| | |  Editorials | Issues | September 2009 
EPR
 Vladimir Galeana Solorzano - The News
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September 16, 2009
 |  | Stop the construction of (Mayor) Marcelo Ebrard's new megíprison in the Federal District. Political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Mexico and the rest of the world. Freedom and abolition from the penitentiary system, solidarity with prayer.
- Gustavo A. Madero Caselles |  | | |
On September 7, authorities found the aftermath of a homemade bomb near Mexico City's airport. The late-night explosion caused only minor damage to a building, and three butane gas cylinders taped together with a crude detonating device were discovered.
This was the third attempt with the same modus operandi. The first bomb didn't detonate and was placed at a Banamex a few weeks ago. On September 1, a bomb was planted and exploded at a BBVA Bancomer in the southern part of the Mexico City.
A group calling itself "España Signus Francescus" claimed responsibility for last week's attempt, surely searching for a connection with one of the Euzkadi Ta Azkatasuna cells, or ETA. The message left at the scene of the crime wasn't publicly released but literally it read:
"Stop the construction of (Mayor) Marcelo Ebrard's new megíprison in the Federal District. Political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Mexico and the rest of the world. Freedom and abolition from the penitentiary system, solidarity with prayer." - Gustavo A. Madero Caselles (España Signus Francescus).
The message says practically nothing, and seemingly attempts to confuse authorities more than claiming responsibility for an underground political group. The only certainty is that Ebrard later modified the supposed high security prison initially announced by DF Secretary of Government Jose Angel Avila Perez during a presentation of the city's Human Rights Program. Ebrard said two annexes would be built at an existing prison.
Intelligence agents are seeking the Cerezo Contreras brothers, who were freed on February 16 after they were accused of placing explosive devices in three banks in Mexico City. They are the sons of Francisco Cerezo Quiroz, one of the founders and heads of the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR), who changed his identity to Tiburcio Cruz Sánchez. He is the brother of Gabriel Alberto Sánchez Cruz, another EPR leader, who have been missing since May 2007. Various political, social and human rights organizations are demanding he is returned alive. |
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