Collapse of Dignity (56 page)

    
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

    
national media blitz of,
184

    
not afraid of losing fortune in fight against the Miners' Union,
183

    
opposition to Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón's run for Senate,
175

    
opposition to workers,
227

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

    
payment by, for slanderous articles,
95–96

    
payments and gifts to Abascal, Carlos María,
129–130

    
payments and gifts to Cabeza de Vaca, Daniel,
129–130

    
payments and gifts to Díaz, Francisco Gil,
129–130

    
payments and gifts to Javier Salazar, Francisco,
129–130

    
payments and gifts to Muñoz, Ramón,
129–130

    
position at Grupo México,
30

    
powerful friends of,
275

    
priorities of,
184

    
private meeting of, with Quintero, Alexjandro,
130

    
publicizing of bogus charges against Napoleón, Gómez,
xviii

    
reckless company of,
54

    
refusal of, to enter own mines,
90

    
relationship with Lozano, Javier,
306

    
requesting of documents regarding audit by International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF),
194

    
responsibility for mine disaster and,
67

    
spending of money toward the cause,
183

    
statements made by,
127–130

    
strategy of, against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
101–102
,
125
,
129–130

    
threat of Miners' Union to,
34

    
wealth of,
25
,
163

Larrea Ortega, Jorge, acquisition of Compañía Mexicana de Cobre and Compañía Mexicana de Cananea by,
25

Las Palmas,
161

Las Truchas steel mill,
145–146

Latinoamericana de Productos Químicos,
39

LaVenture, Robert, as representative of United Steelworkers Union (USW),
108

Layton, Jack,
158

    
meeting with Lozano, Javier,
169

Lázaro Cárdenas

    
armed attack on workers at,
125

    
failed eviction at,
130

    
invasion of,
122

    
meeting of Fox, Vicente's security cabinet prior to invasion of,
122

    
Michoacán branch of,
117

      
assault on strikers at,
117–120

      
industrial port of,
114

      
news reports from,
120

      
protesting of attempted

imposition of Union Local
271

from,
115

      
Sicartsa mill complex in,
114

      
situation at,
115

    
ultimate victory of workers at,
123

Lázaro Cárdenas-Las Truchas (currently Arcelor Mittal) Steelworks,
6
,
15

Lázaro Cárdenas Sicartsa mill, strike at,
123

L'Ecole des Hautes Études (Paris),
4

Leipen Garay, Jorge,
267–268

    
former undersecretary of Energy and Mines,
114

Lepanto (hotel),
42

Limón, Leonardo,
7

Linares Montúfar, Juan,
118
,
241

    
accusations against,
107

    
Ancira, Alonso's charges against,
243–244

    
arrests of,
268
,
290

    
arrest warrant for,
134
,
267

    
attempted bribery of,
295

    
call from Rivero and,
295

    
disadvantage of,
264

    
fending off of charges against,
251–252

    
government authorization of searches of,
132

    
jailing of,
248
,
273
,
283–284
,
286
,
290

    
limited protection for,
136

    
offering of freedom to, for betrayal of Los Mineros,
251–252

    
persecution of,
255

    
release from jail,
294–295

    
Rivero Legarreta proposal for,
292–294

    
as secretary of union's Safety and Justice Council,
242–243

    
taking care of Miners' Union's business,
55

    
trial of,
254–255
,
257–258
,
291–292

Lira, Carmen, as upstanding journalist,
190

Local 64, Gómez Sada, Napoleón, as head of,
1
,
13

Lomelín, Jaime

    
CEO of Grupo Peñoles,
272

    
education of workers and,
26

    
as enemy of miners,
177

London School of Economics,
4

Lopez Mateos, Adolfo

    
government of,
143

    
as secretary of labor,
164

López Mayrén, Joel,
41

López Obrador, Andrés Manuel, claims on election win as fraud,
173

Lopez Portillo, José,
253

Los Mineros,
13
,
126
,
208

    
anger of members of, over identification of leader,
72–73

    
biannual convention of,
217–221

    
calls for Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón to step down,
130

    
compromising democracy and autonomy of,
102

    
convention of, in May 2000,
18

    
dislike of Morales, Elías,
49

    
Gómez, Napoleón's tenure as general secretary of,
17–18

    
Gómez Sada, Napoleón (father), as leader of Local 64 of,
1
,
13

    
government's oppression of,
169

    
growth and progress of,
303

    
Grupo México's attempt to place Morales, Elías at head of,
52

    
international support for,
205–207

    
leaders of,
115

    
loyalty of Linares Montúfar, Juan to,
295

    
loyalty to Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
109

    
Morales, Elías and,
48

    
negotiation of wage and benefit increases for,
28–29

    
negotiations with ArcelorMittal,
304

    
offering of freedom to Linares and Pavon for betrayal of,
251–252

    
open aggression toward,
115

    
opposition to Fox, Vicente's proposed changes in labor laws,
48

    
protests against removal of Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
126

    
recent developments in campaign against,
111

    
reliance on legal advisors,
213–217

    
request for law that penalizes

      
irresponsibility and criminal negligence,
308–309

    
story of,
xx

    
strides of, on behalf of workers,
298–299

    
strike by,
116

    
struggle to secure safe working conditions,
55

    
support for,
158

    
violent campaign against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón and,
72

Los Pinos,
154

Lozano, Javier

    
in defense of interests of Grupo México,
167

    
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón's challenge to public debate,
189

    
as labor secretary,
166–168