Yesterday in Oaxaca, a federal court ruled partially in favor of Mazatec anarchist Miguel Peralta, who is facing a 50-year sentence for trumped-up charges of murder for his role in the defense of the autonomy of his community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón.
The court ruled that the evidence and accusations made against Miguel, who has been battling these charges in and outside of prison for more than ten years and is now in hiding, were false. That is an important step.
But in cowardly fashion, rather than ordering an end to this charade and ruling in favor of Miguel's freedom, they deferred the matter to a lower state court to rule on the same material and issue a final verdict. Thus, Miguel remains in limbo with his freedom dependent on the more corrupt state court of Oaxaca.
Over the phone, Miguel said after the ruling, "Once again, it has been confirmed that justice, for our peoples and even more so for the community of Eloxochitlán, is given to us in crumbs. We have no other choice but to continue our resistance, to continue fighting for freedom, until we take it from them."
