Below is a translation of an article in today's El Processo by Alejando Saldívar
With the rallying cry, "Viva México, You Sons of Bitches!" on a tricolor flag, a group calling itself "Ciber Protesta Mexicana (CPM)" modified 33 home pages of some state governments, local newspapers and businesses.
This protest, of a kind not seen before, adds itself to the outbreaks of civil disobedience against the policies of the government of Felipe Calderón and the political parties in the Legislature.
The group of hacktivistas make a call to the political class with the following message:
In a country in which our governors, deputies and senators think that we ae blind, that we ae dirty, that we are mute, that we will wait patiently with fear, without will nor protest, we Mexicans undertake this peaceful internet protest and we say..."
The virtual protest [continued], condemning monopolies like Telmex, Pemex and CFE (the government-controlled electric company).
The modified sites called to visitors to leave citizen proposals.Among the messages left, you can read: "Less politics, more transparency," "increase the budget for culture and the development of technology," "HACK CONGRESS'S HOME PAGE AND ASK FOR THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PLURINOMINALES [I can't translate plurinominales. Help, please],"Say no to rising CFE (electric) rates," "The internet is not a luxury, it is a tool for knowledge!! More bandwidth for Mexican sons of bitches!! (sic)"
By 7:00 pm, there were more than three hundred comments against the increase in the IVA (sales tax) and in general opposition to "corruption, nepotism, abuse of power, ineptitude, influence peddling, embezzlement of funds, shamelessness, lives, thievery, illicit enrichment, favoritism, hypocrisy, and useless political parties."
Among the government sites the [the hacktivistas] modified are found: http://www.colima.gob.mx,http://www.tuxtla.gob.mx, http://www.casadelarchivo.gob.mx,
http://www.sdr.gob.mx, http://www.liconsa.gob.mx, y http://www.michoacan.gob.mx.
Other sites include: http://www.mexicosos.com.mx/,http://eldiariodechihuahua.com.mx/,
http://www.arrobajuarez.com,http://www.lapuertanoticias.com, http://www.almargen.com.mx/,
http://www.eldiariodedelicias.com.mx/, http://juanmanuelpresidente2009.com/,
http://ligadeunidadsocialista.org/, http://pulidodipan.org.mx/
"Defacement" [of web pages] is a means of cybernet attack generally for political purposes. The protestors thanked the solidarity of the cyber-community in all of Latin America.