Federal Judge Upholds Mexican GM Ban after over ‘100 Appeals by Biotech’
As GMOs would cause 'irreversible damage'
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Opponents of growing genetically modified corn in Mexico, the country known for over 30 varieties of non-GM maize, have prevailed. A federal judge upheld a GM ban that was put in place years ago.
Mexico is known for its biodiversity, which supports numerous varieties of maize. It is in fact considered their birthplace, and if GM corn had not been banned, corn developed over thousands of years would be in jeopardy of cross-pollination.
Fortunately, federal judge Benjamin Soto Sánchez, head of the second Unitarian Court in Civil and Administrative Matters of the First Circuit, upheld the provisional suspension that prohibits pertinent federal agencies from processing and granting the privilege of sowing or releasing into Mexico’s ecosystem any transgenic maize.
The federal suspension has been active since September 2013 despite 100 challenges by transnational agribusinesses like Monsanto, as well as biotech interests and the federal government.
Read: Monsanto Demands Removal of Judge over GM Maize Ban
The attorneys for the defenders of maize also argued that, in the case of GM soybean crops in Yucatán, the Court should consider Mexico’s unique center as the origin of such important staple crops. This specific argument has not been sued against biotech previously.
“[The] decision by Magistrate Soto Sánchez was issued today…within the appeals process that the community of citizens initiated this past August 19 after the Federal Judge Francisco Peñaloza Heras had refused to uphold the definitive suspension and two days later returned to temporarily suspend [GMO plantings] due to challenges by citizens.”
René Sánchez Galindo, lawyer for the Colectiva, explained that:
“Judge Soto’s resolution means the confirmation of suspending the planting of genetically modified corn stands until the court decides the ultimate appeal.”
Galindo further articulated that court should consider all previously supported facts about growing GMO “since the damage would be irreversible if transgenic crops were sown.”
The demand for collective action against the planting of genetically modified corn was presented in July 2013 and together with judicial suspension has endured a hundred appeals by the federal Government and transnational corporations in 17 different courts, including the Supreme Court of Mexico.
The group working to keep the GM maize ban, Acción Colectiva, is led by Father Miguel Concha of the Human Rights Center Fray Francisco de Vittoria; Victor Suarez of ANEC (National Association of Rural Commercialization Entertprises); Dr. Mercedes Lopéz of Vía Organica; and Adelita San Vicente, a teacher and member of Semillas de Vida, a national organization that has been involved in broad-based social action projects to protect Mexico’s status as a major world center of food crop biodiversity and as the birthplace of the original varieties of maize.
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GMO Roberts is a piece of crap. We don’t need or should have an imbecile like this piece of crap commenting on anything, especialy on issues where he is advocating poisoning humans and the environment! He should be banned, period!
Why do we have to have CORRUPT Judges, Government Officials etc., and not have people who are in a position like a Judge making Good, Ethical Decisions like Judge Benjamin Soto Sanchez?
God Bless Judge Benjamin Soto Sanchez!
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Can GMO Roberts be banned from this website?
He makes me sick with his ignorant, rude and stupid comments.
He should just spend his time eating GMO’s, so he can die of disease ASAP!
We know what he is, Ann. He’s just another paid smear-merchant, like Jon Entine.
Entine runs the so-called Genetic Literacy Project, a biotech industry-sponsored website. In an extremely ugly attempt to incite violence and silence the truth, he published the home address, home and cell phone numbers, and email of Dr. Don Huber, a plant pathologist with a long history of exposing the fraudulent science behind GMOs and Monsanto’s pathogenic Roundup.
GMO Roberts thinks he’s another Entine, but GMO Roberts is just another inadequate obsessive-compulsive personality.
Or a lack of Human personality. Heh. : )
That’s what he’s paid to do, pimp for Monsanto.
Sad that third world countries want to stay that way.
In other words your saying, sad they have freedom of rights.
We have those rights to decide if we want the future and advancement or not. Our farmers have overwhelming sided with the vast majority of scientists in going with gmos. They don’t have that choice, so that isn’t freedom. That was simple you would have thought a moron could have figured it out, but I guess not. But what else would we expect from someone that talks smack about his country and veterans.
By the way what do you do for Veterans Day? You probably go make fun of as many as you can you sick freak.
See this is what happens when you tell these college activists your a vet, they use the anonymity as a power tool in their posts.
