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Category: Organized Crime
The city taken, hours of terror in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas
By: Chiapas Paralelo For almost five hours they fired shots, burned vehicles, blocked streets, took control of part of San Cristóbal de Las Casas and, until the rain began, or they got fed up, they left without any authority showing…
Read MoreOrganized crime increases in Chiapas, organizations accuse authorities of acquiescence
By: Angeles Mariscal An increase in drug trafficking and consumption, an increase in homicides and disappearances, regions with curfews imposed by armed people, constant armed attacks on entire communities; in Chiapas, the presence of organized crime skyrocketed, a situation that…
Read MoreAltamirano, Chiapas: The remaining 36 kidnapped indigenous men are free
The kidnapping saga has come to an end in Altamirano, but what’s ahead for this important indigenous municipality in which the Zapatista Caracol of Morelia is located? On May 18, 2022, 35 of the 36 indigenous men kidnapped and held…
Read MoreThey protest due to the increase in assaults and kidnappings in northern Chiapas
This report is from a corner of Chiapas not usually associated with protests and marches. It evidences the extent to which organized crime has spread throughout Chiapas and the effect it has on peoples and communities. HUNDREDS MARCH IN RAYÓN…
Read More“El Machete” celebrates first anniversary of its struggle against the chiefdom in Pantelhó
By: Isaín Mandujano *Members of the Pueblo Creyente (Believing People) organization and other civil organizations that have accompanied them were present at the event, from which they also sent a greeting to the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista…
Read MoreFrayba: 437 attacks from paramilitary groups against the peoples of Aldama in March
By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) reported that in March it documented 437 attacks against communities in Aldama municipality, perpetrated by armed groups from the town…
Read MorePantelhó and the videotaped [alleged] disappearance of 21 people
On July 26, 2021, in Pantelhó, 21 men were removed from their homes; the houses were burned and they were filmed while masked men tied their hands. Eight months later, they have [allegedly] not been located. Proceso Magazine By: Isaín…
Read MoreLas Margaritas marches for unity, peace and harmony
Several Chiapas news sources, Chiapas Paralelo and Pozol Colectivo, published reports about a pilgrimage that marched through the streets of the municipal seat of Las Margaritas on Sunday, March 20. After a February 24 confrontation between two “social organizations” that…
Read MoreThey release 9 of the 53 kidnapped in Altamirano
Translation of the banner: August 14 Social Movement, composed of the union of barrios and ejidos, as well as social organizations and work groups say Enough of the kidnappings! Violence continues to escalate and may have reached a critical juncture…
Read MoreThe EZLN marches against the war in Ukraine; residents of Altamirano join in and add their demands
By: Ángeles Mariscal Altamirano, Chiapas Thousands of members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) demonstrated in six Chiapas cities, to protest against wars, and to show their solidarity with the people of Ukraine, who…
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