Emotion starting december sixteenth t w. The clinical through the window i could see cola and tootle walking to the cottage in front ramrod straight looking very stern called the behind looking down beacon. They came in when i call a stood back looking away to the walked right up to me took my shoulder and send his dad. If you. The. Three. Of. You have got that long i think the law is everything ready to go along with a little i was waiting for you ok. I thought i thought i was late. I thought its already getting cold. Cold oh my grampa what a lovely sky. You know i love that red you know. Build your he was a very well adjusted and calm person and easy child you could say no i. Want to go with baby oh so you know he was a very inquisitive and Creative Child she kept an imaginary fox in sylar who was his best friend order on him but i got better and so. Was i who in all his life he made friends very easily. With like whenever he ran into challenges he always managed to cope by. Everyone came to a meeting around ten minutes before it ended a press conference was held. We learned that teachers and foreign observers were involved. And that the convoy was carrying food and medicine for indigenous treat people in the village where the situation had become dangerous. As. The. Situation was explained to us the village had declared its autonomy and then cut off paramilitary troops had surrounded. The situation seemed calm but we were warned that the area was dangerous. It was a gamble to go to someone kampala. On the road in the village of loss of ana curves. The people in the houses lining the road stared at us. The atmosphere was weirdly ominous. At the next curve we suddenly heard a loud noise a. Come by my colleague said someone shooting at us. And at that moment i still didnt believe that someone could be attacking us but then i saw the armed men approaching us from over a nearby hill. I heard someone shout behind us watch out there armed. I was terrified. When i turned around and saw men pointing assault rifles at us. But one of. The bullets started raining down on the car windows and one of them shattered. Point all i could think about was how to survive. Well you see you know like the others u. T. Was acting on the assumption that a humanitarian aid convoy wouldnt be attacked i miss you the money thats been kind of on the plan had been that if they ran into any problem the convoy would turn around immediately. On again some of. It was on my right our first reaction was to dive to the floor of the car. But i mean for a moment. I wasnt even thinking about the best course of action. But i think. We just followed our survival instincts and started running from the attackers. And then we heard shouting and i saw blood. I realized that beatty had been hit. And usually. You know really got up to get closer to beauty to try and help. And that was when yes he was shot in the head. It was right around here. We were doing some forest work. And then suddenly the phone rang. I was a bit confused wondering who could be calling me. First the caller spokes we dish then english she asked are you cold are ya cool or. Your i answered yes well theyre good she kept asking if i could sit down. She said she had terrible news and that i should try to stay calm and please sit down so i sat down right about here i guess. She said yuri had been on a convoy to san juan capella and the convoy had been attacked. So but that was the year he was dead or seriously injured. Im going to let me go it was so shocking so awful that ill never forget it no one should have to go through this. At first the pain that you really was gone was actually physical. And now its all turned into Something Else its no longer all consuming but its still there. When im used to go. His life ended far too soon. Though. Weve come here mainly to meet other organizations staging protests hopefully we can inspire people to take action wherever its needed to build a just and democratic world. Than by look at this end. Up uniting the next you can tell from his School Photos that he had a rebellious spirit. From an open baby faced kid into a sort of threatening looking punk. Going in badly the uppish display hair standing straight up in some pictures at one point he died its like. Even at that age you took an interest in social issues. But he didnt get involved in direct action until he moved to to work after finishing his civil service. Does it. Mean. That with only he made new friends there Kindred Spirits young people they were looking for an alternative a better way of life they were into Nature Conservation and human rights and so on he began to question everything and to think about what can be done to change the world. I had such a close relationship with yuri that there was a bond between us even if we werent always in touch even though he had his own life which i didnt know anything about right yeah. He got it into his head that he should go and support these people working for human rights and Indigenous People in mexico them as an equal voice in mexico and. Yet the work would be dangerous and but that didnt deter him. By step barbara. If the situation in the region was quite complicated for years people have been profiting off the back of the region where the indigenous take a people left. Several regional administrations have been siphoning off enormous sums of government money. The Indigenous People never saw any of it. It never went to the poor people who needed it. And. That. The money is not being used for construction or education which is what its earmarked for and. Its being used to prop up the power structure the money is spent on weapons and bullets. The idea. That people are being killed in ambushes every day. Factions are fighting over power land space influence. And. I think the convoy was attacked because we went into the area even though we were warned not to. That we were attacked because we posed a threat to their power. So boy. Are you to go to raleigh and he found himself in a situation he couldnt fully understand yet and betty that he knew about the conflicts and what haka and hed read up on the situation in san juan chapala but he wouldnt have been able to assess the security situation the likelihood of an attack it. Yeah. To get on the windowsill and it was a journey of discovery i went there to learn about how popular movements work about approaches