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Category: Counterinsurgency
They 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 MoreIndigenous people: Impunity and social decomposition
By: Magdalena Gómez On April 4, 2023, the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas issued a very strong communication directed at the three levels of government. Unfortunately, its central thesis coincides with what happens in other regions of the…
Read MoreBishops warn about an increase of narco-violence in Chiapas
By: Isaín Mandujano Bishops of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas warned today of an increase in narco-violence in Chiapas and the social decomposition that is being experienced in at least 28 municipalities in the state. In view…
Read MoreEl sur resiste | The south resists: Gathering on the Zapatista & Indigenous struggles against mega-projects
El sur resiste | The south resists Updates on the Zapatista movement & land justice struggles in México: On the CNI campaign to stop the “Maya Train” & Inter-Oceanic Corridor An Evening of Solidarity, Poetry & Zapatismo At Medicine for…
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 More“Sembrando Vida”: Counter-insurgency, neoliberalism and clientelism
Folks in Chiapas say that this federal anti-poverty program is actually a counterinsurgency program that divides communities. By: Aldo Santiago While Andrés Manuel López Obrador tours the various countries of Central America to promote the extension of governmental assistance programs…
Read MoreCriminal groups displace residents from the Lacandón Jungle
By: Ángeles Mariscal [1] On December 16, 2021, the Velasco family was expelled from Nueva Palestina community, the largest community in the Lacandón Jungle [2], Months before, the family’s father, Versaín Velasco García, had denounced the impact that groups linked to trafficking drugs,…
Read MoreThey disappear seven ejido authorities in the “death zone” of Chamic, Chiapas
The campesinos were last seen on March 22 when they left the Nueva Libertad ejido, municipality of Frontera Comalapa, in the direction of Palenque, but they never reached their destination. By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas. (apro) A group of…
Read MoreCartels arrive in the Lacandon: “It’s the worst time in the Jungle,” residents point out
This may be the first journalistic report of drug cartels murdering jungle residents, taking over a community and causing forced displacements. By: Ángeles Mariscal They take possession of landing strips in the area Chiapas – In the Lacandón Jungle, located…
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