DEMETRIO VALLEJO
tention outside of Mexico. Nevertheless,
the first indications of a response
abroad are encouraging. In the United
States, the U.S. Committee for Justice to
Latin-American Political Prisoners has
appealed for demonstrations of solidarity,
particularly the sending of messages to
Lic. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, the president of
Mexico [National Palace, Mexico City 1,
D.F., Mexico].
Dave Dellinger, who is cochairman
of the committee, sent a letter, asking
the president "in the name of humane
treatment" to "order an immediate answer
to Vallejo's petition....Vallejo's crime
was to have led workers in a strike and
surely nine years of his life behind bars
is sufficient punishment."
OLaTIVA OLMLEWaa
DEMETRIO VALLEJO
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