Dear members of the Cultural Survival team,
We write to express our gratitude for the support and solidarity of your organization in the case of mining concessions in our sacred site called Wirikuta. Since we learned about this threat in our community it has been very difficult first of all to accept what is happening and then to communicate the magnitude of the problem and reach audiences nationally and internationally, given our community’s scarce resources.Cultural Survival’s action alert came at a critical moment... The prestige of your organization helped us make the case to members of the media...We also hope that Cultural Survival’s members respond with enough letters to affect the attitude of our government officials, increasing the pressure needed to stop the mine in Wirikuta.
On behalf of the Wixárika communities, we express our sincere gratitude and we hope to continue to work with Cultural Survival’s network in the future.
Sincerely,
The Wixárika Communities of the Wixárika People
Comunidad de San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán-Wuat+a y Tuxpan-Kuruxi Manuwe de los municipios de Mezquitic y Bolaños, Jalisco.
Santiago Lopez Díaz, Gobernador Tradicional de Waut+a
Mauricio Hernández Castañeda, Gobernador Tradicional de Kuruxi Manuwe
Ramón Gonzalez López, Pte del Comisariado de Bienes Comunales
José Ángel Díaz Serio, Pte del Consejo de Vigilancia
Abel Carrillo García, Secretario de Bienes Comunals
Dimas de la Cruz Díaz, Tesorero de Bienes Comunales
Comunidad de Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán- Tuapurie municipio de Mezquitic, Jalisco.
Jamie Carrillo Carrillo, Gobernador Tradicional
Alejandro Lopez Torres, Juez Auxiliar
Pablo Carrillo Valenzuela, Suplente
Marcos López Carrillo, Capitán
Martín González Bañuelos
Juan Torres Gonzélez, Pte del Comisariado de Bienes Comunales
Marcos Costo De la Rose, Secretario de Bienes Comunales
Alejandro Carillo Enrique, Pte del Consejo de Vigilancia
Samuel Carrillo Valenzuela, Tesorero de Bienes Comunales
Comunidad Autonoma Wixarika de Bancos de San Hipólito- Uweni Muyewe municipio de Mezquital, Durango.
Miguel Carrillo Carrillo, Gobernador Tradicional
Eligio Aguilar Navarrete, Suplente
Maurilio Aguilar Ramírez, Juez Auxiliar
Prudencio Ramírez Navarrete, Suplente
Santos de la Cruz Carrillo, Pte del Comisariado de Bienes Comunales
Lucio Carrillo López, Pte del Consejo de Vigilancia
Eracleo Calletano Carrillo, Secretario de Bienes Comunales
Alfonso Aguilar Ramírez, Tesorero de Bienes Comunales
Signed in Pueblo Nuevo, Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
December 19, 2010.
