Collapse of Dignity (59 page)

Productos Químicos de San Luis,
39

Protection contracts,
28

Quintero, Alexjandro, Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano's private meeting with,
130

Raina, Jyrki,
302

Ramírez, Ulises,
223–224

Rat unions,
28

Real del Monte y Pachuca (silver and gold mine)

    
Gómez Sada, Napoleón (father) visit to,
75–77

    
levels in,
76

    
working conditions within,
76

Rebolledo Gout, Juan

    
claims on safety conditions in mine,
66

    
as Grupo México's official spokesman,
66

    
Red Notice, desire for, against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
289

Reforma newspaper,
55
,
190

Regional Conference of IMF of Latin America and the Caribbean, global solidarity resolutions of,
205

Regional Mexican Workers Confederation (CROM),
43

    
Paleta, Cuauhtémoc of,
43

Registry of Associations of the Labor Ministry,
48

Regulation to the Mining Act,
276

Reporte Índigo,
190

Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants (CROC),
41–42

Revolutionary Workers Confederation (COR),
41

Rico, Sergio, assurances from, on plans to improve Mine 8,
86

Right-wing politicians, loss of moral compass by,
153

Rinehart, Gina,
316

Rio Tinto Alcan, common strategies to defend their interests,
155

Rivera, Genaro (Judge),
275

Rivera, Miguel Ángel, as upstanding journalist of La Jornada,
190

Rivero Legarreta, Juan,
223

    
Ancira, Alonso as client of,
216

    
attempts to get Gómez, Napoleón to step down,
215–216

    
call from, to Linares Montúfar, Juan,
295

    
Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano as client of,
217

    
Lozano, Javier as client of,
217

    
pardoning of,
294

    
preparation of defense by,
135

Rizzo, Socrates (mayor of Monterrey)

    
bias toward,
11

    
as governor of Nuevo León (town),
11–12

    
lack of businessmen's faith in,
12

    
relation with Salinas, Carlos,
10

Rocha, Ricardo, as upstanding journalist of “Behind the News” broadcasts,
190

Rocha, Salvador,
254

Rocha Pérez, José Angel

    
accusations against,
106–107

    
arrest warrant for,
134

    
as defendant in mine tragedy,
241

Rodarte, Héctor, leaving of Mexico,
101

Rodríguez, Francisco, as upstanding journalist,
190

Romero, Constantino, as union's Secretary of Acts,
17

Romero, Gilberto (Judge),
288

Romero Deschamps, Carlos,
226

Ronquillo Hospital,
198

    
meeting with personnel of,
274

Rosenberg, Ryan, member of Canadian legal team,
299

Route 66, drive along,
103

Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
224

Ruiz Cortines, Adolfo,
164

Ruiz Sacristán, Carlos,
164

Safety and Hygiene Commission, repeated warnings of,
63

Safety and Justice Council,
270

Sahagún Fox, Marta,
32–34
,
163

    
support for Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano,
99

    
support from business sector,
24

    
Vamos Mexico Foundation run by,
146
,
228

Salazar Diez de Sollano, Francisco Xavier,
145

Salinas de Gortari, Carlos

    
closure of Cananea mine by,
197–198

    
economics studies of,
8

    
election of,
24

    
government of,
143

    
meeting with Gómez, Napoleón and,
8

    
privatization of Televisión Azteca by,
96

    
privatization under,
24
,
146
,
227

    
Rebolledo Gout, Juan as former personal secretary of,
66

    
relation with Rizzo, Socrates,
10

    
Sicartsa bought during presidency of,
114

    
simulation of democracy and,
8

Salinas Pliego, Guillermo,
131–132

    
as brother of president of TV Azteca,
132

Salinas Pliego, Ricardo,
164–165

    
Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano's close friend,
189

    
of TV Azteca,
163

San Esteban Mining Company

    
failure to equip mine with safety ladders,
xvii

    
financial problems of,
xviii

San Francisco del Oro

    
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón visits to mines in,
76

San José de Atacama mine

    
collapse of roof of,
xv

    
complaints about safety at,
xvii

    
explosion in,
279

    
rescue of miners from,
xv–xvi
,
279

San Juan de Sabinas,
98

    
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón and others to visit,
52–53

San Luis Potosí,
126
,
208

    
conservative state of,
40

    
invalidation of arrest warrants issued in,
284

    
state appeals to,
173

Santa Barbara, Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón visits to,
77

Santiago Papasquiaro (town),
14

Santiago Vasconcelos, José Luis

    
death of, in plane crash,
237–238

    
as figure in war on drugs,
237

Scotiabank

    
acquittal of,
136

    
charges against,
136

Sequestered bank accounts, progress in matter of,
285

Sicartsa steel mill,
116

    
deployment of armed forces against strikers at,
283–284

    
government investment in,
114

    
government's aggressive tactics at,
119–120

    
Grupo Villacero purchase of,
114

    
management to keep control of mine and plants for five months,
123

Sidermex,
6
,
114
,
267

Silicosis,
200

Sixth Collegiate Tribunal in Labor Matters of the First Circuit,
275

Slim, Carlos, Lozano's aggression against,
166

Smear campaing, Grupo México's against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
95–96

Sobrevilla, José,
165

Socialism, impact of,
3

Social Security Union (SNTSS),
agreement not to attend Labor Congress,
44

Sojo Aldape, Eduardo, as chief economic advisor,
32

Solidarity,
179

Solórzano, Javier,
288

    
as upstanding journalist,
190

Sombrerete, Zacatecas (multi-mineral mine),
196

    
conditions at,
196

    
strikes at,
210
,
217
,
240
,
247
,
301

Sonora,
126

    
invalidation of arrest warrants issued in,
284

    
state appeals to,
173

Special Unit of Investigationfor the Prosecution of Criminal Offenses Committed by Public Servants, complaint against the crimes committed at Pasta de Conchos,
181–182

Stabilizer development,
143

Steelworkers, encouragement of relocation to Canada,
109–110

Steinbeck, John,
103

Strike, right to,
116

Strikers, assault on, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán,
117–119

Suárez, Mario,
41

    
as leader of Workers Revolutionary Confederation,
49

Subprocuraduria de Investigación Especializada en Delincuencia Organizada (SIEDO),
241

    
amparo against action of,
285

    
charges of money laundering against Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón,
136–137

    
compliance with ruling on sequestered bank accounts,
285–286

    
money-laundering charges and,
286

Sydney Mining Club,
316

Tagore, Rabindranath, quote of,
181

Taxco, Guerrero silver mine,
19
,
196

    
conditions at,
196

    
strikes at,
210
,
217
,
240
,
247
,
301

Telecommunications Law Institute,
165

Telephone Workers' Union,
179
,
217

Televisa,
102
,
130
,
146
,
166
,
218

    
ads against unions on,
183

    
Azcárraga, Emilio, of,
163

    
Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano on board of,
96

    
ownership of,
188

Televisión Azteca,
96

    
ads against unions on,
183

Telmex,
166

Ternium,
113

Terríquez, Jesús,
291

    
issuance of arrest warrant for Larrea Mota Velasco, Germán Feliciano,
292

Tomada, Carlos, Minister of Labor,
110

Toma de nota
,
42
,
44
,
47–49
,
62

    
Gómez Urrutia, Napoleón denial of,
218

    
as instrument of political control,
49

    
Lozano's recent denial of,
240–241

    
Morales, Elías's presentation of, designating himself as leader of Miners' Union,
47

Trade unionism, fight for basic principles of,
315