Since your still here, I’ll assume it is just about over for those who have served our Nation.
To all who have served our Nation, Bless you all and your Families, the true hero is the Military Spouse, Thanks to my wife for holding on all of those years and your loving support. Thank you all Military Spouses.
Nations Defenders armor up, this snot nosed punk activist is the mainstream attitude that institutions of “higher education” wish to instill into the Nations policies.
“Masters of the Night”
Light Fighters, Hooah
Stand or be forgotten
Prove your a vet? You have lied since the beginning and now you are about this as well. A real vet wouldn’t have the desire to overthrow our government. You are sad.
And only a professional activist would continually state any 1 individual would be stupid enough to think they could take over the world. This is how these college and professional activists treat the Vets. Seriously get a grip Stinky.
I am a Bronze Star Recipient, If that is a false assertion, please come get me I’m waiting.
Prove your not a paid corporate activist.
The federal Stolen Valor Act of 2013 prohibits someone from falsely claiming military awards. There ya go, report me Stinky.
See ya tomorrow, lol.
As soon as you prove you actually are a vet let alone a decorated one. How much time do they give you on the computer in the sanitarium?
Nasty as usual.
No one will ever be persuaded by you, if for no other reason than that you’re perpetually nasty and insulting.
Well, what do you expect from the discharge of a Pap-Smear called GMO Roberts…….eh?
I’m still here, non- Military claiming decorations and awards is a big no no within the Federal Community. I even quit using my VPN.
There are lots of uniforms in my closet with decorations on them. If I’m guilty the proof is hanging in my closet.
Report me Stinky.
Just because you say they are there doesn’t make it so there.
Just because you perpetually lie about people doesn’t make your lies true.
No one respects you.
No one likes you.
You are unworthy.
You are worthless.
Have a nice day. /s
People like you never respects the truth
People like you never likes the truth if it goes against your beliefs
Pro I really need go go on?
LOL! You’re even a failure at Imitating people.
Three sentences, and you’ve made four errors – two of subject-verb agreement and two of incorrect word choice, including one that resulted in a repetition.
You’re losing your grip again.
Are you over-medicated? Or just drunk?
No one likes you.
No one respects you.
You have no value.
Drunk was a possibility, but never claimed to be an English major nor do I care. As for the rest just more of your gibberish, and no one cares about that for sure.
LOL. Your errors were unusually notable. You lost your grip. Chuckle.
Sorry about your alcoholism. You should seek help.
But no one really wants to help you.
You are unworthy.
No one likes you.
No one respects you.
You’re a failure.
You are a joke to waste so much time on someone you consider a failure. You repetition only confirms that you are scared of the truth.
Rat me out, though I’m sure you already have.
I would be violating federal law, come on Stinky here is another chance for you to hurt someone…
Again you just don’t get it. Remember, I have said I only help farmers feed the world. You are the one advocating law breaking.
Prove how many people you have saved, give a verifiable number.
“I have said,” lmao.
indirectly the number is countless.
Fool, you believe your own bs.
LOL, now you don’t think farmers help feed people. Your stupidity never ceases to amaze.
I said your lying, I didn’t say anything about the real Farmers.
The real Farmers and their Families are decent respectable folks, Your a liar and a minion of Satan.
That’s what I said.
Lol, you have insulted all farmers as well as the real defenders of this great country that you would overthrow if you could. You are a very sad person.
You might as well quit being petulant.
No one will obey Monsanto shills about Anything.
No one will prove Anything to you.
No one will Ever respect you.
Normal people have No obligation to snots from Monsanto.
Higher education never did that to me.
Instead, it gave me a healthy skepticism and Attitude toward corporate shills.
Shills like GMO Roberts, e.g.
He’d have been nasty with or without college education.
So you are a snob is what you are trying to say? Thanks for clearing that up.
I look down on those who are beneath me.
Like you, for example.
You’re welcome.
Correction, on the ones you think are beneath you. Only a fool thinks they are better than someone else, of course a complete idiot actually says it. Thanks again for proving what you are.
Your pig-headed belligerence again proves what you are.
No one respects you.
Everyone looks down on you.
You are unworthy of respect.
And your supporting the biotech that is willing to waste millions, 100 appeals lmao, instead of refocusing and actually trying to do some good.
