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Appeal for Asylum for Hector Marroquin

Source: Pamphlet, 197?, about the Appeal for Asylum for Hector Marroquin, a Mexican national and member of the Socialist Workers Party

In September 1977, Hector Marroquin, a Mexican national, "was arrested and charged with entering the country illegally,"[1], resulting in the U.S. government's attempt to deport a Mexican national named Hector Marroquin, an illegal member of the Trotskyite Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the U.S. illegal affiliate of the Fourth International.

It is illegal for a foreign citizen to be a member of an U.S. political party, and to run for office, which Marroquin did for the SWP. The SWP was revealed to be a secret member of the Trotskyite "Fourth International" which is based in Paris, though this evidence was ignored by a judge in the SWP lawsuit against the U.S. Government, esp. the FBI for its "Cointellpro" surveillance programs.[2].

TEXT of the document to follow here.

A page listing "Endorsers of Hector Marroquin's Appeal for Asylum" appeared on the back of the pamphlet and included the following people.

Scheduled Talk May 26, 1978 by Marroquin in Washington, D.C.

A bilingual leaflet entitled "Political Asylum for Hector Marroquin!" was handed out in Washington D.C., announcing his scheduled talk at All Souls' Church, 16th St. and Harvard St., NW, on May 26, 1978. Scheduled to speak were:

"Some Local Endorsers of Marroquin's Appeal"

The text of the pamphlet about the scheduled talks was as follows:

Hector Marroquin is a young Mexican political activist, unionist and socialist. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is now seeking to have him deported to Mexico, where he faces imprisonment, torture and almost certain death on trumped up charges of murder, assault and subversion. These charges are levelled against him for political activity in Mexico, not for any "terrorism," as the Mexican government charges.

Marroquin fled to the U.S. in the first place because the Mexican government routinely uses torture to extract "confessions" from political prisoners. Others have been "shot while trying to escape" or have simply disappeared.

In September, 1977, after having lived for three years in Texas, where he helped unionize a Coca Cola plant and participated in the campaign against the deportations of undocumented workers, Marroquin was arrested and charged with entering the country illegally.

Clearly a political prisoner, he can't rely on the courts or any government agency for justice. The U.S. government is concerned that Mexico retain the image of a "democratic" republic. Only a massive outpouring of public support for political asylum can save Marroquin's life.

[End of text}

[KW: Marroquin was successful in "the courts" in staving off his deportation and seeking asylum as a political refugee. He also married a member of the SWP {CITATION}.}

References

  1. ↑ leaflet, May, 1978, "Political Asylum for Hector Marroquin!", handed out in Washington DC
  2. ↑ "Trotskyite Terrorist International", Sen. Internal Security Subcommittee, SISS, Hearing, July 24, 1975; various HISC hearings in the series "Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC), 1971
  3. ↑ "Second Front: Advancing Latin American Revolution in Washington", Studies in Organization Trends, #1, S. Steven Power, Capital Research Center, 1986;"Covert Cadre: Inside the Institute for Policy Studies", S. Steven Powell, Green Hill, 1987; "The Revolution Lobby", Allan Brownfeld and J. Michael Waller, Council for Inter-American Security, 1985, and "The Real Secret War: Sandinista Political Warfare and its Effects on Congress", L. Francis Bouchey, J. Michael Waller, and Steve Baldwin, CIS, 1987
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