Jorge Verástegui criticizes EZLN statement on disappeared persons, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Human rights defender and activist Jorge Verástegui González criticized a statement from the Zapatist Army of National Liberation (EZLN), arguing that its remarks are offensive to families of disappeared persons who trusted in the group’s outreach to their movement.
In a post on his social media accounts, Verástegui called the EZLN’s position “shameful and offensive,” saying it amounts to an attack on those who believed in the honesty of its support. “It attacks the families who believed in the honesty of their ’embrace.’ Let them keep it and their explanations.
We will continue our search,” he wrote.
The EZLN statement, titled “A qué vamos. Qué sí y qué no” (“What we are going for.
What yes and what no”), addressed its position on meetings with families of disappeared persons. The organization denied taking part in a national meeting called for December 6 and said it would seek to meet separately with relatives and search collectives.
The group also said its intention is to listen to their testimonies without judging or disqualifying their strategies. The EZLN further confirmed activities for December 19, including a meeting with members of the CNTE teachers’ union and a march for truth and justice.
