MEXICO: Ten citizens are imprisoned in the Isthmus for being Jehovah's Witnesses
NVI Noticias, Friday 10 March 2017
Ten citizens are imprisoned in the Isthmus for being Jehovah's Witnesses
JUCHITÁN, Oaxaca .- A group of 10 Huave citizens from San Francisco del Mar Pueblo Viejo, who profess the Protestant religion of the Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, were imprisoned by the municipal agency's authority for not participating in political life and refusing to Pay a fine of one thousand pesos (US$51) for the same situation.
The agency's authority, led by Isaías García, imprisoned: Julio Ventura, Hugo Matus, Miguel Nieto, Julio Martínez, Israel Francisco Gómez, Luis Ocampo Vargas, Marcos Cortés, Avisahy Francisco, Daniel Francisco and Leolegario Vargas, all Jehovah's Witnesses , And were threatened with expulsion from the village for not attending the Assemblies of Commissariat of Communal Goods.
Those detained since March 8, refused to pay the fine for not attending the assembly on March 4, as well as being constantly harassed by the authority, since they do not participate in the life of the assemblies nor vote, Neither by the PRI nor by another party, because their religion does not allow it....
Not all the people are in favor of the imprisonment of the Jehovah's Witnesses; About 35 people demanded the authority to be released for being peaceful citizens.