to revolutionary organization about how these things are done i wanted to find out about alternative ideas to see what projects people were working on what kind of vision they had for a Better Society and if and how they already achieved the goals. You know it was using and i worked on a few projects together an event was organized in the haka city center to discuss the opportunities afforded by Renewable Energy how to generate power by pedaling a bike and what solar power can do we also made a video there. Just. My name is yuri and im from the finnish organization. For us and you really said pretty directly that he was also here to serve as a socalled human shield and whenever there were nationals from western states involved it seemed to raise the game and that made it all a much bigger deal. Than. That. I mean the heart of the action now well im not going to mourn my own death yes the others will suffer theyll still be here to grieve and missed me. Thats what i learned from up in look at Martin Luther king said he who passively accept evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it to me that they had been able to get their meat back. After death and i couldnt even think about u. T. Much less grieve for him well i guess done in a post i couldnt agree for either of them neither cola nor yet its just too much too painful to in comprehensible. To look at a bust as a whole i dont know what i do does this time it was a european guy who died. Thats why im here india will do as i have no idea how many locals have been killed its all thrown in prison it goes hell go to the weakest theyre the ones who are already trying to change things that now were here to provide support the next time somebody brings a case modernism the boy goes into dialogue. Some quick thinking name lie up there. In mexico this thing is so bad for him and what if its a question of impunity and the culture of impunity. In mexico it seems like the perpetrators have a basic belief that you can do anything you want and nothing will ever be done about it statistics show that this goes on over ninety percent of all crimes committed go unsolved including homicides the men they missed think itll cost. You to see. It. Again. Ok so. They say we have to look at this on two levels first examine the prosecutors investigations. The investigations conducted in twenty ten and twenty fourteen the Prosecutors Office should report on whether the criminal investigation has progressed and whether there have been any snags. I guess the second thing is to point out that we signed a letter of intent two years ago between the regional and federal Prosecutors Office according to this the Prosecutors Office will assist in locating and arresting the suspects. That it is you know that they should look at the socalled you know what is the situation with the fourteen suspects with the arrest warrants. One was murdered three were imprisoned. One was convicted of another murder. Three are in prison one of them has a previous twelve year sentence for murder. Not for this though thats for this case and this case the trial isnt begun. Know it hasnt been legal yet but actually the prisoners have managed to get their trial pushed back. For. Two of them have changed attorneys. That will. Lose the charges and not about when going to trial will run into other problems such as witness protection the charges enough as is. All that is i seriously think. Its you know. I think i. Know this and. Its important that the deputy prosecutors present supposedly shows how seriously the case is being taken but they said the same thing in previous meetings the Mexican Government is committed to investigating the case. Right here on the saturday morning cartoon that it would be mostly demanded witness protection and they promised to consider it the investigations havent progressed and i think if he does it for them with another one of that long. Theyre wonderful people here who are working for human rights activist and his efforts i want to support one that is diminished that i want to see this through to honor the memory to them and look out at. This. Thank. You but. Its me this is my son. You know. The widower of betty. He thinks if we fight this case together there will also be justice for the mexicans. Doubted it and you know this new arrest is good news. That the. Case will be so mad that by law i think hes a key figure among regional leaders. Even though he looks like a peasant in the photo that got me thinking of oil because of us heres one sorry looking fellow maybe because he got caught its a good thing that they. Killed him. Its a good place to meet you my condolences on the loss of your husband. Deal. With the letter i would like to welcome you all especially the mother and brother of you. Id also like to express my condolences on the death of your husband. And where im at in the family knew this is the fourth time were meeting with the governor. He has promised to cooperate in every meeting including this one. We talked about the witness protection which was also requested by the Prosecutors Office as was the governors cooperation in the matter. But in. Actual fact that protection has not been extended to our key witnesses. Its surprisingly easy to get ahold into this whole sharod to come here for a couple of weeks put on some nice clothes and shake the hands of the people who are lying to you and telling you theyre doing their best. That i shake their hands and say that this is going well then some poor farmer gets arrested who earns as much in a year as your average british worker spends on cigarettes in a year. He gets stuck in jail for two years and were still waiting to see if anything will get done but that doesnt mean that. Only if i gave it is that i have a really hard time calling this a judicial system i dont know its system i was able but wheres the justice of the body when he killed me through. And then i left and when you lose someone you love it hurts no struggle as worth the loss of a human life. Say oh yeah. Its so hard there are so many different emotions here is the look and ive read many different accounts of the events i know how it all happened because in the bike even though i know the whole story its still so tough to tell what was my child thinking what did you go through what did he think and feel if anything at all and i knew it was when we know he saw