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Armed 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…
Read MoreThey deny return to those displaced from Santa Martha, and accuse them of killing 6
By: Ángeles Mariscal Residents of Santa Martha, Chenalhó [those who remain there), accused the group of more than 30 families that were displaced from that community of breaking an agreement for the distribution of lands and murdering six of their…
Read MoreFrayba: Inaction of the Mexican State deepens violence in Chiapas Highlands
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, MexicoOctober 5, 2022Bulletin No. 31 The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) condemns the acts of violence occurring in the Santa Martha Section, municipality of Chenalhó, Chiapas. According to various sources…
Read MoreChenalhó, Chiapas, the struggle for land via the armed path
By: Ángeles Mariscal Seven days of constant attacks have passed, without the government being able to intervene to stop the confrontation that is being waged within the Santa Martha Chenalhó armed group, over the possession of 49.5 hectares of land….
Read MoreArmed group burns houses, murders opponents, displaces 32 families who flee to Polhó
By: Ángeles Mariscal This Tuesday marks six days since factions of the armed group that formed in Santa Martha, Chenalhó, in the Chiapas Highlands, have confronted each other. No authority of the three levels of government has entered the place,…
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