Translated by Valor for
Borderland Beat
Almost two years after
his arrest, José Manuel Mireles argues that the autodefensas didn’t have any
other choice but to take up arms to fight against organized crime in Michoacán.
“Those responsible for
the violence in Michoacán are the organized crime cartels. Who dictated our way of fighting, was them;
we didn’t have any other choice but to respond in the same way, fire with fire,”
he said in a message recorded from prison.
“We couldn’t go up against a horde of well-armed
murderers, and us with clean hands.”
The former spokesman of
the General Council of Autodefensas in Michoacán noted that for over 12 years,
the government’s fight against crime didn’t give results.
He believed that when
the law contravenes with justice, justice must prevail no matter if it comes
from the people.
“That is why the
autodefensas face off against crime and that is why some of us are prisoners,
but we have no doubt that at the end of our judgements, truth and justice will
prevail, because fixing this kind of slavery is the highest aspiration of all
social fighters,” he said.
For the activist,
imprisoned since June 27, 2014, the struggle of armed civilians prevented
another generation of children and youths from finish their days enslaved to
organized crime or in prison.
The message was
released during a rally that was held on Friday in downtown Morelia to demand
the release of the fellow surgeon who took up arms in 2013.
Mireles was arrested after
entering the community of La Mira, in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas, with
his men, in order to take control of security against the criminal siege of Los
Caballeros Templarios.
The activist was
charged with crimes against health and the Federal Law on Firearms and
Explosives, being held in the maximum security prison in Hermosillo, Sonora.
Last March, the federal
government rejected a defense request to relocate the doctor to the state
prison Mil Cumbres, arguing that the detainee is listed as a high risk
prisoner.
“The Autodefensas are
an endangered race. We are a generation
of people who believe that there are higher values in life that are higher than
life itself, such as the homeland, family, and freedom.”
“The work of all social
fighters is to be with the people, among the people, not behind bars,” Mireles
said in a recorded message from prison.
Source: El Mañana
I thought he's lawyer said the doctor is free by now. No ?
ReplyDeleteNo, should be true but NO.
DeleteNever
DeleteI am more interested in the good people of Michoacan than the basura que pusieron mugrero en mi comunidad. Hell, we need Mireles in Methifornia
ReplyDeleteDr Mireles y el Mencho en la union esta la fuerza .
ReplyDeleteHope he gets out soon, I'd be good to see some politicians in his place
ReplyDeleteThey will not let him out
DeleteIt's incredible that there is no right to self defense in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteSelf defense is only a right on paper.
DeleteGood documentary on Netflix on him
ReplyDeleteIsn't Dr. Mireles supposed to be released soon (again)?
ReplyDeleteIm sorry,but if Dr Mireles is freed he cannot stay in Michoacan,possibly Mexico.How many ADs have been killed in the street?Dudes sauntering up cappin them and jump in the truck and gone,no investigation,no captures,no real outcry,just another political murder.But Mireles has paid with his life.
ReplyDeleteThink hes paid enough already for trying to do the right thing,most right thinking people would back his actions in the face of unopposed CT brutalities .
Either way lest hope he get out of jug and lives a somewhat strife free life,or whatever he feels he has to do,unencumbered ?
VIva Dr Mireles !
ReplyDeleteVIva La Raza .........todos nosotros necisitamos mas hombres y mujeres como esta persona.......Manos Arriba , AHORA !! Basta Basta Basta......
FUERA EPN !
I wonder if Dr Mireles wold be able to do everything he did in Mexico and be a free man if he was in the United States?
ReplyDeleteI think Mireles was his own worst enemy.
4:28 you would not be able to preach your bullshit in public in mexico or on the US, because somebody would punch you on the snout and kick you on the ass, garranteed...
DeleteMireles went wrong when he let his right hand man known as papa smurf run things. Which was after he was recovering after his airplane assassination attempt which Sr. More les survived.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know the laws regarding owning handguns and hunting rifles in Mexico?
ReplyDeleteYeah, basically you get up to .380 max on handguns and .22 rifle, there are rare cases of .357 Magnum and old .44 carbines. You can also have up to 12 gauge shottys. The thing is it's hard at to get license and you can't ride with it in a vehicle, only with transportation permit and with some restrictions.
DeleteA hero for the complacent Mexican.Wake the FUp.
ReplyDeleteThat's well described 7:15-A hero for the complacent Mexican.Well the Dr. did say in his speech that was read at protests for his 2 year imprisonment that people should put freedom and family before life.
DeleteArturo Beltran Leyva part 3??????
ReplyDeleteCan somebody tell me what he did to deserve incarceration? Todo aquel que es delicado siempre pelea por su raza...
ReplyDeleteWhat has happened to Tuta the puta and his garbage family ?
ReplyDeleteHe should be given a medal, not put in prison
ReplyDelete5:56 the medals are only for mexican businessmen, noatte if they made their fortunes as drug traffickers or stole from the public trough...and worse, according to federal senator Layda sansores
DeleteWhy did Mireles trust EPN's gov't to do right by him? Everyone knows the Mexican Gov't cannot be trusted, even Kate del Castillo refused to go to Mexico to be questioned by them cuz she said she doesn't trust them.
ReplyDelete3:03 you could blame an "absence of malice" in Dr Mireles...
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