Zapatistas arrive near border

MAGDALENA DE KINO, Sonora, Mexico -- Subcomandante Marcos and 10 Mayan Comandantes arrived in Sonora, Mexico, on Sunday, on their way to the Cucapa Peace Camp, to uphold Indigenous fishing rights. Marcos and Comandantes arrive for Cucapa fishing camp

By Brenda Norrell

MAGDALENA DE KINO, Sonora, Mexico -- Subcomandante Marcos and 10 Mayan Comandantes arrived in Sonora, Mexico, on Sunday, on their way to the Cucapa Peace Camp, to uphold Indigenous fishing rights.

Marcos said the delegation traveled from Chiapas to support the Cucapa (Cocapah) at El Mayor, Baja, Mexico. Marcos urged American Indians in the United States to join with the Zapatistas to carry out their destiny and mission as Guardians of the Earth.

The Zapatistas' Other Campaign offered their support in October, after women of the Cucapa's neighboring Quilihua tribe said they would stop having children, and become extinct, rather than try and survive without the ability to fish.

Marcos said he will return to Magdalena, less than two hours south of the Arizona border, on Sunday, April 22, for a public meeting to announce plans for the Intercontinental Indigenous Conference planned for northwest Mexico for the fall of 2007.

Marcos and the Comandantes were welcomed to the state of Sonora by O'odham Lt. Gov. Jose Garcia and hosted at Rancho el Penasco, a center for biodiversity.
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