Since many of the past and present activists who have chosen not to sell-out, by the very nature of them growing-up in politically and economically oppressed communities (barrios and colonias), have criminal records, we see how the new laws are specifically used as a means to lock up these veterano and present Movimiento activists. Now that the threat of the "Soviet Union" no longer exists, the colonial establishment has re-directed some of the resources of the DEA, CIA, and so forth, to be used in its war against the masses of the Mexicano, African, and other oppressed people.

THE CASE HAS ALL THE MARKINGS OF A FRAME-UP

According to supporters of Muñiz, his attorney, and the records of the DEA agents themselves, the arrest of Ramsey Muñiz has all the markings of a frame-up. Examples:

1. The person that the DEA agents were originally in pursuit of and had earlier made a drug deal with, an individual by the name of Donacio Medina, was set free and no charges were filed against him.

2. The car (in which the cocaine was found) was rented by Juan Gonzalez (a client of Muñiz) who asked Muñiz to drive it from one location to another (while Gonzalez followed in another car).

3. The DEA claimed Ramsey used a false name when checking into his hotel, so as to hide his identity, when instead, had actually used his own name, as shown on the hotel records.

4. It was also claimed that Ramsey was making suspicious phone calls from the lobby. Fact: his attorney Dick DeGuerin retrieved all phone records and all calls were confirmed as legitimate business calls (Ramsey, a former lawyer, was doing para-legal work for a law firm), and it was the DEA who refused to provide any information on the so-called "suspicious phone calls".

5. The DEA claimed that hotel employees alerted them to Ramsey's suspicious activities. When interviewed, all employees told Ramsey's attorney that there was nothing suspicious about his behavior and that they had not contacted any authorities. (see information packet disseminated by Muñiz Legal Defense Fund)

RAMSEY MUÑIZ INSPIRED THOUSANDS TO STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AND SELF-DETERMINATION

The fact of the matter is that Ramsey was framed because of his long involvement in La Raza Unida Party (LRUP). Ramsey Muñiz, a popular former high school and Baylor College football star and lawyer, twice ran for governor of Texas under LRUP, once in 1972 and another time in 1974. His involvement in the struggle for Raza civil and human rights motivated and inspired thousands to struggle for justice and self-determination. The reality is that the struggle waged by LRUP and Muñiz, changed the face of politics throughout Aztlán.

Formed in Texas in 1970, the Raza Unida Party won several local elections (school districts, city counsel seats, mayor, and judgeships) and challenged the two party system, exposing the Democratic Party as being one of the two political parties representing the same ruling class. In the arena of electing members to office, the LRUP was particularly effective in South Texas, where Raza are in the majority. In areas of Aztlán (occupied Mexico) where Raza were in the minority, the LRUP was effective in forcing the colonial establishment to address some of the needs of our communities and in raising the political consciousness of literally hundreds of thousands of Mexicanos.

During Ramsey Muñiz's campaign for governor in 1972, he was quoted as saying, "Mexican Americans have had it with the lies. ¡Ya Basta! Raza Unida offers the people an alternative and the days of being led to the polls to vote straight ticket for these two parties are over..." and, "The Mexican American and the black communities ......don't vote because in the past they didn't have a real choice......Our connection with the Democratic Party has been nothing more than a cheap marriage....they have lied to us and betrayed us.....Now we are divorcing ourselves from the Democratic Party" (read pgs. 80-81, United We Win, The Rise and Fall of La Raza Unida Party, by Ignacio García).

While he lost the election, Ramsey got over 200,000 votes in a LRUP platform that called, among other things, for free education for all; lowering the voting age to eighteen; giving the right to vote to foreigners [all people living within the false borders of the U.S.]; breaking up monopolies; fair distribution of wealth; implementation of equal minority representation in the judicial system; abolishment of capital punishment [death penalty]; passage of the Equal Rights Amendment [guarantee rights for women]; removal of trade embargoes and economic sanctions against Cuba; the reduction of U.S. forces in Europe; and the abolishment of the Texas Rangers (read United We Win, page 84).

Though not a revolutionary program (which calls for the liberation of Aztlán, its unification with Mexico, and the establishment of a socialist society), it was nevertheless an extremely progressive and nationalist stance, and one that challenged the very foundations of the gringo colonial establishment; certainly far more progressive than any of the hispanic vendidos (many them former "Chicano activists") are pimping to our gente today.

