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The Attack in Polhó, Acteal’s legacy: former member of Las Abejas
Chiapas, at “war” due to the abandonment and complicity of authorities By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent,San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas “We are in a war scenario as a consequence of the abandonment and complicity of the governments, because of which…
Read MoreArmed attack on Santa Martha displaced in Polhó, Chiapas; 7 dead and 3 injured
By: Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas [Excerpt from the first La Jornada article dated June 3.] Seven indigenous people died and three were injured during an armed attack committed yesterday evening in the locality of Polhó, municipality…
Read MoreThe CJNG and El Maíz control Frontera Comalapa with torture and murders
From the Editors Together with the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), the criminal grouping El Maíz has been able to control residents of the municipality of Frontera Comalapa, where there are some 3,000 displaced by the violence. Those who refuse…
Read MoreFrontera Comalapa: A new armed group rises against the CJNJ and an Update
According to a video translated by Borderland Beat, “a new armed group has emerged in a video in the Chiapas municipality of Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas. Within this broadcast they claim to defend indigenous citizens from extortion by an opposing cartel….
Read MoreThe narco’s shadow extends throughout the Lacandón Jungle
By: Ángeles Mariscal Crime has been incrusted in the recesses of the Chiapas jungle and advances non-stop throughout the State, under the cover of omissions, bureaucracy and lack of political will of governments. “They left us alone to face this…
Read MoreThey murder 3, set houses on fire and block streets in San Cristóbal
Bloody dispute between gangs of Motonetos By: Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas Yesterday, the city experienced an escalation of violence for eight hours, which started with the murder of Gerónimo Ruiz López, leader of a group of…
Read MoreAyotzinapa, the difficult road to truth
Luis Hernández Navarro Ayotzinapa is an open wound. Eight and a half years have passed since the atrocity and the wound still has not healed. How can it close if the truth doesn’t come? If there is no justice? If…
Read MoreThe sentence of the killer of human rights defender Simón Pedro is not justice
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, ChiapasFrayba Bulletin No. 09 *We recognize their work in defense of life, land, territory and the rights of peoples and communities.*May it be guaranteed that there is no impunity in murders of defenders. This Fray…
Read MoreRelatives of Simón Pedro Pérez reject an abbreviated trial of his killer
By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas. (apro) Human rights defenders, members of the civil organization Las Abejas of Acteal and relatives of Simón Pedro Pérez López demanded justice for the indigenous leader from the Chiapas Prosecutor’s Office and the judge…
Read MoreSamir Flores: four years without justice
A La Jornada Editorial On February 20, 2019, the indigenous Morelos activist Samir Flores Soberanes, a member of the Permanent Assembly of the Peoples of Morelos and the founder of Radio Amiltzinko, was shot and killed in front of his…
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