Mexico: Bodies found of indigenous rights defenders, Manuel Ponce Rosas and Raúl Lucas Lucía

Front Line is deeply saddened following reports that the bodies of human rights defenders Manuel Ponce Rosas and Raúl Lucas Lucía were discovered on 20 February 2009 with visible signs of torture and in an advanced state of decomposition.

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Front Line is deeply saddened following reports that the bodies of human rights defenders Manuel Ponce Rosas and Raúl Lucas Lucía were discovered on 20 February 2009 with visible signs of torture and in an advanced state of decomposition. Manuel Ponce Rosas and Raúl Lucas Lucía were Secretary and President respectively of the Organisation for the Future of the Mixteco People (OFPM), an organisation which is derived from the Organización Independiente de Pueblos Mixtecos y Tlapanecos – OIPMT (Independent Organisation of Mixteco and Tlapaneco Peoples). The OFPM is based in the municipal capital of Ayutla de los Libres and defends the rights of the indigenous peoples of the region by reporting on human rights violations as well as elaborating and managing projects to improve the quality of life for indigenous groups. Front Line previously wrote to your office on 17 February 2009 concerning their alleged enforced disappearance.

For further information on this case link to Original Front Line Appeal