DI TOR/AL "w ·E WILL ENDUREII In regard to tho recent homhing.c.;·which The families of the deceased should have have resulted in tho deaths of five of our · access to all the information and evidence People, we want to respond as an Organi in regard to their loved ones. zation and as a People to the ill cgal tactics. Finally the• pr,ess, by insinuations and the cloak-and;daggor methods of the miIi tary imaginary journalism has maligned not only forces of Bouider, Denver, and Colorado; and the dead but the living. Although it is stst also to tho lack of human compassion in the ed. over and over again that no one saw the inhumane handling of information about the immediate explosion in the first case, we deceased to their relatives and loved Ont)~; quote from tho mouths of' Radio Hams and and finally to tho irresponsible journalism nowsp aper clippings. ·''-It was assumed that that has prevailed · throughout these days of they were assemhl ihg a bomb''. Who is_ as tragedy. suming? We say the press is ,the speculator, lt is our belief that the military apparatus with an eye toward indicting the dead. deployed by the U.S. ·Government in the con Tho Denver Post states, •"After the ex trol of colonized countries across the third plosion, where early reports indicated that worici is being put into practice here at home, material from the Denver Crusade for Justice ~t the expense of those people who struggle was found in the vehicle~ • (coma) Chicano for social justice commonly known as '·acti activlsts in the fuulder area said thPy fear for social justice commonly known as "acti that they will be targets for other explosions. vists". By utilizing st.ate, local and federal We demand to know what the material was police agencies to stomp out and wipe out and we accuse the Denver Post of a mali any resistance to the status quo or the "es cious, vile attempt to confuse the public and tablishment" is the exact replica of the mili plant seeds of distrust in our people. It is tary apparatus that represses and controls not hard to understand that when we support other countries, •i.e. The U.S. Amy, The the Law Students, •the media does not men Police Department, The C.I .•A.,. the C.H.l:-, tion our Organization, when we support the the F.B.l. The Secret Service, Right Wing medical students, the prisoners, • the strug- Reactionaries, Civilian Aid & Information, gling ur:iion groups, youth, the poor and the REYES MARTINEZ Vigilantes, A.l.D, ·and L.E.A.A. dispossesed; whe.n we attack racism, discrim Contrary tQ the television programs de ination, irrelevant education, unfair welfare picting police heros, su~h as Barnaby Jones, issu~s, •the newspapers fail to mention us. March 5, 1948 - · . Mod Squad, ,Kojac, Mar,.nix, -who -single-hand We are well aware of yellow journalism and edly break the crime-rings, in reality any man its effects , and we want those people of the May28,1974 who is even accused of being dangerous or media who are a disgrace to honest journal The past few weeks have been filled armed is confronted by an army of guns, ,gre ism to know that we cannot and will not be with pain and sorrow, Every day seems as nades, automatic weapons, armoured vehicles, broken by scurillous · and cowardly insinat- though it brings new trouble, Every night helicopters and high-powered rifles. Because 1on. is tormented with sorrow. Those nights we understand the magnitude of the situatio'n, We will not be shamed or frightened away wh~n we lie awake-thinking, questioning, w_ehave reason to suspect conspiracy in the from claiming ou.- Brothers and Sisters who and analyzing"watching for morning-not de'aths of Reyes Martinez, Neva Romero, .Una we have recently lost. : While they Ii ved they knowing whether it will ever dawn. : But Jaakola, , Florencio Granado, ,Heriberto Teran, contributed to the cause of their people. they are not nights of fear 1 .for the thought and another m:1identified person, as well as They gave of themselves possibly more than of death grows strangely familiar when you the critical injuries of Antonio Alcantar. anyone of us will ever know. : They gave have lived with it for over a year, : Beside-s, The odds of coincidence of the same .occur proof of their solidarity with the causes and after a time you come to feel like a soldier rence within 48 hours is inconceivable. The the people they ·belieyed in and we offer the who has been long standing still under fire, · percentages of six people and one critically same to them. '.~~ and any change would be a relief. : But they injured in two separate instances, in that span ln ending I would.-like to say that this are lonely nights, they are heavy nights, ·and of time, .