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Letter from Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera
October 2000
The following is a thank you letter from Mexican environmental defenders Rodolfo Montiel
Flores and Teodoro Cabrera Garcia for everyone who has supported their efforts to win
freedom. These earth heroes had their convictions upheld over the weekend by a judge who
declined to review exculpatory evidence even though the law clearly allowed him to do so.
I am sure you will find it encouraging to read Montiel and Cabrera's message of gratitude
and hope. Please continue your work on this case by writing Montiel and Cabrera in jail.
Their address is:
Mr. Rodolfo Montiel Flores
Mr. Teodoro Cabrera Garcia
Centro de Re-adaptacion Social de
Iguala Carretera de Iguala - Tuxpan, Iguala, CP 40101
Guerrero
Mexico
This case remains a serious blot on the Mexican judicial system. We will be ramping up
efforts to call on Vicente Fox to confront this case as an important first step in the
process of reform in Mexico once he takes office on December 1. We will be updating you
with actions in this regard once we have plans for our next steps in place.
Thank you for your continued efforts on behalf of those who give the earth a voice.
Best wishes,
Cristina Mestre
(202) 675-7907
cristina.mestre@sierraclub.org.
Montiel and Cabrera:
From the Regional Prison of Iguala, Guerrero state, we would like to greet all our
friends, of all ages, from all around the world. We would like to send our sincere and
loving greetings to the civil and religious organizations, as well as to the environmental
organizations and the political parties that fight for democracy and love and respect for
others, to the media, human rights organizations, like Miguel Agustin Pro, and other
national and local ones and to our families, we would like to thank them for the great
support that they have given us and we hope that they keep up their spirits and that we
can increase our efforts to protect all forms of life. We must look after our forests, our
springs, our rivers and our wild animals; in fact all our natural resources. There is
still time to fight for a new world, full of peace and harmony.
Dear friends, we must not exchange the future of our children for a few coins. Let's be
united, hand in hand with this new world that is for all of us. Dear family, we repeat our
commitment from behind the bars. This is not good-bye, but see you soon. With courage,
good luck and faith anything can be achieved.
Sincerely,
The environmentalist peasant farmers of the Mountains of Petatlan and Coyuca de Catalan.
Rodolfo Montiel Flores (signature)
Teodoro Cabrera Garcia (finger print)
(Original in Spanish)
'Desde el Reclusorio Regional de Iguala, Gro., nos permitimos saludar a todos n stros
amigos
y amigas de todas la edades y del mundo entero. Les enviamos un cordial saludo n todo el
carino y respeto a las organizaciones civiles y eclesiasticas y ecologistas y p tidos
politicos que
luchan por la democracia, el amor y el respeto para los demas; a los medios de
comunicacion,
a los derechos humanos Miguel Agustin Pro y estatal y nacional y a nuestras fam ias
queremos
decirles gracias por el gran apoyo que nos han brindado y esperamos que no deje caer el
animo y doblemos nuestros esfuerzos en favor de la vida. Cuidemos nuestros bosq s,
nuestros manantiales, nuestros rios y la fauna silvestre; en fin todos los recur s
naturales.
Todavia es tiempo que luchemos por un mundo nuevo y lleno de paz y armonia.
Bien companeros no cambiemos el futuro de nuestros hijos por unas cuantas moned .
Vallamos juntos, unidos a ese nuevo mundo que es de todos y para todos. Bien fam ia,
reiteramos nuestro compromiso desde detras de las rejas. No les decimos adios sinohasta
luego. Con animo, suerte y fe todo puede ser. Atentamente los campesinos ecolog tas de
la Sierra de Petatlan y Coyuca de Catalan.'
Rodolfo Montiel Flores (rubrica) y
Teodoro Cabrera Garcia (huella digital)
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