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Resolution
MUŅIZ RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Mr.
Ramiro R. Muņiz is a native of Corpus Christi,
Texas; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz
contributed greatly to the Chicano Civil Rights
Movement during the 1970s as a leader fighting
for justice and equality for all Mexican
Americans, Hispanics, and Latinos throughout the
United States; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz
was a Texas gubernatorial candidate for La Raza
Unida Party-a political party established and
developed for the advancement of Mexican
Americans, Hispanics, and Latinos; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz
is serving a term of life without parole and is
assigned to remain in El Reno, Oklahoma where is
he currently held; and
WHEREAS, Judicial records for
Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz were left uncorrected,
making him subject to the three strikes
sentencing guidelines which are unconstitutional
and inhumane; and
WHEREAS, LULAC resolutions
passed in 2006 were successful, as they resulted
in the transfer of Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz to Three
Rivers Federal Correctional Institution in Texas
on December 11, 2006. Six months later,
extremely discriminatory actions were taken
against this person by having him transferred
out of Texas once again; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz,
who has been a model prisoner for the past 13
years, should have been housed hear his family
in Three Rivers, Texas as recommended by Federal
Judge Paul Brown during his trial in 1994; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the National League of United
Latin American Citizens will build support and
unity to take administrative, legal, and
political action for the immediate transfer of
Mr. Ramiro R. Muņiz to a low institution in
Texas, and request a Commutation of Sentence for
his immediate release.
Approved this 14th day of July
2007.
Rosa Rosales
LULAC National President |