They are the ones who continually tarnish their own reputations, but of course your really going out of your way to help.
Way to support the cause, lol.
Yes it is sad that they must spend that much money to combat lies by people like you.
Some people have their eyes open and have been blessed with their own thoughts and processes.
To tell you the truth, your an individual. You are educated but on your terms, you didn’t sell your soul to those who wish to be the masters.
I went in, was fully dedicated, mislead. They made mistakes that opened up my eyes and views. I almost sold my soul to the masters. I still protected them, because it is my duty. I did try to apply a fix internally but they were not sensitive to fixing issues, again within the leadership.
Eventually I was able to see, they had no real regards for me unless I was serving their purposes. Plus as a trouble shooter, I beat up the leadership too many times. They had bigger friends than me, lol.
Though I did the right thing, because I didn’t care who they thought they were, if they were the problem I did my job and fixed it. In almost all cases the leadership was the problem.
I’m not mad or scarred, I’m proud of the things I did and the things that I was able to learn, be it good or bad.
Today is Veterans Day. I’m sorry that you or anyone else had to fight. I come from a military family and have veteran friends. They all came home yearning for peace. You’re a strong person who loves our country. All the best to you.
Many Veterans will not stand and voice their experiences, But I really truly believe the things that I have learned are valuable and my voice just might awaken more to follow. Peace is what we believe we are fighting for.
I thank you and your Family for your long standing traditions, selfless service, sacrifices and support of our Nation.
Typical lies.
And Monsanto has been caught again BUYING ‘scientists’ whose emails show they’ll write anything that Monsanto wants.
Just like you do.
Nasty of you to bring up a slur regarding Veterans Day too.
That’s typical of you too.
Now go get your Bivings Group troll money.
I cried for my friends who’s lives were ended on a field of dreams, The Ultimate Sacrifice.
RIP my Friends, you will not be forgotten.
The paint ball game your mommy had for your last birthday doesn’t count.
Yes, because it is natural healthy food that doesn’t need to be pervert it by these evil MonSatan & Biotech. God said: He created all plants that is good and another word, it is perfect and it doesn’t need to improve the quality of plant life.
GOD didn’t create hardly anything we eat today. Man did, just as man created gmos. All with the gifts we have received from GOD of course.
You are another example of typical liar, GMO is design to pervert his CREATION and destroy it, too.
I said GOD didn’t create hardly anything we eat today only you expanded it.
In nature the strong survive, which keeps the balance.
In Science all survive, even the weak.
In nature you would have been destroyed as natural evolution always destroys the weak.
Sure you just keep on dreaming there gi joe wannabe.
Lmao, again with the cartoon references, how old are you?
Your not even old enough to go to college are you.
I’ll guess 17 years old.
Just trying to converse on your level. Am I still above you?
That depends on the status you hold within your group, cult.
Cult? Group? That would be you with your terrorist connections wanting to overthrow the government.
I stand alone, ready to defend.
Yes ready to defend your basement and blowup doll!! LOL, thanks for admitting that.
GMOs, yeah.
Not a convincing argument.
‘Just as man created bombs and contamination by dirty energy.’
You are unworthy.
You obviously can’t comprehend. I said GOD didn’t create hardly anything we eat today including the overpriced organic food you praise.
The only reason organic is expensive is because there is a corporate monopoly on the food chain. One such example would be monoculture, opening up the crops to diversity would lower costs, especially at the local level.
Organic is more expensive because of higher production costs and lower yield. Kinda simple but I can see how you missed it.
Typical lies and typical insults from the typical smear-merchant, paid by the Bivings Group for Monsanto.
In fact – as repeatedly proved – GMO so-called crops Always end by giving lower yield and also by giving rise to more biocide use and more biocide-resistant pest and weeds.
You’re a liar.
No one likes you.
No one respects you.
You try to hide your shame by over-compensating and projecting.
You fail.
You are unworthy.
Lie? USDA report yesterday confirmed for the second year in a row that the 90%+ gmo corn and bean crop has made record yields. So again it is your lies that have been exposed.
USDA report yesterday confirmed, you will believe anything and you expect all to follow your stupidity.
Anyone that actually is in farming knows that yields are amazing this year. The report only confirms it. You just can’t accept the truth, but that isn’t to surprising.