•in the same city, ,would be astrono letter [ received yesterday, • was mailed no . their heaviest burden is this: I must face mical • . doubt after the Monday bombing and referred the thought that my brother Reyes' work in The fact that the victims who are speech to the Monday evening bombing, ,is proof that this world is ended. · But those of us who re less and defenseless forever are the ones other people are involved either in alliance main behind know that it is not finished.And who are further victimized while their homes or conspiracy with the murder of our People. so it remains for us to finish the work that are searched by way of illegal search war We have reason to suspect that we are death ended for Reyes and the other five rants. : Are the dead the guilty parties? deaiing with highly skilled killers, who have people who died in Boulder. : Our heaviest To our knowledge, as • of yesterday May access to the most technical and sophis- burden is this: The>Ydidn't solve the 30th, Mr. and Mrs. _Martinez, parents of Reyes ticated resources and materials. 1\eir problems that preplexed them, : They didn't Martinez ·had not been notified by officials methods have been used in Viet Nam, the reach the ultimate goal they aimed at. : They of their sons death. · Mrs. Grlinados has never Dominican Republic; Cambodia, Africa, Asia, hadn't' accomplished the great task they had ·~ -been informed officially of her husband's f!hile, -and across South America. set for themselves, · They were on their way tragedy. : We intend to su~ive no matter what" the -but their journey ended-there in Boulder, Wefurther question why the Boulder Police odds against us are, . We will continu~ with in the dark. · Department has been so. secretive their · re our work and encourage our ~ople to contin Last January, Reyes and l appeared at leases of information and about their invest ,, the struggle for liberation despite coercion, the Crusada to speak about our brother igative procedures? threats, or death. "Kiko" and Reyes referred to himself as "un limon verde" a younk inexperienced attorney. : And [ wonder how he felt as he died. He often told me, "l'm so old, Rita. I've re·ally aged in the past few months.'~ And I wonder, now who is going to criss cross the state to defend the penniless, the unwanted, the unloved. · Who ?s going to remind the unjust Judges and the racist courts about the Chicano Movement, about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. : And who, now, will -step forwardf to carry the case of Francisco "Kiko" Martinez to the courts of the world-to' focus attention to the injustices that "Kiko" has undergone, the loneliness, the frustrations that "Kiko" must feel if he knows that Reyes is dead. and who will make us laugh with his stories of the crazy things that could happen only to Reyes and to his laughter and tears as he watched his beloved Raza live from dey to day. · The time is now proper for eulogizing, for remembering, for reminiscing. But tomorrow we must pick up the symbolic "fusil" that he dropped as he left this world. Nevel' have Che's words had moro significance to me then thoy do today as [ remind you of them: Y 'si Yo muero <'n el cfJm bate loma en tus · manfJs mi fusil. PRESS CONFERENCEHELD -AT CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE By Rita MartinezMelgares •• , •• • Aztld,i Esta De luto .. g/_fJe(aflI ·By Ernesto Vigi1
Arounrl 10 P.M. :on tlw Monday night of material was, though they lKlth know. before his
Reyes P. : Mmti-nez-a young man· who History major, guided by din quest to was as restless as the wind and seldom learn the histozy of the Chicano \lovcm6nt. stayed in one pl ace · long enough to take Many nights he stayed up reading books off his shoes and rest a hit. - and analyzing ideologies and facts. Less than one year after he finished HecaUHG Heyes was working at such a law school, Reyes was already a devoted rc.11:id paUnited States' Courts of lnjusticc, Reyes may have been the beginnings of a mass becau~e of the great love for the children helped as many Chicanos as he could. murder conspiracy against our Chicano Move of our Raza, -she would fight and sacrifice ment and all oppressed people who are com- Many times he found himself with an over over and over again to give them the right load of cases and still he had a passion to _mitted to fight _for liberation • . to learn culture and identity. She called Now only 8 · months after the frame up · take up one more case, one more carnal herself a "tool" for the movement and of Francisco Martinez, ,his younger brother or carnala to be defended. : used herself as a tool to give our children Reyes, our beloved c·arnal has been murder The many of us w:ho knew Reyes rememb the truth and beauty of our peop] e. : ed. : In her death we have, indeed, lost a er that within his heart, he always carried Once again La Familia Martinez has major "tool" in the field