A few weeks ago, Crescencio Morales took to the streets, closing highway traffic in protest of the logging.
Their primary demand is that all levels of government do something to stop the illegal deforestation ocurring on the limits between the State of Michoacan and the State of Mexico in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR).
According to sources, the indigenous community of Crescencio Morales has blockaded the road between Michoacan and the State of Mexico in protest of government incompetence and incapacity to stop illegal logging. They demand that the government, ideally the army, establish permanent check points to guard their forest. They are renting heavy machinery to block off roads and prevent loggers from entering the forest. However they demand help from the government to protect what they have. They warned the government of the blockade, but due to lack of response, have halted traffic until specific action is taken.
Read the full version (in Spanish) with photographs.
"CAMBIO DE MICHOACÁN
www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx
Municipios
Zitácuaro
Contra la tala ilegal, bloquean indígeneas accesos a México.
La irritación entre los indígenas de Crescencio Morales era grande, debido al incumplimiento de las promesas hechas por el presidente municipal.
Miércoles 20 de Febrero de 2008
Ricardo Rojas Rodríguez
Cambio de Michoacán"
Jordi Honey-Rosés
PhD student
Urban and Regional Planning
University of Illinois
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