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29 Soldiers “trapped” in Aldama, due to paramilitary fire
By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas Around 29 soldiers from the Base of Mixed Operations (BOM, its initials in Spanish) were trapped since 11 am this Friday in Cokó community, due to attacks from the Santa Martha…
Read MoreParamilitary group deprives Pedro Lunez Perez of his life as the National Guard patrols nearby
FRAYBA ISSUES A CALL FOR SOLIDARITY! – The Mexican State fails to comply with precautionary measures granted by the IACHR in favor of the population of Aldama. – The federal and state governments submit to paramilitary violence in Chiapas. The…
Read MoreJourney for Life versus Military Accumulation
By: Gilberto López y Rivas While the EZLN’s 421st Maritime Squadron prepares to launch on May 3rd in the ship called La Montaña for the port of Vigo, Spain, to meet with the Europe of those from below, in…
Read MoreIACHR orders stopping the attacks in Aldama
By: Isaín Mandujano From Washington this Tuesday the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered the government of Mexico to implement precautionary measures in favor of the indigenous families of 12 Aldama communities, who live under fire from civilian armed…
Read MoreThe Mountain and the night sky of the Lacandón
By: Luis Hernández Navarro Since the beginning of the insurrection calendar, the image of the ship has been a central part of the metaphors of the Zapatista narrative. It is a curious irony that a political-military force territorially located in…
Read MoreFrayba and Sipaz accompany the convoy
By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal De Las Casas, Chiapas The Zapatista delegation called the 421st Squadron, made up of four women, two men and, as described by the Zapatistas, “unoa otroa” (one non-binary person), descendants of the Native Maya peoples,…
Read MoreEZLN publishes images of farewell events for group that travels to Europe
By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) published images of farewell events for the delegation that will leave on May 3 for Europe from a Mexican port…
Read MoreThey denounce ecocide in Chiapas at climate summit in the US
By: Elio Henríquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas The Jovel Valley Environmental Network and the General Council of Colonias of the South and the Wetlands of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, sent a denunciation to the climate summit…
Read MoreThe EZLN prepares to tour Europe; the journey starts April 26
By: Isaín Mandujano TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas (apro) The Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) set a date for the tour that it will take to Europe in order to extend processes of reflection and analysis about…
Read MoreArmed group releases Frayba human rights defenders
By: Chiapas Paralelo The human rights defenders from the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba), Lázaro Sánchez Gutiérrez and Victórico Gálvez Pérez, were released early this morning, after being kidnapped for more than 40 hours….
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