of edu<;:ation. his brother "Kiko". · Francisco "Kiko" suffered the loss of a son. · And once Martinez, the proud Chicano attorney who again, knowing · that their son is a martyr Working for el Movimiento was a priority has been accused of sending bombs through above all else with Neva. : Her many activit for the cause of justice, the family can the mail. At that time, October, 1973, the ies ranged from being a Chicana Senator come forth in strength to defend their sons Rocky Mo.untain News and the Denver Post at C.U.; , sitting on the Board of Direct.ors against the lies and accusations 6f the pu~hed on Francisco an unjust trial by the of UMAS ( where her influence is sti\\ fe\t) press. : On May 31.,19"4 La Famili a Martinez press and ruined any chance he had for a to organtz g seminars whic11 included held a press co erence in 7Uamosa fair tri al. · Because of their unjustified ae movement speaker s to edu ~ate Chicano nouncing the ilSSassination of their son students: She was a Chicana deeply involv accu sa tions, Francisco had to leave those Reyes and the biased and racist news he loved, bringing much sorrow to many ed and deepl y in love with her Raza. coverage around the Boulder blasts • . As a person and a Camala, Neva was a peopl e - especially to La Familia Because of the unity and love La Martinez. · At this time Reyes came forth, beautiful Chicana. Anyone she met was Familia Martinez has for Reyes and ''Kiko'' immediately moved and touched by both along with his family to defend his hennano • . they are able to momentarily over look · Once at a political workshop and con her inner and outer beauty _She was right their sorrow and remember the good times ference at La Crusan.a Para la Justicia, that they carry within their hearts about · eous and had a sense of pride> that was Reye s spoke about· Kiko saying, "I want their sons. : The love, strength and beauty unbelievable. She was never too busy to to see Francisco walking free, marching within La Familia Martinez is so inspiring help a brother or ~istcr. She was loved by and fighting, rather than being a slave. u that it gives all who have had the pleasurP all and had no C'nrmies otht•r tlum our Bec ause of the love, devotioo and un.der of meeting them the courage to continut· oppressors, and even they fparPd and st@lldin g he had for Kiko, Reyes possessed in om; struggle to defend our Brothers respected her. a unique and powerful strength that gave and Si siers. · l enjoyed many eonvcnrntions with ·Nt"Va him the ability to conquer all foreign obs A man's ·body is his own and when he but the one that comes to mind thP most was tacles that got in his _way • . gives hi-s life he is giving the only thing in April, one month beforp hN dPath, \'vlwn Ps a Qhi cano attorney, Reyes was very which really belongs to him. Reyes has we were discussing the pos:.;ihitit~ · of ll'OPIP forward, determined ru1d demanding and given ·his life and body for a cause he working for "El Movimi<.'nto" dying. Slw still he had a way of winning your heart. truly believed in • . Reyes is gone physically said, "When you'rP working for t.lw \1oYt' Reyes was a very intelligent and educated yet his spirit, the spirit of our Carnal, is ment, • there's always a <'hmwP of dying. man. Many times h·e spolce to our hennan loved and valuable, especially to those of That's a drag, hut no matt.c.'r how small tlw itas ·who didn't understand the cause and us who knew him, because within our hearts reason we.> should lw pn-1rnrPd t.o diP •• , beauty of El Movimiento. : He never turned he has become a symbol for our daily In closing, I havP a mp:-.sngp for ali them away but instead he took time out to ,lives. oppn•si-mrs; thP ciPath of our si st Pr, '.'i<'\"H, · explain and everi give example so they Though we may not know the details, has ,not st.oppt'<\ us in m1~· wa.\'. ·tt has onl~· could understru1d ru1d relate to El Movi we know the true cause of your death. nutrll' us mor<' awarP, mor<• clPtPrmirH•d and miento. · He was al so eager to learn more by lbsemar y Q.ii nt ana nwmwr. In Uw nam<• nf our si.stpr t '.\pya •. about our people. · In college he was a Ronwn>, \VP shal I eon ti nu<• to sur\'i VP and 2 de Junio 1974 ovPrconw! Escrito en el camino entre San Cristobal \tigm•l C'arrpra:.; y Denver Me acuerdo del Freddie •••• que siempre pagaba el pichel de bi r onga con la poquita feria que traiba • ••• y nos decia " tr aite un bazo y _s i le pedia un ciga Tr i t o , me lo daba con gusto
Me· acuerdo del Teran, que se la pasaba tirando pool y cantando "a pedazos se ·me acaba el alma ••• oen pedazos esta el corazon"
.Y la mera frega es que los tuvieron que dejar en pedazos pa ' cabarlo de chingar, estos hombres hablaban con todita la razon ••• •
El Freddie me decia, "es.teo •• ~hay que te~er huevos y ser truchas".
