Collapse of Dignity (55 page)

    
criminal acts of,
267
,
293
,
297–298

    
employment of Gómez, Napoleón by,
14

    
Grupo Bal control of,
146
,
163

    
Mexican railroads sale to,
41

    
privatization and,
267

    
workers killed at silver mine in,
298

Grupo Protexa of Monterrey

    
purchase of mines,
25

    
as winning bidder for Compañía

      
Mexicana de Cananea,
25

Grupo Villacero

    
abuse and collaboration in boardrooms of,
142

    
aggression and criminal acts of,
297–298

    
aid to Morales, Elías,
115

    
battle against union by,
106–107

    
brutal tactics used by,
124

    
challenge to Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón's leadership,
22

    
coffers of,
113

    
criminal arrangements and,
114

    
fraud and,
113–114

    
government support of,
162

    
influence with Fox, Vicente (Mexican president),
117

    
Las Truchas steel mill and,
145–146

    
partnering with Grupo México and Fox, Vicente in carrying out intimidation and repression,
115

    
purchase of Sicartsa,
114

    
Villarreal Guajardo, Julio, as leader of,
177

Guajardo, Villarreal, concern over,
36

Gutiérrez, Raúl, accusations against,
107

Gutiérrez, Sergio, accusations against,
107

Gutiérrez Vivó, José, as upstanding journalist,
190

Healthy Miners,
27

Hermosillo,
274

Hernández, Jesús,
299

    
as member of defense team,
137

Hernández, Juan Carlos,
299

    
as member of defense team,
137

Hernández, Raúl,
18

Hernández Gámez, Francisco,
208

Hernández González, Reynaldo, murder of,
203
,
204–205
,
209
,
220
,
297

Hernández Juárez, Francisco,
217

Hernández Puente, José Angel,
118

    
on explosion of Mine 8 of Pasta de

      
Conchos Unit,
51–52

    
return to San Antonio,
102–103

    
trip to Pasta de Conchos,
56

Hidalgo,
55

Hipódromo de Las Américas,
29

Horwath, Crowe, audit of union by,
192

Hugo, Victor,
283

Human beings, universal right of, to work,
313–314

Human rights and human dignity, fight for,
xx

Humberto Calvillo Fernández, César, as member of rescue team,
67–68

Hunt, Steve,
111

Hylsa (Mexican steel mill),
113

Ibero-American University, law school at,
194

Impacto magazine,
190

Industrial homicide, charges of,
55
,
71–72
,
90
,
93
,
97
,
102
,
127
,
178–179
,
179
,
181
,
182
,
280

IndustriALL Global Union,
302

    
creation of,
155

    
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón as member of,
155

“Industrial Minera México” (sign),
57

Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), Labor Congress's tie to,
40

Instituto Mexicano de Televisión, Imevisión,
96

International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM),
302

    
studies conducted by,
33–34

International Federation of Metalworkers (IMF),
302

International George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award, presentation to Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
302

International Labor Organization (ILO),
55
,
72

    
Committee on Freedom of Association of,
218–219
,
219

    
Convention 87 of,
209
,
218

    
investigation of explosion,
91

    
Malentacchi, Marcello, as speaker at Geneva conference,
220

    
Mexican ratification of,
160

    
principles set forth by,
218

    
studies conducted by,
33–34

    
vindication from,
221–225

International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF),
31

    
hiring of Berney, Horwath,
192

    
studies conducted by,
33–34

    
2006 press conference of,
157–158

International Steelworkers Convention (Las Vegas, May, 2005),
32

International Tribunal on Trade Union Rights,
277

Interpol, action of, against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
289–290

Iztapalapa,
46

Jalisco,
161

Janeiro, José Juan, as member of defense team,
137

Javier Lozano & Associates,
165

Javier Salazar, Francisco

    
blaming of victims by,
89–90

    
calling off of rescue efforts and,
69
,
91

    
claims of, on inspections prior to explosion,
86

    
closure of mine after explosion and,
69–70

    
code name in El Yunque,
40

    
companies covering for lack of inspections by,
65

    
declaration of illegal strike,
118

    
efforts to prosecute for forgery,
133

    
as enemy of miners,
177

    
focus of, on financial interests of Grupo México,
91–92

    
impact of granting of toma de nota,
72

    
industrial homicide leveled against,
93
,
181

    
as Labor Secretary,
39–40
,
58
,
171

    
lack of call for direct legal action against,
142

    
Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano, payments and gifts to,
129–130

    
Morales, Elías's granting of toma de nota by,
176

    
opposition to union,
88

    
as religious fundamentalist,
39–40

    
removal of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón as general secretary of Miners' Union,
71

    
support for Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano,
98

Joint Health and Safety Commission,
86

    
complaints from,
64

    
at Pasta de Conchos,
54

    
reports issued by,
84–85
,
93

Jonson, Ben,
267

Joplin, Janis,
103

José Contreras y José Juan Janeiro law firm,
299

Juegos de Entretenimiento y Video de Cadereyta (company),
249–250

Junta Federal de Conciliación y Arbitraje (JFCA),
126

    
call for union preferences,
208

    
declarations of, on strikes,
198
,
211–212
,
273–274
,
275

    
Grupo México special proceeding of, before,
276

    
issuance of resolution against workers at Cananea,
211

Justice, slow progress of,
299

Kansas City Southern Railways,
41

Kennedy, John F., assassination of,
3

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
237

Kirchner, Nestor,
110

Kolteniuk, Moises, tried convincing Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón to surrender the fight,
130

Labor, Department of

    
issuance of mining permits by,
84

    
lack of regulation enforcement,
90–91

    
mining inspections by,
84

    
negligence of,
90

Labor Congress

    
celebration of fortieth anniversary,
50

    
election of new presidents,
40

    
founding of, in 1966,
40

    
Gómez Sada, Napoleón (father) as president of,
13

    
González Cuevas, Isaías's, election as president of,
42–43

    
meeting of, in February 2006,
40

    
tie to PRI,
40

Labor movement, importance of, in Mexico,
32

La Caridad copper mine

    
labor-related violence at,
202–205

    
polling at,
209

    
strike in,
243

La Ciénega mine,
14

    
Gómez, Napoleón's resignation from,
18

Lagunes, Acosta, efforts to use power to repress peasants,
253

La Jornada (daily paper),
134
,
190–191

    
objective reporting in,
191

    
story in, on Moreira and Fox,
172

Landry, Carol,
111

Larrea Mota Velasco, Genaro Federico,
261

    
arrest warrants for,
264
,
291–292

    
efforts to block testimony of,
291

    
evasion of the court order,
291

    
as not cross-examined by del Toro, Marco Antonio,
264

    
order for appearance at Mexico City's North Prison,
291

Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano,
33
,
71
,
162–163
,
215
,
264
,
280

    
Alarcón, Javier Lozano, as “cat,”
168
,
219
,
275
,
306

    
anti-mining stance with,
163

    
arrest warrants for,
264
,
292