HACIA EL CAMPAMENTO DE YIBELJOJ
El 30 de noviembre de 1997.
Alrededor de 60 OSC de todo el país y del mundo, organizadas en la Primera Misión Civil por la Paz íbamos a subir durante casi dos horas a un campamento de comunidades indígenas expulsadas por grupos paramilitares del PRI, refugiadas en lo alto de un cerro llamado Yibeljoj en las montañas de Chiapas.
En la Misión iba Blanche Petrich, periodista de la Jornada que tuvo poliomielitis de niña y camina apoyada en dos muletas.
Blanche dijo:
- Yo los espero aquí abajo, tomen algunas fotos y graben.
entonces un indígena tzetal le preguntó:
- ¿Cuánto pesa, seño?,
- Como cien libras - dijo Blanche,
y le dijo el indígena:
- ¡Ay seño!, menos que un costal de café, yo la subo.
Y durante dos horas la llevó de caballito hasta la punta del cerro, donde Blanche hizo un reportaje histórico sobre la resistencia indígena.
TOWARDS THE YIBELJOJ CAMP
November 30th, 1997.
About 60 CSOs of around the world, came together for the First Mission for the Peace.
We were for about 2 hours in an indigenous refugee camp who have been forced to leave their homes due to para-military actions commanded by the PRI (National Party in
Government). The community found shelter on the top of the Yibeljoj mountains in Chiapas.
Blanche Petrich, a journalist from La Jornada (National Newspaper), was among the Mission. She had polio as a child. So, she walked leaning on two crutches.
Blanche
said:
- I will wait for you down here. Don't forget to take some photos and record.
so, a tzetal indigenous asked her:
- How much you weigh, Ma'am?
- About 100 pounds - said Blanche,
and the indigenous told her:
- Ma'am! Less than a sack of coffee. I carry you up!
For almost two hours he carried her on his back, up to the top of the hill, where Blanche made her historical report about the indigeneous resistance.
- I will wait for you down here. Don't forget to take some photos and record.
so, a tzetal indigenous asked her:
- How much you weigh, Ma'am?
- About 100 pounds - said Blanche,
and the indigenous told her:
- Ma'am! Less than a sack of coffee. I carry you up!
For almost two hours he carried her on his back, up to the top of the hill, where Blanche made her historical report about the indigeneous resistance.
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