El Teran me decia que "algun destos dias nos cai el pedo a todos, no le hace, 'stamos listos hasta la madre .• o. con coraje!!!!
Hijo •.• • pero que desmadre en colora'o • •• • ••••• • • Eduardo Lucero . ' / El Gallo Page 5 Freaay.Heroe ae AztLan
If you ever wanted to meet a man lie was there to make sure th!.lt the with devotion and dedication to the Chicano student was offered a -rele ~hicano Movement it .would have to be vant curriculum and not just the Freddy. traditional university courses. lie Freddy was the kind of person was there to make sure that Chicano . that would never let anything stand professors were hir:ed to tench the in the way of the movement. When designated Chicano courses. lie was ever the sound of the movement would there to make sure that the UMA~-EOP· always answer. Program was run entirely be Chicano; When Freddy was in the University that they he allowed to hire and at Boulder he was always very out fire anybody they please without in spoken; always putting the needs of terference from the University. the Chicano students before his. He Freddy served as president of was not what you called your typical UMAS from 1971 - 1972, during which college student, the type that stay he accomplished a lot of the ~hings ed home buried in books. He was not that he set out to do. It took a in college in pursue of an ir;ele lot of demonstrating and negotiat(ng vant education, but rather toed to get things ,done, hut never com ucate the studen~ with the philoso promising. Freddy never asked for phy of th~ Chicano Mpvement. things, but always demanded them. Even though FreUdy was not the That 1 s why things got done. The Uni studious type he understood that the versity Administration was Rlways up Chicano Movement needed professional in arms against Freddy, hut he was people to strengthen our hase for always a step ahead of them. That's self-determination. He was in the why the university wanted so much to university to completely open the get rid of him. doors for more Chicanos. He was Freddy's involvement was not en there to make sure those doors were tirely in the college scene, but with not close, which the administration the Chicano Community. lie waH very and Regents desperately-tried to do.
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We also support • the United Farm In Denver last June, Cesar Cha Worke=s efforts to have the death of vez urged renewed endorsement of his Rafael Rodriquez investigated. Rod Union's strikers in the grape and riquez was allows to die in the Imp• lettuce fields. erial County dail by Sheriffs who 'a"e should remember that now, m-,:re refused to get him needed medical than ever, the Chicanos in the attention. El Gallo Page I~ Garrison Case on Hof?Uetestified she followed Snyder into the On January 15 of this year the R>cky · parking lot where -Luis was last seen alive Mountain News published an article head Sept.16 and it was then Ernesto was supposed to lined, "Bomb recipient, Crusade for Justice have shot at her. con~ection traced.•~ In this article, an Just as the D:A. ·was unable to convince obvious attempt was made to implicate the the jul"1 that Ernesto was guilty, . he also . Crusade for Justice of a bombing attempt on failed in his attempt to prejudice Ernesto's J_anuary 13, and to prepar~ the general iJUb case with the pretrial publicity naming hc for futher acts of repression against the Carol Hogue as the intended victim of an Crusade and the Chicano Movement in this attempted bombing• . Ernesto was acquitted! state. On May :1,, 1974, a courtroom full or This followed the same pattern as that of supporters heard motions submitted in the March 17, police-mounted massive attack Gary's defense. : Several m·otions filed, against Chicanos at a party held on property includirig a motion to dismiss the. indict owned by Tlatelolco, the Chicano Escuela ments were denied • . A motion to suppress founded by the Crui;;ade. : Of 70 peopl~ mass "evidence" was granted. _Judge Lilly ruled ively .arrested in that incident, ,police only that bricks seized from the backyard of the brought charges against activists who were Garrison home can't be used because of the affiliated at the Crusade. · On March 17 the method used in seizing them - ~ithout a media also played a leacl1ng role in divert search warrant. · ing · the public's attention from the wrong Grand Jury investigator Visser testified :.doers and making the community the vil at the hearing that