Help Juan who was arrested at no borders protest

by wendy

Mon, Nov 19, 2007 3:27PM

Juan Ruiz was arrested at the No Borders protest in Calexico, Ca Nov. 11, and is in jail and being charged with felonies, faces prison or deportation, and needs your help asap

HELP JUAN - SEND FAX ASAP
letters of recommendation/character witness/good word about juan
will help a lot and need to be sent to the prosecutor right away.
if you know juan, please write a letter about his volunteer work
on the gulf coast, his work with social justice groups, that he's kind
gentle, generous, he grew up and graduated high school in madison, wi, etc
and fax it to
John Weis, U.S. Attorney's Office
Fax: (760) 335-3975
RE: U.S. vs Juan Esteban Ruiz

and here is the legal defense fund to send donations to
make checks out to
GDC Legal Defense Fund (for Juan)
P.O. Box 2442
Madison, WI 53701

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§we seriously need to help him

by san diegan

Sun, Nov 25, 2007 2:36AM

this person, arrested at the no borders camp, is possibly facing deportation?!?! because of his participation in the NO BORDERS camp?!?!

and the best you can suggest is that we send a FAX?!?

ahh, if there isn't some serious organizing done to help this person, that is a crazy huge display of hypocrisy. aren't there any benefit shows planned for him or something? what are the no borders camp organizers doing to help him?

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by wendy (ekelana [at] gmail.com)

Mon, Dec 3, 2007 12:23PM

http://www.indybay.org/comment.php?top_id=18462207

actually a lot more is going on than just a fax.
we have recived a lot of support from many wonderful people.
juan has excellent lawyers who are busy trying to reduce the charges,
and who also have been helping us out with rides, meals, places to stay,
and we have some possible immigration lawyers lined up for after the
legal proceedings.

there is a general defense fund set up that people can contribute to:
Donations can be sent by check to:
GDC Legal Defense Fund
P.O. Box 2442
Madison, WI 53701
(write "Juan" in the memo line)

there is a petition to the u.s. attorney who will be prosecuting in san diego:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/dropjuanscharges

diane regan, the public defender in el centro gave us a place to stay in el centro
(i went to calif from wis. where i live,
to be with juan and help him the past two weeks)
sarah davis of the no borders group gave me rides
and a place to stay when i arrived in san diego,
some new friends we just met , rich and adriana gave us a ride to and from el centro
for the nov 29 hearing,
so far i have heard of people having benefit shows in san franciso, washington state,
and i have heard from people contacting the local news and posting on indymedia in
calif, wis, oregon,

we still need letters - the ones people faxe to the prosecutor
and new ones (it is too late now to fax john weis in el centro)
to be sent to juan's lawyer:
Jodi Thorp
Federal Defenders of San Diego
225 Broadway, Ste. 900
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: 619-234-8467
Fax: 619-687-2666

other people have been gathering vidoes and still pictures of the protest,
and witnesses have made statements for juan's lawyer, jodi thorp
we are very grateful for all th help and support.

please check these sites for updates
http://freejuanruiz.blogspot.com/
and
http://noborderscamp.org/

and please send any info you have about benefits,
other videos/pictures/witnesses, etc
to these site's contacts and to jodi thorp.

thank you
-wendy

For more information: http://freejuanruiz.blogspot.com

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