how bad he was hit first and how she bled out a soundless to get some of the people in the cars said that u. T. Was taking bettys head in his hands when he was shot. When i did they also showed us pictures taken at the scene but they were horrifying you. Need to have also seen photos on the internet and it was important for me to look at them to see much child in the last pictures ever taken of him. So you know. This is a year old. Want to talk about and. Theres hearing in the picture. Did a move them that they caught them because of what happened weve become involved in the trick a conflict night. On our trips to mexico weve met women and children at the y. How come mark it bill. Where is the justice for them what will happen to them the heinous justice would be if they could return to their homes and their lives but is that even possible anymore that. The attackers live there now you know im afraid that their situation will only get worse. It never got it the hate and deal out there its about by and. So you think you. Close out that its sad to see things change i wish everything could be like it was on the first trip while i was a boy there was a sense of hope and possibility of life goes on but the things you would hope to see progress on changing would have been a me me me. I know memories fade and im afraid of that i fear uni will fade into oblivion he doesnt exist anymore though yes it breaks my heart that we cant share and discuss things like they were and it breaks my heart that there wont be any new memories to cherish. And that the ones i have will fade with time on what. Yes. Hello everyone thank you for being here today. For the past six years weve done everything to bring the perpetrators to justice. But it seems that this Justice System has no intention of arresting or convicting those responsible for the murder of betty currie and youre going to. Say yes without further ado. Take over from here. Thank you yes. Thank you all for coming here today. Weve been promised a lot over the past six years. But we dont need words we need actions. Nine of the suspects are still free neither the witnesses nor the survivors are being protected trials are being postponed over and over again. Oh yes yes. I want to remember betty as i knew her for sixteen years she was always on the streets organizing demonstrations and fighting for justice and human rights. And. Our lives have been threatened last year we were forced to leave the country. Contract killers hired by the paramilitary troops tried to force their way into my home where i was with my family and children. Were forced to leave the country for a few months. But i didnt want to move away permanently mexico is my home. International pressure is our only ally in the involvement of International Agencies makes the whole thing possible. Husband omar one said that without us the entire incident would have been entirely forgotten. There would have been no progress no arrests no judicial process if you had not been in that convoy. A foreigner a young finnish man named you think is the only reason that the cases come this far. Where did you learn to speak spanish in finland spain and on these trips to mexico so you studied the language in finland. The name almost. Theres more than enough evidence but no one has been convicted. Despite this the authorities are not making any effort to bring the suspects to court. I mean this is a question of the authorities avoiding making a decision on the matter. Sometimes i feel like i just want to be rid of it all just walk away from the whole thing. Michelle also wrote today that its exhausting how are we supposed to cope it will carry on for years. On license fees are a bit held by International One from oil a rusty vaseline. Was. One of the i like this business the gangster he. Was you know sucking. On. Was done for you to be this is a very well written article. For your view. On. It says that eunice father died of a heart attack. That is hard couldnt take anymore. And wasnt as if they met the man on the one hand theres this incredible contempt for life and on the other a love of life. The striving for a life force living among us something that is all too real for Mexican Society and us but inconceivable to us. If we think you may have got it down at. Us yes no. Doubt anyone wild of and this is an enormously ambitious goal. To break even one part of this culture of impunity with them but i think thats what we must do with them hop. Down the story it gives us hope faith and strength it could serve as an example there would be this kind of precedent that there would be a punishment for the crime. It that he cocks system sailed back into shape. And look and see i dont see what more can be done on unis behalf now. Its all ideology and belief in a better world that keeps this going go to the Old School Board of baltimore where maybe another trial in mexico one of the better outcome is going to go though your execution of their god what. Does all this and. Just to combat is it a good idea to head off and join a revolution somewhere. When i might be shot for it thank you or is there some other way to change the world which would be more effective and safer just to shoot him and said. Give them an ample writing is cathartic but when im done i look over at the fireplace and colas not there thats when i realize im alone. All alone with my thoughts of mexico because. I mean while i walk with my dog. Theyre black and living in germany. Hes reminded what that means on a daily basis presenter john up i guess not being able to blend in and i was. Taking hollowed out a group and being you know different than the way. She travelled across germany to meet other black people and to hear their stories. Its that. I grew up in a white family in a white neighborhood it was definitely a challenge. She decided to put me up for adoption sort of so. The main thing was to keep your head down and your mouth shut of course of the face like this i could never completely disappear if you see all these stereotypes about it because it hurts you. You do something for your country but youre still the black guy thats what. Afro germany starting december tenth d. W. This is news live from Berlin International backlash grows against president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel in these moments of great frank sharry you see i want to make it clear