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vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><i><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Microsoft Sans =
Serif","sans-serif";color:blue'>This is super urgent- Can you get some =
calls going on this?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><i><span style=3D'font-family:"Microsoft Sans =
Serif","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
Presente-Honduras =
[mailto:presente-honduras-bounces+mariarobinson1=3Dearthlink.net@lists.ma=
yfirst.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Beverly Bell<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, =
March 07, 2016 11:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> =
Presente-Honduras<br><b>Subject:</b> [Presente-Honduras] Gustavo Castro =
seized again by the government of =
Honduras!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Below is =
an action alert put out this morning by Otros Mundos, the organization =
headed by Mexican Gustavo Castro Soto, who is the sole witness to the =
assassination of COPINH leader Berta Caceres. Gustavo was providing =
peace accompaniment to Berta on her last night of life; he himself was =
shot twice. Gustavo was detained in inhumane conditions by the Honduran =
government for days for "questioning." He was then released =
and was accompanied by the Mexican ambassador and consul to the airport =
in Tegucigalpa. He was just about to go through customs when Honduran =
authorities tried to forcibly grab him. The Mexican government =
successfully intervened, and put Gustavo into protective custody in the =
Mexican Embassy. <u>Now, the Honduran government has prevailed and =
reclaimed Gustavo, taking him back to La Esperanza. He is in terrible =
danger in their custody, as what he witnessed is an impediment to the =
Honduran government's attempts to pin Berta's murder on COPINH =
itself.</u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> <=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Please =
take the actions requested below. Like Berta, Gustavo is a key leader to =
popular struggles against corporate extraction, government malfeasance, =
and US intervention in Mesoamerica. As Berta was, Gustavo's life is in =
grave danger.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> <=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>The text =
below is from Otros Mundos this morning.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b> </b=
><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> <=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>BREAKING!=
Gustavo Castro is in danger in the community of La Esperanza, Honduras =
/ March 7, 2016</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- To the =
Secretary of Human Rights, Justice, Interior, and Decentralization of =
Honduras<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- To the =
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Honduras<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- To the =
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- For =
national and international attention <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- To all =
organizations defending human rights<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>At present, =
the Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro Soto, Coordinator of Other =
Worlds AC/Friends of the Earth Mexico, is adding to his statement in La =
Esperanza, Intibuc=C3=A1, southeastern Honduras, where he was the victim =
of an assassination attempt in which indigenous rights defender Berta =
C=C3=A1ceres was murdered on March 3.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We are on =
HIGH ALERT because his departure from the Embassy of Mexico and transfer =
back to La Esperanza represent a high risk for his physical security and =
psychological wellbeing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Sunday, =
March 6, upon trying to leave Honduras, legally and under the protection =
of the Mexican Embassy in Honduras, he was arbitrarily intercepted by =
Honduran authorities before passing through immigration at the =
Tegucigalpa International Airport. They detained him under the =
justification that he needed to expand upon his declaration, but without =
notifying him of this previously. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We want to =
point out that Gustavo Castro in no way resisted making the full =
declaration that was asked of him, and he has accepted this request to =
expand his statement in the interest of clarifying the facts surrounding =
the assassination of Berta C=C3=A1ceres, and to avoid the =
criminalization of members of COPINH. <o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Despite all =
of the requests made to ensure that this new declaration be made under =
proper conditions, to guarantee his physical safety and psychological =
well-being within the Mexican Embassy in Tegucigalpa, the General =
Prosecutor decided that Gustavo needed to make his statement in La =
Esperanza. We believe that this puts him in physical and psychological =
danger. We demand guarantee for Gustavo=E2=80=99s safety and security =
during the process of expanding his declaration and during his travel =
from the Embassy of Mexico in Tegucigalpa. We demand that the government =
of Honduras fulfill its pr<a name=3D"_GoBack"></a>omise to lift the =
immigration hold that prevented Gustavo Castro from immediately leaving =
Honduras after completing his required statement, since there is no =
reason to keep him in the country. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We ask =
everyone to act and help us demand Gustavo=E2=80=99s safety and security =
by contacting: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The =
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico/Secretar=C3=ADa de Relaciones =
Exteriores de M=C3=A9xico, (55) 3686 =E2=80=93 5100 y (55) 3686 =
=E2=80=93 5581<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a =
href=3D"mailto:gobmx@funcionpublica.gob.mx">gobmx@funcionpublica.gob.mx</=
a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>@SRE_mx<o:p>=
</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The =
National Commission on Human Rights of Mexico/ Comisi=C3=B3n Nacional de =
Derechos Humanos de M=C3=A9xico<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(55) 56 81 =
81 25 y (55) 54 90 74 00<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a =
href=3D"mailto:cenadeh@cndh.org.mx">cenadeh@cndh.org.mx</a><o:p></o:p></p=
><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>@CNDH<o:p></=
o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The =
Secretary of Human Rights, Justice, Interior and Decentralization of =
Honduras/La Secretar=C3=ADa de Derechos Humanos, Justicia, =
Gobernaci=C3=B3n y Descentralizaci=C3=B3n de Honduras<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(504) =
2232-7800 y (504) 2232-8900<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>@sdhjgdhn<o:=
p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Secretary =
of Foreign Affairs of Honduras<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(504) =
2236-0200 y (504) 2236-03-00<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a =
href=3D"mailto:cancilleria.honduras@gmail.com">cancilleria.honduras@gmail=
.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>@SRECIHondur=
as<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p><=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> <=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(Translated =
by Tanya Kerssen)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal>-- =
<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Other =
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