|
|
|
News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2008
Mexican Students Accuse Colombia Prensa Latina go to original
| Students walk past a banner in support of Mexican student Lucia Morett at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City March 10, 2008. Morett was wounded in an attack on a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia camp in Ecuador March 2. Morett told reporters that she was with several other Mexicans for an academic study and is not a member of the Marxist group, also known as the FARC. The banner reads, "conscience is our only crime. Total support goes to Lucia Morett Alvarez. Our only weapon is criticism". (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar) | | Mexico City - National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) students accused the Colombian government on Tuesday of killing five fellow students in the bombing of Ecuadorian territory and demanded their government take a firm position on the issue.
Students from the Philosophy and Arts Department marched to the dean's office of the House of Studies proclaiming the cultural nature of the murdered students' research in the guerrilla camp attacked by the Colombian Air Force.
They rejected a campaign by rightwing and media attacking UNAM and trying to criminalize the young people by appealing to alleged conclusions from Colombian and US intelligence organizations.
Their demands of the Mexican government include compensation from the Colombian government to the families of the five students killed in the military operation.
Department director Ambrosio Velazco agreed with the students demands and said he will support Lucia Morett, wounded in the bombing. |
| |
|