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Mountain of Guerrero, 24 of March.
Dozens of indigenous announced their integration to the Revolutionary Army of the Insurgent People (ERPI) and announced that “we are not going to wait until 2010 to make the revolution in Guerrero; here in the Mountains we are already doing it. From here, we will defend our petroleum and natural resources. With militant action we are going to demand teachers, doctors and hospitals. We no longer believe in any political party, in Governor Zeferino Torreblanca or in Felipe Calderón,” affirmed indigenous militiaman Ramon.

“motioned that we cannot wait any longer, it is already overdue; that is how we see it. For us the indigenous of the Mountain of Guerrero, no other way now exists other than that of revolution, we have already tried all possible routes to secure indigenous rights, but the peaceful route has never produced anything, on the contrary, day by day the situation becomes more difficult”

“Today we have met to solve our problems. We are analyzing why the 1910 revolution began, and have reached the conclusion that it was because of the bad behaviour of the government. For this reason we say that dead or alive we are going to decide through way of revolution, because we no longer want to hear more speeches. The soldiers are not children of the rich but of poor people, and in a short while, when something happens (the revolution), we think that they are going to support us, for that reason we are calling on all the indigenous of the country to join the ERPI, because now we declare the revolution, many years have already passed, the indigenous race knows that our Mexico belongs to the poor.”