Bike Ride for Missing Mexican Students Saturday

On Saturday, Sept. 26 starting around 1:45 pm at Kesey Square on Broadway, Eugene bike riders will cycle past Saturday Market carring photos of the 43 missing Mexican students from Ayotzinapa State Teachers College who were kidnapped a year ago.

The full press release is below.

Solidarity Committe for Ayotzinapa of Eugene

contact LASC@efn.org  

SUPPORT IN EUGENE FOR FAMILIES OF 

43 MISSING STUDENTS IN MEXICO

Bicyclists to carry photos of the students while riding near Saturday Market 

On September 26, 2014, 43 students from Ayotzinapa State Teachers College were kidnapped, six others killed, and 25 wounded in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.  Investigations reveal involvement of the mayor of Iguala and his wife, Federal police and military, and local criminal gangs.  The investigations by the national government have been discredited by outside investigators including Amnesty International.  With the 43 students still not credibly accounted there have been nearly continuous protests in Mexico involving tens of thousands of people.  The protests have centered around the families of the disappeared who this week went on a hunger strike in Mexico City.  One of the families is in the United States to speak with the pope.

 The Eugene group will bicycle near the Saturday Market carrying photos of the missing students.  They also will encourage the public to write letters to the governments of Mexico and the United States.  Of particular concern are the arms being supplied by our war on drugs to the Mexican military and police.

The Eugene riders will assemble at Kesey Plaza on Broadway and begin their ride between 1:45 and 2:00 pm.

For background information see–

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/17/the-disappeared-43-report-exposes-mexico-s-student-murder-cover-up.html  

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/09/24/parents-43-students-
missing-in-mexico-mark-anniversary-with-43-day-hunger/