On October 25th, 2007 a hoax website, made to look like CNN, falsely reported
that M.E.Ch.A. (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) claimed responsibility
for setting the wildfires that have recently devastated southern California. M.E.Ch.A.
would like to make clear that our organization had no part in starting these fires.
We condemn the slanderous act made by those who created the website, and
our thoughts are with those who have been affected by the wildfires.