Margarito Montes murdered
Oct 31 2009 17:53
An organiser of agricultural workers, found dead with 14 others at a farmhouse
I don't read spanish but I found an article from la jornada that says they were ambushed while driving somewhere and that some of the murder weapons were military issue (not sure how much that means in Mexico) I think it says his wife and 13 year old son were kiled too
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/10/31/index.php?section=politica&article=013n1pol
Is this an anti union thing or is it just more of the drug wars (seems to be the official line)
Fucking BBC...Sonora borders the US you idiots, you even have a Mexican map beneath!
The weapons being military issue illuminates little, since we all know - contrary to the disingenous claims ofthe Mexican right wing and the US State Dept - about the heavy overlap between the military, police and narcos.
Who knows what dirty deals were going on, but it wouldn't be the first time narcos have targeted organisers. One example that springs to mind is of prominent agricultural organiser who was assassinated in neighbouring Chihuahua a couple of years back.
This from the La Jornada article: