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Grupo México’s support for prosecution of, 181
as head of Miners’ Union, 21
implementation of “Educated Miner,” 26–27
interest in becoming governor of Nuevo León (town), 8–9
interview with Granados Chapa, Miguel Ángel, 54–55
issuance of humanitarian visa to, 288
job in Department of National Heritage, 6
Larrea, Germán Feliciano, publicizing of bogus charges against, xviii, 125
Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano, and, 129
leaving of Mexico by, 100–106
Los Mineros’s protests against removal of, 126
meetings with Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano and, 29–31
meeting with Salinas, Carlos and, 8–9
as member of IndustriALL Global Union, 347
Morales, Elías’s “mother claim” against, 115, 126, 299
“Napoleón for Nuevo León” groups and, 8
offering of support from United Steelworkers Union (USW) and Gerard, Leo W., 98–99
opposition to run for Senate, 175
passion for baseball, 100
passion for transforming Mexico, 104–105
PGR desire for Red Notice against, 289
philosophy of, xviii–xix
presentation of International George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award to, 301–302, 347
as president of World Mint Directors Organization, 12
press interviews of, 45–47
protest to Cárdenas Batel, Lázaro (governor of Michoacán), 121
reassessment of, on Miners’ Union, 104–105
as recipient of Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights, 302, 347
as recipient of Edelstam Prize, 302, 347
as recipient of International Meany-Kirkland Human Rights Award, 301–302, 347
refusal of state officials in San Luis Potosí to issue arrest warrants against, 284
renewed federal charges against, 286–287
resignation from Mint, 12
return to job at Mint, 12
return to Mexico, 6
Rivero’s attempts to get, to step down, 215–216
running for governor, 7
seizure of home in Mexico City, 223
SIEDO charges of money laundering against, 136–137
smear campaign against, 95–97
as Special Delegate to National Executives Committee in Section 120 of La Cienega de Nuestra Señora, 14
stay in Canada, 301–302
struggle for union democracy, 316
support of miners for, 71
toma de nota denial of, for, 300
tour of mines and steel plants by, 21–22
tours of Nuevo León (town) by, 8–9
as union member, 14
in Vancouver, 109–111, 130–131, 137–139
Villarreal Brothers and, 129–130
violent campaign against Los Mineros and, 72–73
visiting with survivors of mine explosion, 63–64
visits to Chihuahua, 77
visits to Coahuila, 77
visit to Real del Monte y Pachuca silver and gold mine, 75–77
work of, with executive committee, 23–24
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón (son)
arrival at Coahuila, 63
birth of, 7
Gómez Urrutia, Oralia (wife), 14, 32–33, 57
birthday celebration of, 233–234, 235
birth of children, 5
completion of art school, 4
desire to go abroad, 16
foreign studies of, 4–5
as honorary president of National Women’s Front in Struggle for the Dignity of Workers of Mexico and the World, 301
impact of events on, 108–109
as key organizer, 314–315
leaving of Mexico by, 100–106
life in Oxford, 5
murder of men at Sicartsa mill and grief of, 119
nocturnal departure from Mexico, 101–102
planning of special day for, 229
recommendation of divorce to, 214
return to Mexico, 5
return to Texas, 110–111
sensing of danger and, 71
at site of mine explosion, 52, 62
support of miners for, 71
trip to Pasta de Conchos, 56–57
Gómez Zalce, Marcela, as upstanding journalist of Milenio, 190
González Barrera, Roberto, 10
González Blanco, Salomón, 164
González Cuevas, Isaías
election as president of Labor Congress, 42–43
at 2006 meeting, 41
González Uyeda, Abraham, meeting with Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón and, 161–162
Gordillo, Elba Esther, 226
Gottardi, Erick, as member of Canadian legal team, 299
Granados Chapa, Miguel Ángel
interview with Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón, 54–55
as upstanding journalist of Reforma and Proceso, 190
The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), 103
Grupo Bal
Bailleres, Alberto, as owner of, 146
as holding company, 163
Grupo IMSA, as enemy of miners, 177
Grupo Maseca, 10
Grupo México, xviii 18, 29–31, 62
abuse and collaboration in boardrooms of, 142
