Collapse of Dignity (52 page)

Center for Labor Action and Reflection,
208

Central Light and Power Company, 2009 shutdown of,
169

Cervantes Calderón, José,
48

Chávez, Luis,
246

    
as attorney for Pavón, Carlos,
245–246

Chávez Chávez, Arturo, appointment of, as attorney general,
283

Chihuahua,
208

    
visits to mines in,
77

Chile, conservative government in,
279

Chisholm, William,
304

CISEN,
97

Ciudad Juarez, investigation of mass

    
murders of women in,
283

Clariond, Santiago, as enemy of miners,
177

Clariond family, as enemy of miners,
177

Coahuila,
98
,
208

    
coal production in,
21
,
78

    
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón, visits to,
77

    
visits to mines in,
77

COFETEL,
164
,
166

Collective Bargaining Agreement (2005),
90
,
93

Collective bargaining agreements, disaster-prevention measures in,
92–93

Colosio, Luis Donaldo (president of PRI party),
8
,
9

    
assassination of,
12

    
Gómez, Napoleón's meeting with,
8
,
9
,
10

    
on selection of candidate for governor,
10–11

Committee on Freedom of Association of International Labor Organization (ILO),
218–219
,
219–220

Communications media

    
abuse by companies,
189

Mexican government's control over,
187

Compañía Mexicana de Cananea

    
acquisition of, by Larrea Ortega, Jorge,
25

    
privatization of,
26
,
31

Compañía Mexicana de Cobre

    
acquisition of, by Larrea Ortega, Jorge,
25

    
privatization of,
26
,
31
,
145

Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM),
41–42

Contreras, José, as member of defense team,
137

COPARMEX (Confederación Patronal Mexicana), Abascal, Carlos María as president of,
34

Copiapó,
xv

Correa, Roberto,
249

Cristeros movement,
34

    
Virgin of Guadalupe as emblem of,
40

Croce, Benedetto,
39

Cronyism, National Action Party (PAN) accusation of PRI administration of,
306

Cuban Revolution,
3

Darlinda (Oralia's sister)

    
arrival at Coahuila,
63

    
nocturnal departure from Mexico,
102

Day of Global Solidarity, announcement of, with Miners' Union,
157–158

Dean, James,
103

De Balzac, Honore, quote of,
171

De Buen, Carlos,
275
,
299

    
as lawyer of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
131

    
as outstanding journalist,
190–191

    
supposed intention to negotiate fairly,
159

De Buen, Néstor,
275
,
299

    
as labor lawyer,
168
,
215

    
as lawyer of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
131

    
as outstanding journalist,
190–191

    
supposed intention to negotiate fairly,
159

Defence of Human Rights,
302

De Gaulle, Charles, visit to Mexico of,
3

De Hulla, General,
54

    
de la Fuente, Javier, as head of,
62–63

    
ordering of miners to use blowtorchs in depth of mine,
81

    
responsibilities of, for mine conditions,
79
,
85

    
as subcontractor at Pasta de Conchos,
83

    
threats from,
65

    
treatment of non-union contractors,
88

De la Fuente, Javier

    
miners complaints on,
62

    
request for not taking legal actions,
62

    
threats from,
65

De los Santos, Marcelo (Governor),
209

Del Toro, Marco Antonio

    
approval to cancel banking fraud charges against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
284

    
arguments between Morales, Elias' lawyer and,
253

    
communication with,
252

    
decision not to cross-examine Larrea, Genaro,
264

    
as defense attorney,
213–217
,
239
,
245
,
260

    
desire of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón to appear in Canadian courts and,
288

    
desire to have Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano, in courtroom,
255–256

    
as former partner of Rivero Legarreta,
223

    
Linares Montúfar, Juan's visits from,
293–294
,
295

    
preparation of defense by,
135
,
137

    
presentation of complaint before National Commission for Human Rights,
307

    
presentation of complaints on behalf on Zuñiga,
134

    
receiving of writ by Judge Trujillo,
262

    
relationship between Garcia and Acosta and,
255

    
research on Barragán,
257

    
as supporter of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
131

    
on unconstitutionality of warrant on money-laundering charges,
286–287

    
verification of story and,
258–259

    
visiting of Linares, Juan in jail,
248

Dia del Amory la Amistad (“Friendship and Love Day”),
41

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

Díaz, Porfirio, mining conditions in regime of,
212

Dirty War, detainees and casualties of,
223–24

Durango,
14

Dylan, Bob,
103

Ebrard, Marcelo, as elected governor of Mexico City,
166

Echeverría, Luis,
164

Economics Sciences, University of (Berlin),
5

Economic Studies Department of Banco de Mexico, Gómez, Napoleón, as analyst at,
3

Edelstam Prize, Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón as recipient of,
302
, 347

“Educated Miner,”
26–27

El Cubo mine (Guanajuato)

    
negotations of,
305

    
strike at,
304

Electrical Workers' Union,
163

Elizalde, Benito Ortiz, expel of, from national convention of Miners' Union,
18

El Palacio del Hierro (department store chain),
146
,
268

El Universal (paper), antiunion articles in,
185–186

El Yunque (“The Anvil”),
39–40

Escudero, Ruben, as mine manager,
66

Escuela Libre de Derecho,
164

Esponda, Julio,
238–239
,
249–250

Estrada, Castro, pressing of charges against,
219

Estrella, Héctor Félix,
241

    
accusations against,
107

    
arrest warrant for,
134

    
government authorization of searches of,
132

    
as union's secretary treasurer,
52
,
55

Eureka Committee, Nájera, Andrés as president of,
224

European Organization of Economic Development, studies conducted by,
33

Extradition,
287

Extraordinary National Convention (April, 2007),
179

Extraordinary National Convention (March 16 and 17, 2006),
109

Fabio Beltrones, Manlio,
225

Faculty of Economics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),
3–4

    
Institute of Juridical Research of,
194

The Fallen (documentary),
90

Familiar, Marcelo, leaving of Mexico,
101

Faux, Jeff,
142

Federal Labor Law, article 132, Section XVII of,
90

Federal Mediation and Arbitration Board,
192

Federal Preventive Police,
118

Fernández-Vega, Carlos,
149

    
as upstanding journalist of La Jornada,
190

Fernando Salazar, Martín, prison detainment of,
278

Ferriz, Pedro, professional fees of,
186

Ferrocarril Endige (company),
249–250

Financial Intelligence Unit, seizures of personal assets and,
126

Flores, Victor

    
efforts to reelect as president,
42–43

    
Labor Congress and,
41
,
42
,
43–44

    
labor department support of,
54

    
reelection of,
62

    
throwing their lot in with Fox,
176

Flores de la Peña, Horacio,
6

    
as economist,
3–4

Flores Salas, Juventino, murder of,
269
,
270
,
272
,
297

Forbes, ranking of wealthiest individuals,
163

Fourth Collegiate Tribunal for Labor Matters of the First Circuit, declaration of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón as legitimate leader of the Miners' Union,
180

Fox, Vicente (Mexican president)

    
administration of,
xviii
,
32
,
43
,
44
,
71
,
139
,
144
,
145
,
158
,
163
,
280
,
299

    
appointment of Abascal, Carlos María as secretary of the interior,
40

    
deceit and treachery of,
305

    
double-talk and double-standards of,
46

    
guilt over explosion of mine at Pasta de Conchos,
70

    
imposition of Flores on Labor Congress,
43–44

    
interests in businessmen,
33

    
labor department of, as antiunion,
xvii