FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
PROGRAM # 8005 12:00 PM PT
Mexico Edition.
During a working visit to Mexico, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and National Security Secretary John Kelly assured the Mexican government that there will be no mass deportation of migrants, that there will be no military intervention in their capture and that the human rights of the deported migrants will be respected. In another development, Cheryl Angel, leader of the Sioux tribe, expressed solidarity with the Indian peoples of Mexico. She also reported that in North Dakota, they are fighting against the construction of a pipeline of a the Texan corporation named Energy Transfer Partners. This oil pipeline passes through Sacred territory of the Lakota tribes, affecting the Missouri River and Lake Oahe of the Sioux Reserve in Standing Rock. In addition, this edition reports about the public apology that the Mexican government offered to three Hñähñú natives, who, although innocent, were imprisoned for three years, accused of kidnapping. Martha Elena Ramírez hosts this broadcast of the program Voz Pública, from Mexico City.
Guests: (audio recordings) Luis Videgaray Caso, Secretary of Foreign Relations; Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Secretary of Government; John Kelly, US Secretary of Homeland Security (translation); Cheryl Angel, leader of the Sioux Tribe, North Dakota; Trinidad del Valle, líder del Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra of San Salvador Atenco; Mario Patrón, director of the Center for Human Rights, Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez; Teresa González Cornelio; Alberta Alcántara Juan and Jacinta Francisco Marcial, indigenous of Santiago Mexquititlán, Quérétaro; Raúl Cervantes Andrade, Attorney General of the Republic; Estela Hernández Jiménez, bilingual teacher, daughter of Mrs. Jacinta.
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