rises.
ShotlistCIUDAD IXTEPEC, OAXACA, MEXICO (JULY 28, 2011) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
1. BUSES ARRIVING AT SHELTER "HERMANOS EN EL CAMINO" (BROTHERS IN THE ROAD) WITH MIGRANTS / SALVADORAN FLAG PINNED TO FRONT OF BUS
2. SALVADORAN FLAG
3. MEMBERS OF CARAVAN, ENTITLED STEP BY STEP TOWARDS PEACE, ON BOARD BUS
4. WOMAN HOLDING BANNER WITH IMAGE OF MISSING LOVED ONE "RAFAEL BENJAMIN APARICIO"
5. MIGRANT LOOKING OUT OF WINDOW
6. WOMAN GETTING DOWN OF BUS WITH PHOTO OF MISSING LOVED ONE
7. MIGRANTS HOLDING BANNER THAT READS: "WHERE ARE THEY"
8. FATHER ALEJANDRO SOLALINDE WHO RUNS MIGRANT SHELTER, COMFORTING CRYING WOMAN
9. FELIPE GONZALEZ FROM THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS GREETING CARAVAN MEMBERS
10. VARIOUS OF VARIOUS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF MISSING MIGRANTS MARCHING / HOLDING FLAGS, BANNERS
11. VARIOUS OF RELATIVES OF MISSING MIGRANTS HUGGING AND CRYING
12. JENNY ELENA GODINEZ BLANDIN, MIGRANT WOMAN WHO HAS NOT SEEN HER MOTHER AND BROTHER FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS, HOLDING NEWSPAPER CLIP
13. GODINEZ BLANDIN'S CRYING FACE
14. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) JENNY ELENA GODINEZ BLANDIN FROM HONDURAS WHOSE RELATIVES WENT MISSING, SAYING:
"I haven't see my mother or my brother for the last thirteen years. It would make me so happy to see her. I was expecting to see her."
15. GONZALEZ INTRODUCING HIMSELF TO THE MIGRANTS
16. RELATIVES OF MIGRANTS LOOKING ON
17. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FELIPE GONZALEZ REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, SAYING:
"Now, we have come to Mexico with the caravan to make a recommendation to the federal and local governments so that they strengthen their policies so that the police acts efficiently to prevent the violation of migrant human rights, so that judges act diligently so that people like Father Solalinde who run shelters can do so with security."
18. MORE OF CARAVAN MEMBERS
19. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ACTIVIST AND COORDINATOR OF THE CARAVAN, STEP BY STEP TOWARDS PEACE, IRINEO MUJICA, SAYING:
"This is a caravan of hope so that together with the voice of the speaker (Gonzalez from the The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights) we are stronger. It's the first time El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras unite so this is the hope, so if together we can't unite with one voice and don't have the strength to do so, that means we don't represent anything to Mexico's government."
20. VARIOUS OF GONZALEZ LOOKING ON AS TRAIN PULLS IN TO STATION, TOGETHER WITH SOLALINDE AT DAWN
21. MIGRANT JUMPING OFF TRAIN
22. MORE OF GONZALEZ WITH SOLALINDE
StoryHundreds of Central American migrants and family members of missing migrants travelling on board buses arrived in Ciudad Ixtepec in Mexico's Oaxaca state on Thursday (July 28) on their way towards Veracruz to demand more security for migrants.
The demonstrators are following the human migration routes where in 2010, more than 11,000 cases of murder, kidnapping, and rape were reported. The group met with human rights organizations and a local priest, Father Solalinde, who runs the migrant shelter "Hermanos en el Camino" (Brothers in the Road).
The caravan, called "Step by Step Towards Peace", aims to call attention to abuses migrants face at the hands of criminal organizations and in some instances, authorities.
Honduran, Guatemalan and Salvadoran migrants have said kidnappings, murders and abuse from authorities have not ceased in Mexico.
Caravan members held Salvadoran flags and banners of their missing loved ones with photos that read: "Where are they?"
Father Solalinde comforted crying relatives . Felipe Gonzalez, a representative from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights was also there to greet caravan members.
Jenny Elena Godinez Blandin, from Honduras has not seen her mother and brother for the last 13 years.
"I haven't see my mother or my brother for the last thirteen years. It would make me so happy to see her. I was expecting to see her."
Gonzalez said they were campaigning to end the violation of migrant human rights.
"Now, we have come to Mexico with the caravan to make a recommendation to the federal and local governments so that they strengthen their policies so that the police acts efficiently to prevent the violation of migrant human rights, so that judges act diligently so that people like father Solalinde who run shelters can do so with security."
An activist and coordinator of the caravan, Step by Step Towards Peace, Irineo Mujica, said it was the first time Central Americans were uniting to demand more security.
"This is a caravan of hope so that together with the voice of the speaker (Gonzalez from the The Inter-American Commission On Human Rights) we are stronger. It's the first time El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras unite so this is the hope, so if together we can't unite with one voice and don't have the strength to do so, that means we don't represent anything to Mexico's government."
At dawn, Solalinde and Gonzalez greeted other members of the caravan who arrived by train.
This group left from Guatemala City at the weekend and crossed into southern Mexico on board buses while another group of migrants departed from Tabasco on train. Both groups are expected to travel through towns along the route considered to be dangerous.
They are expected to converge in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico on July 29. They will then head together through Orizaba, also in Veracruz, Puebla, finally reaching Mexico City on August 1
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario