Paramilitaries of Chenalho fire on Tsotsil communities of Aldama
In spite of supposed movement toward an agreement between Aldama and Chenalhó, aggressions by Chenalhó paramilitaries continue against Aldama communities.
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Police shoot at unarmed community of Aldama, Chiapas
At the risk of public numbness to these reports, he says, Hermann Bellinghausen reports out the frequency and dailiness of armed aggressions against Aldama. We must remain vigilant.
Tila, chiefdom, paramilitaries and autonomy
Luis Hernandez Navarro details the background of power, corruption, and paramilitaries behind the conflict in Tila.
Paramilitaries ambush march in Tila, Chiapas; at least two dead
Paramilitaries fire shots into a march in Tila, Chiapas leaving two dad and many injured. This is the most recent agression in a deep, and old reign of power by paramilitary forces and families.
Indigenous of Aldama, Chiapas, between famine and gunfire
Text and Photos by Ángeles Mariscal ALDAMA, CHIAPAS — On Manuela Sántiz Hernández, her thinness is a product of insufficient food. You can see it in her cheekbones and her body, it looks like that of an adolescent that has barely begun to develop. She is 24 years old and responsible for eight children. Three are hers and five were from her mother-in-law, who died and left five small children orphaned. They all lived in the community of Yetón, one of the 11 hamlets where 60 hectares of land are located that their aggressors from the municipality of Chenalhó try …
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