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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Dear Friends:<br>
Bart Bedsole, Reporter for KRIS TV Channel 6, interviewed Ramsey
Muniz<br>
upon his arrival at Three Rivers, Texas. The interview was shown<br>
on Channel 6 News. Below is a link to the interview, which<br>
includes the actual video clip shown on television.<br><br>
To watch the interview, click on the link below, then click on the small
<br>
orange video camera icon on the left. If you are asked to
download<br>
software, click on the button to download. It should take
seconds.(If<br>
the link does not take you to the website, copy and paste it into
your<br>
web browser).<br><br>
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You will first watch a video of Terra Mar (Al Hogan Homes). At the<br>
end of that video clip, Ramsey's interview will play. <br><br>
We thank Mr. Bedsole for his work to bring this issue to the
public's<br>
eye. I have received positive comments from so many people.<br><br>
Please distribute widely.<br><br>
Ramsey Muniz Interview<br>
<a href="http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6061904&nav=menu192_2">
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6061904&nav=menu192_2</a><br>
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Article<br>
CORPUS CHRISTI - Ramsey Muniz made a name for himself in the 70s with
<br>
an impressive run for Texas governor on the Raza Unida party
ticket. <br>
But now Muniz is serving a life sentence in prison, following two <br>
federal drug convictions.<br><br>
Supporters of the former Corpus Christi resident said the punishment
<br>
doesn't fit his crime. And in his first interview, since he was <br>
transferred to a prison in Three Rivers prison, he talked about his <br>
fight for freedom. <br><br>
After more than a decade in what he considers "exile," Muniz is
a <br>
Coastal Bend resident once again. "I'm just real pleased, and I'm
<br>
real happy to be back," he said. He was the first Mexican American
<br>
to run for governor. Now Muniz devotes much of his time behind bars <br>
learning about ancient Mexican culture and spirituality. <br><br>
But he also makes it a point to stay up on current events. <br>
"I get the USA Today; I get the Newsweek," he said. "I get
Time; I <br>
get the Texas Monthly. I get every possible thing that I can stay <br>
up with."<br><br>
Muniz admitted that prison has changed him by making him stronger <br>
and more knowledgeable than before. "You know, one side or the
other, <br>
you're either going to become one with more heart, or you're going to
<br>
become a cold person, one or the two," Muniz said, "and I'm
just <br>
thankful that I am who I am now."<br><br>
His wife, Irma Muniz, has stood by him throughout his tenure behind <br>
bars. "He is just absolutely the most beautiful person I've ever had
<br>
in my life," she said.<br><br>
Irma Muniz continues to fight for her husband's freedom, claiming he
<br>
was unfairly targeted by federal agents, and that his life sentence <br>
was too extreme for the alleged crime. <br><br>
"Even though things are definitely improving, there's a sadness that
<br>
won't go away because I don't have my husband," she said.<br><br>
To this day, Muniz considers himself a political prisoner because of
<br>
his ties to the Raza Unida party and the Chicano movement at the time
<br>
he was arrested. <br><br>
"There's no question about it," he said. "The whole entire
process is <br>
all a political process. Anytime or anywhere that the government is <br>
involved, it's going to be political."<br><br>
Ironically, it was two semi-political groups that helped to bring him
<br>
back. In 2006, the National organizations of LULAC and the American <br>
GI Forum both passed resolutions asking for his humanitarian release.
<br><br>
"To me, it was a no brainer, bringing this up," LULAC District
<br>
Director Joe Ortiz said. "It just needed to be brought up. If it's
<br>
not a Hispanic civil rights organization backing up Ramsey, then who
will?"<br><br>
Muniz predicts he will eventually regain his freedom, but even if he
<br>
is released, he doesn't foresee any more campaigns for public office.
<br>
He does, however, believe the time for Hispanics to rise is now.
<br><br>
"We're going to make a tremendous impact in this coming
history," <br>
Muniz said. "And it's time for us, for all, to come
together."<br><br>
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