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Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles and 69 more arrested
[On Friday, June 27 around 5:30 PM, members of the federal police and the Mexican Army arrested Doctor José Manuel Mireles and 69 other autodefensas that were accompanying him, in the administrative district (tenencia) of La Mira. Around 30 federal…
Read MoreChiapas: militarization and looting threaten Indigenous
Below is an interview with Victor Hugo López, Director of the Frayba Human Rights Center in Chiapas. It gives a good overview of the current situation the Indigenous Peoples are facing. CHIAPAS: MILITARIZATION AND LOOTING THREATEN INDIGENOUS By: Nancy Flores…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for April 2014
APRIL 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatistas Release 2nd Issue of Rebeldía Zapatista – The Zapatistas have released another edition of the Rebeldía Zapatista magazine. The Zapatista bases that participated in the Escuelitas give their impressions of the…
Read MoreNarcos, Self-Defense Groups and the Mexican Government
MICHOACAN: THREE ULTIMATUMS ON THE TABLE By: Luis Hernández Navarro To disarm or not to disarm, at the heart of the current dispute in Michoacán. The United States pressures (Mexico) to demobilize the autodefensas (as the armed civilian self-defense groups…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for March 2014
MARCH 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Zapatista Supporter Murdered Near Agua Azul – On March 21, Juan Carlos Gómez Silvano, 22, was ambushed and murdered while driving his small truck. He was hit by more than 20 shots….
Read MoreOstula: Autonomy, Self-Defense, Natural Resources and Narcos
The community recuperation of Xayakalan on the Michoacán Coast is about their lands, guards and autonomy All kinds of interests cross each other within their territory: the governments seek to implement highway projects that facilitate the shipment of merchandise and…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for February 2014
FEBRUARY 2014 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Catholic Nuns Assaulted in Attack on Zapatista Community – During the first two days of February, reports started to come out about a January 30 attack on the Zapatista community of 10…
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