Parliamentary Subcommittee International Human Rights Ottawa and Balbuena Legide

Balbuena Legide o Vargas: On April 28, Balbuena and Legideño Vargas will testify before the Parliamentary Subcommittee for International Human Rights in Ottawa, according to Rabble. Seamless corruption in Mexico leaves activists in harm way On April 12, Balbuena and Legideño Vargas launched the Caravan from Ayotzinapa to Ottawa by holding a public forum in front of the Mexican consulate in Vancouver. "On Sept. 26, the Mexican state police stopped the bus we were on, told us to come down from the bus, they attacked us, they began shooting at us... from that day we have been campaigning to find our brothers. They are asking the Canadian government to acknowledge the human rights crisis in Mexico, demand the Mexican government meet international human rights norms, review Canada program of cooperation with Mexico, and eliminate barriers for Mexican human rights defenders seeking protection in Canada. We will continue to look for our brothers no matter how long it takes. Balbuena, a member of the student committee of the Ayotzinapa teachers' college in Mexico, was travelling with about 80 of his peers near the city of Iguala when their buses were attacked by state police. We will unmask what is going on in the Mexican state," said Balbuena. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.