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Category: Counterinsurgency
Immediate release for José Díaz Gómez, an EZLN support base
To the national and international SixthTo the signatories to the Declaration for LifeTo the honest mediaTo those who struggle for truth and justice From the Network of Resistances and Rebellions Ajmaq we make this pronouncement.. We know that prisons are…
Read MoreChiapas and the Zapatistas face a dramatic increase in violence, Update on Counterinsurgency
By: Mary Ann Tenuto SánchezJuly 28, 2023 At the end of August 2022 and early in October 2022, the Chiapas Support Committee published a two-part report on the dramatic increase in violence in the Mexican state of Chiapas, home to…
Read MorePostcards from the war. Part II
By: Raúl Romero* Tuesday, July 5, 2023, in Nayarit, La Jornada correspondent Luis Martín Iñiguez Sánchez is disappeared. A few days later they will find his lifeless body. Monday, July 10, 2023, in Guerrero, more than 5 thousand people, identified…
Read MoreIndigenous groups demand a stop to the attacks on EZLN communities
By: Jessica Xantomila Members of the original peoples of Querétaro, Puebla and the state of Mexico, members of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI), Installed a political-cultural sit-in in front of the National Palace, for about 12 hours, to demand an…
Read MoreNGOs demand stopping the War against EZLN support bases
By: Elio Henríquez, Correspondent San Cristóbal de las Casas Members of various organizations adhering to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle held a traditional Maya ceremony to demand an end to the war against support bases of the Zapatista…
Read MoreTestimony before the Inter-American Court: The War Against the Zapatista Peoples
By: Hermann Bellinghausen AFFIDAVIT BEFORE THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (REF.: CDH-5-2022/027). TESTIMONY FOR GONZÁLEZ MÉNDEZ V. MEXICO May 2023 I base this testimony on my daily experience as a reporter, permanent envoy of the national newspaper La Jornada…
Read MoreLeaders 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…
Read MorePostcards from the War
By: Raúl Romero Wednesday, June 28, a car bomb explodes in Guanajuato; in Tapachula, Chiapas, a grenade is thrown at a Secretary of Public Security base. Thursday, June 29, former vigilante leader Hipólito Mora is assassinated in Michoacán. Friday, June…
Read MoreFrayba demands the release of an EZLN support base, a prisoner in Catazaja
By: Elio Henríquez, correspondentSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), demanded the liberation of José Díaz Gómez, an indigenous support base of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN, Ejército Zapatista de…
Read MoreSome thoughts on the killings in Polhó
For many of us who care about and support the Zapatista struggle, the killings in Polhó were both a shock and a realization of how much things have changed in that corner of Chiapas. Reports on the killings left us…
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