ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GRAPHICS
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VENEGAS, DAVID
Young student David Venegas Reyes, nick-named "El Alebrije," and supporter of the People's Popular movement in Oaxaca was picked up by an unmarked police van on his way to an APPO meeting on April 13, 2007. He joins the dozens of innocent movement leaders being held in prisons throughout Mexico. They include Flavio Sosa, Horacio Sosa, César David Mateos, Miguel Angel García, Víctor Hugo Martínez, among others.
His arrest greatly angered the people of Oaxaca and furthered the call for the release of political prisoners held by the government of Ulises Ruiz.
Later from prison he wrote a long letter to the people of Oaxaca, smuggled out and published in the daily newspaper NOTICIAS, June 14, 2007, calling for unity in the popular movement and the immediate resignation of corrupt PRI governor Ulises Ruiz.
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I recently came across a tattered flier, below, still calling for David's release.
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Then yesturday, January 10, 2008, I am reading in the paper that a local judge has ruled that the charges against him, "rebellion, attack upon communications media, resistance to arrest, dangerous activity and crimes against public officials," are "without foundation and unproven" by the State Atorney General's office. His sister, Natalia, said "He is innocent and now it is documented." He will now be held in jail to give time for the state to file new charges. He is not expected to be freed any time soon.
It didn't take long for new charges to be filed.
A recent flier for a march by the APPO on January 15, called for the release of all political prisoners, including David Venegas "Alebrije."
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