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Send a message to Mexican President Calderon demanding a robust investigation into the assasination of Santiago!
On April 9, 2007, 29-year-old FLOC organizer Santiago Rafael Cruz was bound with rope and beaten to death in FLOC’s Monterrey office. Cruz had only recently arrived in Mexico after 4 years as a FLOC organizer in the US.
The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) in 2005 set up an office in Monterrey, Mexico – the first of its kind - to assist these workers in obtaining the necessary visas and educating them about their rights.
Following Cruz’s murder the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an organ of the intergovernmental Organization of American States, called on the government of Mexico to implement protective measures for the physical safety of FLOC members and staff and to vigorously investigate the case.
Nearly 4 years later, the killers – and those who organized the assassination – are still at large.
FLOC and the IUF have launched an Appeal for Justice, calling for action on the Cruz case to stem the rising tide of impunity for acts of violence against trade unionists in Mexico and the Latin American region.
You can support the Appeal by clicking below to send a message of support for the campaign. Your support for the petition is part of a wider campaign to press for decisive action on the Cruz case.
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