he and 'investigator lains. : Four of the· March 17 defendants were Finnell "happened to notice" loose bricks acquitted in the oppressor's own courts late in a barbecu~ pit when they ,went to Gary's last year. : The case that' the peop.le lost home on Janu~y 24 in mi attempt to locate demonstrated to all how justice can be Gary. : Visser explained he took the brick - manipulated to bring in a conviction and becau~;e "it appeared to be similar to a that those jn power not only make victims to cop a plea of guilty to the ·"criminal brick found inside the paint store" which· of our people through illegal assault on the mischief' charge in exchange for their Gary allegedly attempted to bomb. · After streets but also make victims of our people dropping the other charges. : Analyze for the brick was taken, a search warrant was with legal ·assaults through the court yourselves the original charges, -the public obtained and other bricks were seized. systems. . -~ · ity, and all that has happened since then ••.- The initially seized brick was supposedly Hours after the Crusade h·eld a news The . Janu~y 13 bombing attempt was returned. : Lilly held that returning the ini conference on the 16th to protest the harm supposedly "similar" to many other bomb tial brick didn't correct the · error and ruled ful publicity and to announce that the ing attempts reported in Denver since last that none of the bricks can be used as evi- Crusade would sue the Rocky Mountain fall. : The media had already sensation .. de~ce in the case. In the meantime, news News for the article, -the D.A.'s office had alized all these supposed incidents and papers were quick to run bold-faced head Gary Garrison arrested at ·his home for tried to implicate Chicano Movement activ lines reading, "Brick Evidence Denied in (nvestigation of attempted murder, , first ists in these alleged acts which the "Super Bomb-Arson Case" and· "Bricks Out As degree arson, second degree assault, and Pigs" stopped in the nick of tim~, Evidence in Store Bombing Attempt." The criminal mischief, • and was held on a "seconds before they go off." Roe~ Mountain Nuisance reported, , · $100,000 bond. : The newspape~· again It was in early November that the local "The bricks ailegedly ma~hed the . were fast to implicate the Crusad~, ,publici media published reports that Chicano activ one in a paper bag, which also con zing Gary Garrison's affiliaticpn · ~ the ist attorney Francisco "Kiko" Martinez tained the bomb, • that was thrown Crusade and to Escuela Tlateloldo.: Gary would be indicted in relation to some of the through the window. ·, The bomb failed Garrison was later released on a ilQ0,000 reported bombing- "~pts", •that he was t,9 explode. ~ Garrison's fin~etp.-tnts personal recognizance bond contingent on · "armed and tb be considered dangerous" allegedly were found on the paper his appearance before --the Denver Ckand and the Denver Post even put a bounty on bag.' ;' Jury on J anu~y 24, -1974. : Gary appeared his head. : Apparently realizing that he had Deputy District Attorney William Buckley before the Grand Jury on that · date but been set up to be shot on sight, , "Kiko" (who has since withdrawn from the case) never testified. : During the Jm;y's session disappeared. : argued the motion and upon losing, made that night Gary was indicted on charges of In an attempt to tie the bombings to the statements to the news media calling the "criminal attempt of first-degree arson, Crusade at that time and to prejudice the -bricks "the frosting on the cakc"and adding criminal mischief, , and conspiracy.'~ case of March 17 defendant, Ernesto Vigil, "their loss isn't goinp to ruin the case." Immediately upon leaving this "kangaroo" whose trial was held in November, the D.& Now Gary's attorneys have tiled motions indictment he was arrested and put in jail 'reported that one of the so-called bombing opposing this type of · pr<~trial publicity with bond set at $50,000. : Motions entered attempts was directed at policewoman and prejudicial reporting because though the to reduce this bond were heard by Judge Carol Hogue. : Carol Hogu~ was the pig defense won their motion to suppress, .the Lilly on the 25th, • at which time Gary's that accompanied pig S. : Snyder the night alleged "evidence" has been brought be bond was reduced to $7,500 over the D. & '·s they killed Luis "Jr." Martinez, March fore the public via the media and has been vigorous resistance. : 17, 1973. : In