Chiapas Support Committee

Category: Private Armies


Chiapas, case study of a criminal-state complex

By Lucie Cabins (For the Chiapas Support Committee: May, 2025) “Impunity is not the result of a weak or deficient state, but rather it is actively provided to the gamut of armed groups who commit crimes and acts of terror…

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CNI calls for global action against the war on indigenous peoples

Mexico City | Desinformémonos. The Congreso Nacional Indígena (CNI, National Indigenous Congress) – Consejo Indígena de Gobierno (CIG, Indigenous Council of Government) (CNI-CIG) have called for a global action to stop the war against the people of Mexico and the…

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¡Stop the war against the people of Mexico and the world!

By Gilberto López y Rivas, La Jornada The National Indigenous Congress (CNI, Congreso Nacional Indígena) and its Indigenous Council of Government (CIG, Consejo Indígena de Gobierno) made public a call to commemorate, this October 12, the 531 years of the…

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Diocese of San Cristóbal: Chiapas, a failed state, overwhelmed and colluding with criminal groups

Mexico City | Desinformémonos. Faced with the growing dominance of organized crime groups throughout Chiapas, the Diocese of San Cristóbal criticized “the silence of the authorities” which demonstrates “a failed state that has surpassed and/or colluded with criminal groups,” whose…

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Leaders from Pantelhó’s 86 communities warn they will rise up in arms

By: Chiapas Paralelo Representatives of the 86 rural communities and the 18 neighborhoods in the town of Pantelhó, asked Chiapas Governor Rutilio Escandón Candenas, and the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), to dismantle the Los Herrera armed group, because if…

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The internal crisis of the empire

By: Raúl Zibechi Reaffirming the idea that empires collapse from within, when their contradictions cause their decline or facilitate conquest by their enemies, we see how the United States Armed Forces are having enormous difficulties recruiting members. The US media…

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