accusation of misuse of Mining Trust and, 45
approach to the rescue, 68–71
articles written about abuses of, and their corporate colleagues, 191
assets owed to union, 39
attempt to place Morales, Elías at head of Los Mineros, 52
banking law violation invented by, 107–108
bankruptcy of, 128
battle against union by, 106–107
botching of recovery efforts, 89
bribery and, 188, 293
challenge to Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón’s leadership, 22
charges of industrial homicide against, 55, 71–72, 90, 93, 97, 102, 127, 178–179, 181, 182, 280
closing of mine after explosion, 69–70
common strategies to defend their interests, 155
concessions won by, 144–145
creation of new businesses, 145
criminal acts of, 292–293, 297
debt of, to union, 31
disappearance of evidence against, 134
efforts to cover criminal negligence of, 67
efforts to provide safe work conditions, 55
efforts to undermine union organization, 207–208
financial interests of, 91–92
financing of, 48
force majeure maneuver of, 275–277
government support of, 162
high earnings of, 92
hiring of Garcia Puebla Consultores, 185
hiring of General de Hulla to run mine, 53–54
incompetence of rescue effort, xvi, xvii, 64, 69
interests of, 40–41
investment on publicity campaign against unions, 183–184
lack of effort in meeting needs of demand of miners, 197
lack of investment in safety of coal mines, 92
Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano’s position at, 29–30
leadership of, 26
Mexican railroads sale to, 41
mines operated by, 25, 26, 163
mining conditions and, 79–80, 85
need of, to recognize obligations to employees, 298
negligence of, 51–52, 90
on not building another exit, 82–83
ownership of Mine 8 of Pasta de Conchos by, 51–52
partnering with Grupo Villacero and Fox, Vicente in carrying out intimidation and repression, 115
persecution of Gómez, Napoleón, 195
PGR coverage for, 262
presentation of false evidence, 273
pressure of strikes on, 197
profits of, 143
publicity campai
gn against leaders of Miners’ Union, 182
refusal to review mine safety conditions, 196
responsibility of, for Pasta de Conchos, 71, 96, 105–106, 115, 141–142, 297
Rivero as criminal attorney for, 292–293
shutdown of Workers’ Clinic, 274
smear campaign against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón, 96
special proceeding of, before JFCA, 276–277
strikes against, 92–93
support for Chávez Chávez, Arturo, 283
support for prosecution of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón, 181–182
use of de Hulla, General as subcontractor at Pasta de Conchos, 83
violation of collective bargaining agreement with union, 274
worksite conditions of, 195
Zuñiga bought off by, 134
Grupo Peñoles (metal company), 25, 26, 100, 247, 269
Bailleres Gonzáles, Alberto of, 177
bribery of communications professionals by, 188
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
H
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
I
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
J
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
K
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
L
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
assumptions of, on unions, 152
attention on Cananea strike, 197
avoidance of scene by, xvi
Bours and, 204
bribery and, 247, 290
as client of Rivero, 216
concern over, 36
concessions gained by, 146
creation of new businesses, 145
creativity of, 275
criminal defense team of, 305
del Toro’s desire to have, in courtroom, 255
desire for end of Cananea strike, 205
donation of money to Calderón, 231–232
economic power of, 134
efforts to block testimony of, 291
efforts to prevent court appearance of, 256
efforts to protect profits, 98
as enemy of miners, 177
evasion of the court order, 291
Gómez Mont, Fernando as
professional defender for, 238–239
greed of, in not preventing disaster, 143
industrial homicide leveled against, 181
Javier Salazar, Francisco’s reason for defending, 39–40
lack of call for direct legal action against, 142
leadership of, 26, 115
as legal representative of Mexicana de Cananea, 128
lies of, 300
lobby for natural gas concession, 144
meetings with Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón, 29–31
as member of board of Televisa, 183