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Category: Paramilitary Violence
The Government of Mexico foments counterinsurgency against EZLN territories
Sent by ajmaq on May 5, 2022Jovel, Chiapas, México May 5, 2022 To the National Indigenous CongressTo the national and international SixthTo the Networks of Resistances and RebellionsTo the signers of the Declaration for LifeTo people who sow Dignity and Organization…
Read MoreThe IACHR will visit 22 indigenous communities in Chiapas, victims of violence
One year after the IACHR granted precautionary measures to 12 Aldama communities, the Mexican State has not guaranteed peace and security in the territory By: Isaín Mandujano One year after the precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human…
Read MoreThe Mexican State has not fulfilled the IACHR’s recommendations in Aldama
Magdalena Aldama, Chiapas. April 23rd, 2022 To the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. To Amnesty International for Human Rights. To the National Human Rights Commission To Non-Governmental Human Rights Centers. To the International, National, State and Independent Media. To the…
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 MoreAltamirano, Chiapas: Mass kidnappings of opponents of the political machine
The 10 drivers released on March 22 provided this photo of themselves to El Heraldo. By: Isaín Mandujano In the municipality of Altamirano a paramilitary group linked to the Pinto Kanter family, the PVEM and the Alliance of Social Organizations…
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 MoreNon-stop “bullet baths” against Tsotsils in Aldama
Above: Cocó community, Aldama, Chiapas – Photo: EFE, Carlos Lopez By: Hermann Bellinghausen The daily life of violence can anesthetize public opinion, but not those who suffer it every day. Not one day goes by without bullet baths against more…
Read MoreThey document attacks on a Zapatista community in the Lacandón Jungle
Zapatistas of Nuevo San Gregorio By: Isaín Mandujano Today, a network of organizations, collectives and networks, adherents to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandón Jungle, denounced the constant aggressions that an indigenous Zapatista community settled in the Chiapas jungle has…
Read MoreThe Europe of Below and Aldama, Chiapas
In the streets of Vienna, a protest to demand the return of two kidnapped Zapatistas. By: Carlos Soledad* The state of Chiapas has become powder keg. On September 11, [2021] for example, members of the paramilitary organization ORCAO kidnapped the…
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