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Some 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…
Read MoreSome 4,000 march to demand security in Frontera Comalapa
Residents are caught in the middle of a fight between two cartels By: Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Around 4,000 inhabitants of Frontera Comalapa marched on Monday, June 26, in the municipal seat to demand peace and…
Read MoreInter-American Court for Human Rights and forced displacement
By: Magdalena Gómez Within the very broad cases and situations of human rights violations in our country, a campaign is underway that seeks to stop the war in Chiapas against the Zapatista communities, without this war only affecting them, but…
Read MoreFrayba: Denialism deepens impunity
The Frayba Human Rights Center responds to AMLO From the Editors After President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) explained in his morning press conference that attacks against Zapatista communities are not widespread [1], the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human…
Read MoreORCAO attacks 3 Zapatista Communities in Moisés Gandhi region
Elio Henríquez, CorrespondentSan Cristóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas For three days, members of the Regional Organization of Ocosingo Coffee Growers (ORCAO) attacked three autonomous Zapatista communities located in the Moisés Gandhi region, municipality of Lucio Cabañas, with shots from firearms…
Read MoreAntonio González Méndez v. Mexico, the first case before the Inter-American Court on Chiapas counterinsurgency actions
By: Yessica Morales, Editor On June 21, 2023, the hearing will be held before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACourtHR) on the case of “Antonio González Méndez vs. México.” Antonio was disappeared in 1999 for belonging to the civilian…
Read MoreFrontera Comalapa: Partial return of those displaced by drug cartels
By: Ángeles Mariscal “Andrés Manuel López Obrador said ‘hugs not bullets’, but we are not receiving the hugs, we are receiving pure bullets,” point out residents of the border zone of Chiapas with Guatemala. Terror is experienced in the town…
Read MoreUNHCR, OHCHR and OIM ask for urgent measures to protect the 3,000 displaced in Frontera Comalapa
By: Editor Yessica Morales *In that border region, the population in human mobility was in the middle of the cartel war and what they seek is to survive. Last May 25, the Jalisco Nueva Generación and Sinaloa cartels confronted each…
Read MoreThe 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…
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