THE GRINGO COLONIAL ESTABLISHMENT WILL HUNT DOWN AND FRAME ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO DENOUNCE THE PRINCIPLES OF RAZA SELF-DETERMINATION

This change and this challenge that came from a Mexicano organization was something that terrified the gringo power structure (colonialism) and was not about to be taken lightly. Not satisfied with the destruction, by 1975, of the Chicano Power Movement and other self-determination struggles taking place during that period of time, the colonialists (racist gringos) have been hunting down anyone who in the past dared to struggle and take a stand against white capitalist power, and who to date refuses to sell out to colonialism. The fact that the majority of our gente, and even some of the activists themselves, do not know the extend and scope of the Counterintelligence Programs (as the police and military programs directed against movement organizations were known) does not deny the hard core reality of their existence and its thousands victims.

It is our position that Ramsey Muñiz, as have countless other Mexicanos, was targeted by the colonial police for his past activism and his unwillingness to refute the activism of the past. In fact, a relative over heard an DEA agent say, years before his 1994 arrest, that they "were going to get that guy." (see letter by Sandra Alvarez, in Advocates of Justice packet of information)

Those of us who have gotten a taste of what struggle is all about and who understand the viciousness and cowardice of the animal called U.S. capitalism, know the depths to which their agents will go to destroy any opposition to its rule. Anyone who has done even the most rudimentary research knows that the whole drug trade was developed and is control by U.S.-European capitalism and that the few Raza, African, Asians, involved in this underground-capitalist economy are nothing but pawns of the gabacho ruling class. Therefore, if we are sincere about ending the drug trade, let start with arresting the executives of the leading corporations in U.S. and Europe, the real king pins of the so-called drug cartels.

FREE RAMSEY MUÑIZ, NOW!

May 20, 1995

RE: United States of America vs. Ramsey Ramiro Muniz; Case No. 494-CR-13.1

Hermano Mexicano:

I trust that when you are in receipt of said letter that you are in the best of health and happiness. Of course, it is dreadful that we must be communicating under the present circumstances. History has a tendency of repeating itself and from the beginning we will always have a hindsight of communicating. Be that as it may, I thank you and the Mexicano Prison Project from the bottom of my mexicano corazon for your concern, your assistance, and most important for wanting to find out the truth about my present incarceration. For your personal information, the focus of the entire case is Mr. Dick DeGuerin, attorney who represented me, from Houston, Texas, (713-223-5959) and a personal friend of mine for twenty or more years. He is not only the key to the case because of his defenses but important due to his daily battles with the United States government and its agencies. The government misrepresented (lied) the facts throughout the entire case and was only concern with sustaining a conviction in my case. I'm not guilty of the crime with which I was charged and entitled to the life sentence imposed until my mexican death. "Short of an Execution," were the exact words that the federal judge used during my sentencing. Imagine short of an execution for a crime that I did not commit is extremely difficult not only for me but deteriorating for my familia (mexicana). Please try to understand that my courage, my strength, my pride and mexicano spiritual foundation (mexicano) will never be destroyed or diminished.

Communications with my attorney, Dick DeGuerin, is important not only as it pertains to my immediate case but for you to receive a personal idea of what the government does with its' abusive powers. Please recall that Mr. Dick DeGuerin was the last individual to communicate with David Koresh before the government burned the Davidian compound to the ground. (Waco, Texas) On the other hand, he represents and wins an aquittal for the present ultra-conversative U.S. Senator Hutchison of the state of Texas (AZTLAN). DeGuerin is the key to my case and the importance of having him communicating the same to the public will bring about the support that is neccessary. Further, there is an inmate that is incarcerated at the federal institution in Three Rivers, Texas, who will eventually come forward and make an admission of the truth in this case. During the trial the government threaten his freedom with a life sentence if he testified on my behalf - instead he received 14 years for not coming forward with the true facts of the case and his role in said case. One day soon that co-defendant will come forward and make an admission as to the truth of the facts and reveal the miscarriage of justice in our immediate case.

At the present time, I'm assigned to the education department and supervise the formation and execution of the Law Library. Plus, I continue with my studies pertaining to strategies of religions, theologies, and political ideologies. Remember that the direction pertaining to our mexicano political strategies and ideologies for the so-called free world will come from these cold, racist federal institutions. In the near future, I will be submitting the writings and works that a core of political mexicanos prisoners perform during our study sessions.

Again, I thank you for your most sincere interest not only in my case but the outcome of my political life. In conclusion, comunications with DeGuerin constantly will be the key to my freedom...

Sinceramente,