that attempt to frame Crusade "frosted" with D.A. Buckley's prejudicial The events leading up to and following activist, Ernesto Vigi~, . two officers who comments. · Gary's arrest and the procedings at his shot and wounded Ernesto tried to cover up Gary Garrison has been persecuted in hearings have clearly demonstrated the their assault by claiming they shot Ernesto the media and before the comts for his biased, , prejudiced and unjust judicial after seeing him shoot :.1.at pig Hogue. alleged involvement in an obvious f'rame-up. t j process Gary Garrison is rece1vmg. As a result of this Ernesto was charged He is constantly being followed and haras District Attorney Dale Tooley, • himself, with first degree assault against Carol_ sed by the police since his release. We represented the State at Gary's bond reduct Hogue. During Ernesto's trial pig Hogue ask all the Chicano community to- continuo ion hearing with hls typical fascist attitude testified she and Snyder left police head to give La Crusada, the D.C.L.D.C • . and and determination to repress Gary and to quarters and went straight to Downing Gary Garrison the support you have givcn implicate the Crusade. : The judge went as Street where the Cru~ade is located and in the past while we fight off the forces far as to tie in Gary~s affiliation with the parked to ''su,rvey" the scene of a Chicano that are detennincd to make out people yield Cru~&(ie and subtlety prejudiced the case party. : This · SUl;'Veillance turned into an to their repression antJ want to see the by setting as an additional condition to obviou~ly planned massive police attack. Chicano Movement be destroyed. Gary's bond the stipulation that none of his (riends or anyone in any way associated with him should attempt to contact wit COURTCALENDAR FOR AUGUSTAND SEPTEMBER nesses for the prosecution ( suggesting possible threat and intimidation) in the DEFENDANTS ATTORNEY COURTINFORMATION case or his bond would be revoked. Brighton 14 Manuel Ramos August 20, 1974 9:00 A.M. Defense lawyers continuou$ly raised Paul S11las Brighton, Colorado objections and particularly objected to Dai7id Vela ' this condition calling the judge's attention A.C.L.U. C.U. Law Students to how this condition could be used for · National Lawyers Guild frame-up attempts by the D.A.':s office or M.A.L.D.E .F·. any other right-wing groups who have anti Cru~ade sentiments, but all objections were Randy Esquibel Ken Padilla August 23, 1974 9:00 A.M. over-ruled. : The judge's closing statement Boulder, Colo. Judge Scott dealt with the condition that Gary put _up Judy Sandoval David Vela August 23, 1974 9:00 A,M. his home as additional secutity, remarking Boulder, Colo. Judge Scott that he wanted to be sure that · if Gary should decide not to show up for his trial Juan Avila Ken Padilla , August 27, 1974 8:30 A.M. that his family would be without a home. Denver, Colo Juvenile Ct. Gary has since been free on bond awaiting Brian Sanchez Manuel Ramos August 27, 1974 9:00 A.M. his trial which had originally been set fm Ft. Collins, Colo. April 29, 1974, and now hai;; been changed until SEPTEMBER 16! ... • . -· . -· . Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales Ken Padilla September 12, 1974 9:00 A.M. ··• -Whife.Gary ·was in jail awaiting his bond Denver, Colorado ,'C hearing~, ~e D.& ':s office kept asking hi~ Gary Garris on ' Walter Geraah September 16, 1974 9:00 A.M. Ken Padilla Denver, Colo. Judge Lilly ~GALLO~, INC. (C.P.A.) BULKRATE 15¢ Post Office Box 18347 U.S. POSTAGE 1567 Downing Street PAID Denver , Colorado 80218 DENVER, COLO. (303/222 - 0826) PERMITNo. 1116 ADDRESSCORRECTION REQUESTED PROPERT'fOf RlCHARD RETURNPOSTAL GUARANTEE ,.AND GLORlA SANTILLAN GILBERTM. LOPEZ 3573 City Terrace Dr. Los Angeles, California la Yoz_J)e la __.[11~ticia 90063 Vol. 6 No. 4@ EL ANODE LUIS "JUNIOR" MARTINEZ DENVER,COLO. AZTLAN JULY & AUGUST1974 U.8. Gov't. vs ChicanoPeople 9 Woolensubpoenaed to the grand 1ury; Rita tntcanos fran around the countryshow Montero, Guadalupe GrancK!o,Frieda Bugarin solidarity with Los Siete de Boulder. and not shown is Lee Teran. · CHICANOSWIN! Several hundred supporters tl,1.