USDA Monsanto-whore Tom Vilsack lies to the public for the biotech industry. You are simply his human parrot.
No one respects you.
No one likes you.
You sink lower every day.
You are unworthy.
Everyone knows what you are.
You have no value.
You obviously have a problem with reality.
And the market is down= wasted millions of tons of crop yields.
Yields are up and so are the amounts of wasted produce.
They should grow something that isn’t going to be left in piles on the ground to rot.
Don’t worry it will all disappear, but that is an issue, gmos are just so efficient at producing. Thanks for bringing that up.
Industrial farming is just so inefficient and subsidized that waste doesn’t matter. Either way, win win.
Efficiency is the bragging point to justify the monoculture and it’s failings?
Wow, I guess we are failing with record yields then.
It is a government organization that you proudly defended. Oh wait I forgot you lied about that and you want to get rid of said government.
So your saying that the Govt is perfect?
Of course, you also say your perfect, lmao.
Everybody makes mistakes.
I forgive them, but not you…
Never once said I was perfect, but the military is suppose to defend the country right or wrong. Obviously that doesn’t apply to the fake ones like you.
Stupid is stupid, just because I made mention of stupid doesn’t make me stupid.
I still do defend the Country, unlike you saying the corporations rights are above the People and haven’t a clue concerning the Constitution.
Make an intelligent point.
Lol, you defend it from mommies basement with your blowup doll wife close at hand. You are a true disgrace to real vets that deserve our respect.
USDA’s Monsanto-whore Tom Vilsack never saw a pathogenic GMO he didn’t like. You simply repeat USDA’s lies. You have no value.
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is known for censorship of their own scientists’ work and for threatening their careers, changing the words in their research studies, not allowing papers to be published, etc.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a petition this spring charging USDA with ordering many USDA researchers to “retract studies, water down findings, remove their name from authorship and endure long indefinite delays in approving publication of papers that may be controversial.”
Other groups and individuals have also filed suit.
Trouble staying in conversation? My statement was about the crop report only. Try to keep up.
Entirely correct. You’re backed by many studies.
You obviously lack understanding and suffer from attention problems. See my earlier reply to you. You’ll know it’s to you because it begins “Silly baby.” I’ll include a picture of you here, doing your constant whining. You’re so worthless, except as a target for ridicule.
Obviously you can’t except the truth and seem to be the only one whining because you offer no facts to backup your lies.
Poor baby. You still haven’t learned how to listen.
I told you earlier that everyone knows what you are. Therefore we have no obligation or desire to appease your childish tantrums. No one will give you what you want, because you are unworthy.
No one likes you.
No one respects you.
Every day, you fall lower on the scale of humanity.
You have no value.
LOL, you are the only one that is childishly repeating jibberish. If you actually believed what you were saying then you wouldn’t have to repeat it so many times. In reality you are scared that people like me will spread more truths about gmos and you and your kind will be exposed for the liars you are.
Please explain what is, “your kind”?
You missed again as I said GOD didn’t create hardly anything we eat including your overpriced organic stuff.
Silly baby, lying again. You said man created GMOs. I said man also created bombs and contamination by dirty energy. GMOs, bombs, and contamination are all nasty. So are you. Have a nice day. /s
Man created almost all we eat okay plus a host of other things, some good some bad. Again you only look more stupid by lumping things together. You are the one whining.
Having failed in almost all of your life’s undertakings, you fall back on your security blanket of insults.
Child.
No one respects you.
No one likes you.
You have no value.
You are worthless.
Sorry, very successful in business and life. Just not enough to be complacent. Most always keep reaching for the next level. While you on the other hand are afraid of advancement.
Chuckle.
Do you ever get tired of being such a tool?
You’ve lied about everything else, so why not lie about a ‘successful business and life’? You have to compensate for your many little failings.
Sometimes you’re an Amusing little failure. Go on. Whine some more! You KNOW you’re obligated to reply to every post about you, OCD Roberts.
LOL. Come on – whine!
You are the only one whining. Nice selfie by the way.
Yes, he admitted that he was over 1 million dollars in debt, lies.
If you consider selling your soul as success, good for you.
I’m debt free, thanks again for paying your taxes, my paycheck. Your support has been appreciated and used wisely.
Never said I was, another of your lies. I said my business was, and now we are free and clear and yes paying your food stamps since you seem to take pride in living off of others.
