February 11, 1995
To the people of México
To the national and international press
To the peoples of the world
The Indigenous Clandestine Revolutionary Committee, General Command of the EZLN
We have made a call to all of our brothers and sisters of México to stop this genocidal war that the bad government is waging against us.
The federal government is acting with lies, it is carrying out a dirty war in our villages. Yesterday around noon, 14 helicopters bombed the area around Morelia and Garrucha, as well as shot artillery fire in the area under Zapatista control; thousands of federal soldiers have penetrated into the interior of the jungle, via Monte Libano, Agua Azul, Santa Lucía, La Garrucha Champes, San Agustín, Guadalupe Tepeyac and others. They are surrounding us with death and ugliness. We, the Zapatistas, as troops and civilians, up to this point, have done everything possible to fall back, but now we do not have any other option except to defend ourselves and to defend our villages; thousands of civilians have left their homes.
Brothers and sisters, the government of Ernesto Zedillo is killing us, it is killing children, it is attacking women and raping them.
We ask the people of México and all the people of the world to do something to stop this war.
Again we ask you, brothers and sisters, don't leave us alone.
We will act with dignity.
Freedom, Justice, and Democracy
Fraternally,
The Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous Committee,
General Command of the EZLN