankers refute those who sustain that Zedillo's
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neo-liberal economic policies are the cause of current troubles.
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Meanwhile, orders of arrest have been issued against leaders of
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PROCUP and the FAC-MLN (see CN 9.05). They are to be
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interrogated regarding any knowledge they may have about the EPR.
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Regarding the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN,
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Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional), the government says
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it remains favorable to continued talks with the rebel army. Yet
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Commandante Ramon of the EZLN warns, "Every day there is the
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danger of a confrontation because the federal Army continues to
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search for us in the mountains... From what we can see, at least
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from this side, is that an attack is coming -- even though the
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government says not. When the government says it's not going to
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attack, it is because it is going to attack. If not, then why so
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much troop movement in the mountains?"
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Finally, the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon is gearing up for a
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plebiscite on the separation of that state from the federal
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union. The apparent motivation is the unequal distribution of
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fiscal resources between Nuevo Leon and the federation. The wish
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is to halt tax payments and divert those funds toward the state
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economy.
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In the beginning of July, Mexican president Zedillo met in
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Monterrey with leading businessmen of Nuevo Leon. The dialogue
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was sharp, with complaints of not receiving support from the
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federal government rising in tone. In exasperation, Zedillo
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responded: "If it weren't for federal support, you wouldn't be
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here."
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It is argued that those who seek to divert more funds to Nuevo
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Leon do so not for the state's development so much as to enlarge
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their own enterprises and personal fortunes. The problem in
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Mexico is the distribution of wealth, says *La Jornada*.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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