No one would loan a professional troll 1 million dollars. And no professional college activist could get to be 1 million dollars into debt, you’d be in prison by now, unless the privatized prisons are now making the inmates work for the PR firms?
Obviously you know nothing about business, thanks or confirming that.
He created all things, GMO Robert and He have finished it. All living things started from Him. Evil of man want to play god who thinks he can do better by recreate from something that is already being created. They can’t because of imperfection of man will try to redesign His creation but it got back fired because it can’t recreate that is already created PERFECT by GOD. His Life force is still goes on and that is why all living things has ability to reproduce itself. So His power of creation is still going on.
When you see a new island is formed by volcanoes, the habitat of life is began appear on brand new island, that is example is He still in control to create more life as long He allow it.
Thank you for your views, it took me to some interesting research topics.
Tree of life, the garden of Eden and the serpent. Personally I think the serpent is representative of DNA. Compare some of the historical images of the serpent to DNA, very interesting.
The metaphor, to me, is very obvious.
Nature was created and the evolution of Nature is very telling.
The religion of science is attacking the reality of Nature. Like 20 years of bio-engineering compares to billions of years of natural evolution.
Absolutely, If you can look back in the history of Noah’s days, there are falling Angels who come down to earth to pervert the DNA of humans and animals because they become hybrids, then the earth has become full of wickedness or twisting things of creations. Just as Yeshuah mention about the last days it will be like the days of Noah. Because the every thing we see the wickedness man have use the technology to pervert our plants, animals and humans beings with DNA manipulation and duplication of species of human animals in their laboratories
Thank you,
I’ll research more on this later, I have some other studies going on at the moment.
My pleasure. 🙂
Gmo Roberts, please use your real name, that way we know we are talking to a person and not a corporation. Actually GMO’s are finding disfavor with farmers because they make more money off organic crops and their yield is higher. Thus the argument about feeding the world is moot. Monsanto has fought to keep food from being labelled as GMO or not. Tell me, do you think it is reasonable for citizens and consumers to have freedom of choice and an informed decision when we decide what to put in our bodies and our children’s bodies?
USDA just announced another record year for corn and soybeans so with 90% gmo that kinda shows your organic and farmer statements to be wrong. As far as a choice you already have several. You can buy organic, you can buy non gmo, you can raise your own food, or you can buy what the majority do and are happy with. The label you are fighting so hard for still doesn’t label meat or dairy products. So companies like Ben & Jerry’s still use milk from cows fed gmos. Non gmo fields and crops still have pesticides applied, in many cases much more than gmo fields. Most non gmo fields will still have roundup applied to them before planting as well. Your label is nothing but a joke that will only hurt the food supply and raise costs.
Yes, it’s a record year for lawsuits against USDA for censoring USDA scientists’ research and for having the head of its Agricultural Research Service harass, demote, repress,and threaten scientists who are honestly researching GMOs and associated
biocides,such as neonicotinoids – and the fact that neonicotinoid-coated soybean seeds FAIL to give the promised big yields. Monsanto and Monsanto shills (like GMO Roberts) always lie. Increased cost from GMO labels has been repeatedly proved to be a lie, e.g. Monsanto and Monsanto shills (like GMO Roberts) lie to hide their own dishonesty and inadequacies.
LOL, yesterday’s report saying this is the biggest soybean yield ever on record with last year being second kinda calls you a liar, but we already knew that. So why should we even try go believe the rest?
GMO Roberts, you’re paid to ignore the fact about lawsuits.
You mindlessly repeat what you’re told to say.
You have to obey others.
You can’t think for yourself.
No one likes you, not even your paymasters.
No one respects you, not even your paymasters.
Your self-esteem becomes lower every day.
You have no value.
Another lie since I’m not paid. You can’t get over the fact that people can think for themselves and have different views from you.
You again show the typical projection of an obsessive-compulsive personality who Must reply to Every post about himself. You’re so funny. So ludicrous. Everyone knows what you are, and we enjoy the game of taking away your pacifier, little one. Chuckle.
Again: I look down on people who are beneath me.
People like you.
People who whore for fascism.
You are not my equal.
You are not the equal of anyone here.
You are beneath us.
You have no worth.
LOL, if that was true then you wouldn’t keep replying. LOL, no wonder labeling can’t go anywhere with supports like you.