National Lawyers Guild's third day in Chiapas

On 2005-03-14, we continued educating ourselves, and began preparing for the meeting with The Network of Defensores. The National Lawyers Guild delegation in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, met with prison rights activists who wrote a series of manuals for prisoners, families, communities, organizations and activists. They explained to us how profound is the problem of arbitrary detention, fabricated evidence, and lack of resources for prison management.

First, breakfast at Posada Carmelita presents an array of fruits, tortillas, vegetables and pancakes.

Later, we met to prepare our presentations for the retreat with the Network. Then we traveled across town to meet attorney Martha Guadelupe Figueroa Mier, of the Women's Group of San Cristobal (COFEMO). We learned about how their La Morada program integrates medical, legal and psychological services. We learned about their complaints to the Interamerican Commission and the UN. We saw the collected evidence of violence against women.