Sergio León, death of a peasant
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Sergio Leon
Death of a peasant
We are mourning and fighting
For our mate death yesterday morning
The peasant died trying to stop the eviction by the armed forces
We raised the flag but they did not respect it
You tough that using the flag they would respect you?
Yes, we though that they would respect us
Peace Accords were signed in Guatemala, but yesterday,,, they did not show any respect for us.
why are we worthless for being peasants?
So now we are mourning our friend
who lost his life fighting for his children
trying to get some wealth for their lives
instead of repression by land lords, siting on their power
Legality of the eviction order is questionable
we are in a place named Retalhuleu but the eviction order is for somewhere else, Suchitepequez
because other properties of the alleged owner are in Suchitepéquez territory...
and we are in Santa Cruz Muluá, Retalhuleu Department
The peasant did not die inside the land to be evicted
We were not here when attacked, we were there, in the bridge
we wish we were in the land but we were attacked in the bridge
The facts
we were sitting here, in the bridge
and we opened the way for them to come to the land
if they were coming to burn it
but first of all they shoot at us in the bridge to frighten us
The police was where the woman is at
and we were here
this was our area
and that was police´s area
and the army was behind them
They made their line there
and we sat and said that we did not want any trouble
they said "You have two minutes to leave"
but they did not give us two minutes
they said "one, two, three" and they opened fire
Police used gas canisters directly over the peasant´s body
when they started shooting they were here
the person who died was here and they were there, barely two meters
and they shot three tear gas canisters against his chest and against his arm
then he fall and we took him to our community in Mangales
these are the teargas canisters they used against the person who died
and he will be buried today
we want justice
We want justice to be applied and enforced in this case
The autopsy
Name: Sergio de Leon Sarax
male, 31 years old, single
born and currently living in Santa Cruz Mulua, Retalhuleu
Job: peasant
Cause of death: balistic trauma in the heart, blocked heart
This was a consequence of the facts the peasants told us
We are going to show you the impacts
please, move the children away...
These are the impacts we told you about.
Was the eviction order legal?
Who gave the order to shoot gas canisters against the body?
The peasants are still at the same place. Will the authorities try to evict them again?