On 19th may, the Bilbao Viscaya Bank (Mexico) notified the “Associação Enlace Civil AC” that their bank accounts would be cancelled on June 19th. The Enlace Civil's activities in support of the Zapatista communities are legal and transparent, and have been properly documented and registered with the Government Departments, which has never given them permission to receive donations without having to pay taxes. This legal status means the Enlace Civil is subjected to rigorous and permanent financial surveillance by the Mexican authorities.

When questioned about the imposition made by the BV Bank, the manager refused to give an explanation, and only answered that the bank should protect ifself from money laundering, and he was doing what he had been told to do. About a month ago the Bank did the same thing with the Maia Health Indigenous Organization of Chiapas State (OSIMECH), a civil organization that promotes health in the indigenous communities in Altos de Chiapas: without no reason or explanation they were told that there bank accounts was going to be shut down.

The action of the BV Bank, together with the paramilitaries and the political and economical elite of Mexico, is part of the silent battle against the zapatistas communities. The Enlace Civil organization calls on everyone who is in solidarity with the zapatista movement to publicly denounce the BV Bank action, in Mexico and in the world, to make sure that they know that we refuse to permit them to abet conquest, racism, disregard for humanity, and the war of annihilation (against the indigenous peoples of Mexico)

[Sites]: Bilbao Viscaya Bank | Enlace Civil | EZLN | FZLN | Rádio Insurgente Voz do EZLN | We have intelligence and capacity to decide over our own destiny |

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