-ned out at gents have practiced in their "investigation" skill, not for money but for principle. the U.S. Courthouse on July 11th to protest of the bombings . After consultation with their attor the harassment of the four Chicanas who were neys and all the time knowing that the supoenaed before the Federal . Grand J.ur~ 'lie hearings on the motions were open to grand jury was not called to find those The four Chicanas, Frieda Bugarin, the public and over 100 people j.ammed the responsible for the attack and murder of Lee Teran, Rita Montero, Guadalupe courtroom while hundreds more demonstrated the Boulder victims, the four women re Granado wer-e scheduled to appear at 8:30 an? ?hanted outside. · _Anyone entering the fused to answer to questions of the grahd a.m. to be interrogated by U.S. Asst. Attorney budding had to be searched ( women included) jury. The Federal attorney promptly Terry Wiggins. A supoena for Patricia and escorted back and forth by armed U S. dropped the subpoenas and told the women Alcantar was drop11cd after attorneys for her marshals, but this show of force didn't fright they were free to go.. The Oiicano com i ndroduced affidavits from doctors stating en the Chicano comm'unity. Agents with munity and its support~rs challenged and that to appear before the grand jury would tele-photo lens took pictu~s from roofs and stopped the Federal Grand Jury in nine put her in danger of added stress that could windows in surrounding buildings. hours. · lead to 1>hysicltl harm. Mrs. Alcanter is The hearings were stopped at 4:30 p.rµ. The press gave sensational coverage to pregnant and suffers from epilepsy. when the judge and attorneys decided to Thursday's event but didn't mentio~ that At 8::1~ a.m. dozens of demonstrators amend the restraining order motion. At that. the subpoenas had been dropped until the were already waiting for the proceediugs to time Juan Espinoza of Boulder had been on following Monday when the Federal attor begin. Also waiting were over fi0 U.S. the stand testifying about the A.T.F. ney called a press conference to say the Marsh~ils, FBI agents, • security guards from harassment. When cross-examined about '' subpoenas had been satisfied'' aiter The Post Office, from the Customs House, t.he harassment by U.S. Attorney Wiggins, he found out that Oiicanos were calling front the U.S. Courthouse complex and dozens Juan was asked little about the harass for a Tuesday press conference to an of Denver police including undercover men ment while Wiggins tried to go off on a nol,lilcetheir victory. at mcmherR of the specially trained Street tnagent, about the relationship -of Of the five women originaily subpoena Crime Attack Team (8.C.A. T.> and . the Espinoza to the Boulder victims which ed three were wives of the _victims and 81>ecial Services Unit, (S.S.). had- nothing to do with the A. T.F. har couldn't be forced to say anything. 'l'he grand jury was stopped when attor assment. TI,e Federal Judge permitted Only Oiicanos were subpoenaed and the ncyH- for the women filed several moticms assment. The Federal Judge permitted grand jury only operated on the theory hcf«>re Federal Court -Judge Fred Winner to this over t.he repeated obj e~tion of that the Boulder victims had blown them halt the 1mwoedingis. The motion challenged attorney Federico Pena. selves up, though no evidence to support the grand jury for its racism in systematically It. was evident, however, that the this has ever been produced. Police <~xcluding minorities. The grand jury, before U.S. Attorney was as impressed by the don't investigate the theory that the which the women were to appear, had no legal support, inside the courtroom as Boulder vict•ims were assassinated by a Bsacks, Indians or Chicanos among its 2:J they were by the cormmni ty support out death squad for their political activit• mt•mhcrs. \.1otions for a temporary mstrwng .side. Some of t.he· attorneys, law stu ies. Aff adavi ts submitted by two Boulder order against agents of the Alcohol, Tobacco dent. s and legal workers for t.he O1icano students were attached to our motions and Firearms Bureau were al so filed on he corrrrnmity were Federico Pena, Scott stating that they overheard police con half of ll.\1.A.S., Inc. of Boulder,• The Denver Keating, Barry Rosaman, Manuel Ramos vers~tion on 'police ban radios after the Chiciino Liheration D<.'fense Committee, and David Ve I a, .Jerry GeraRh, Bill Hazleton: second bombing . Their conversation was Tho Crusacfo for -Justice, ,Frieda Bugarin, and .Jeanne Bu.sa<-ca, Jacobo Pacheco, Sandy that. two individuals were seen runni!_lg Rita Montero to stop the intimidation and Karp, Carlos Vigil, Hudy Schware, and harassment against Chicanos that there a- Huth Beuchlt~r who gave their time and Cont. on page 7