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Bullets rain again in Aldama, Chiapas
By: Hermann Bellinghausen, Envoy San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas After a month and a half of relative calm in the Tsotsil communities of Magdalena Aldama, the rain of bullets from snipers, alleged paramilitaries, posted in different Santa Martha towns,…
Read MoreGuatemalan president unharmed after shooting incident near Chiapas border
The president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, was not injured this Saturday in an armed attack on his entourage when he was leaving a village in the northwest department of Huehuetenango, a local radio station reported. “Shooting at the presidential entourage…
Read MoreJoint Statement against the aggressions towards communities of the EZLN’s Caracol 10
Jobel, Chiapas, Mexico On July 28, 2022 To the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional)To the National Indigenous CongressTo the National and International SextaTo the Networks of Resistance and RebellionTo those who sign the Declaration for…
Read MoreIACHR finalizes visit to Aldama and Chalchihuitán
By: Chiapas Paralelo * “We thank the solidarity of the Inter-American Commission for this visit and we hope that your visit will work and will produce a real solution to the conflict and to living in peace,” the Aldama representative…
Read MoreTake Action: Pressure the Mexican government stop the paramilitary violence against Zapatista & Indigenous communities in Chiapas
Statement of Solidarity with the BAEZLN, FrayBa, and BriCOs Turtle Island – United States of America July 2022 To the Mexican General Consulates in the United States, We, the everyday people from below, the children, mothers, and elders, Native and…
Read MoreAt least 850 families displaced by narco-violence in La Trinitaria and Frontera Comalapa
From the editors At least 850 families from the municipalities of La Trinitaria and Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas, have abandoned their homes because of the dispute between organized crime groups [1] for territory, authorities of the affected communities reported, who requested…
Read MoreThe IACHR asks the government to disarm groups in Chiapas
By: Elio Henríquez, correspondent San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Persons displaced from Chalchihuitán municipality due to the violence derived from the conflict over boundaries with their Chenalhó neighbors, asked the rapporteur of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR),…
Read MoreDrug traffickers battle each other for more than 24 hours in the border municipalities of La Trinitaria and Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas
By: Ángeles Mariscal Residents of ejidos and communities fled into the mountains. Mexican Army personnel arrived hours later, arrested three people and seized weapons. On Thursday, July 14, residents of the municipality of La Trinitaria, located about 80 kilometers from…
Read MoreForced displacement of 6 Zapatista families in Chilón, houses and belongings burned
New attacks on Support Bases of the Zapatista National Liberation Army Six families from the town of “El Esfuerzo”, Comandanta Ramona Autonomous Municipality. The Federal and State Governments are oblivious in the face of permanent violence and dispossession against autonomous…
Read MoreIACHR asks government for investigation and punishment in Aldama case
By: Angeles Mariscal Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño, president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) asked the Mexican government for “the commitment to arrest those responsible” for the armed attacks on the indigenous population of Aldama Municipality. The president…
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