TO THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS (CNI)
TO THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS AND THE CIG. TO THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SEXTA.
TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS OF MEXICO AND THE WORLD. TO THE MOTHERS, FATHERS AND SEARCHING FAMILIES FROM ALL OVER MEXICO.
TO THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS. TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WATER AND LIFE.
TO THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
TO THE GROUPS, COLLECTIVES, SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
TO THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES.
SISTERS AND BROTHERS, RECEIVE A CORDIAL GREETING FROM THE ORIGINARY PEOPLES OF THE NORTHERN RAINFOREST OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS. FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TILA, TUMBALA, SABANILLA, YAJALON AND SALTO DE AGUA. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS, TO INFORM YOU OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE LIVING IN OUR TOWNS, CAUSED BY THE BAD SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENTS OF OUR COUNTRY MEXICO.
WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER FROM OUR DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES AND OUR CALENDARS, AND TODAY WE INFORM YOU OF THE SERIOUS SITUATION OF DEFAMATION, SLANDER, AGGRESSION, THREATS, ARBITRARY DETENTIONS AND HARASSMENT THAT OUR COMPAÑEROS AND COMPAÑERAS MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS OF THE TOWN OF TILA ARE LIVING, WE DENOUNCE THE FOLLOWING:
ALL THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE INDIGENOUS TOWN OF TILA, CHIAPAS IS CAUSED BY THE SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEADED BY DR. CLAUDIA SHEIBAUM PARDO, EDUARDO RAMIREZ AGUILAR, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS; CACIQUE LIMBER GREGORIO GUTIERREZ GOMEZ; NEYSER HERNANDEZ LOPEZ, CURRENT MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS, A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND VICTIMS, REPRESENTED BY A SUPPOSED CIVIL COMMISSION (NAMES OMITTED), AND POLITICAL OPERATORS LINKED TO THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION (KARMA) OPERATING IN THE REGION.
ALL THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE INDIGENOUS TOWN OF TILA, CHIAPAS IS CAUSED BY THE SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HEADED BY DR. CLAUDIA SHEIBAUM PARDO, EDUARDO RAMIREZ AGUILAR, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS; CACIQUE LIMBER GREGORIO GUTIERREZ GOMEZ; NEYSER HERNANDEZ LOPEZ, CURRENT MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS, A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND VICTIMS, REPRESENTED BY A SUPPOSED CIVIL COMMISSION (NAMES OMITTED), AND POLITICAL OPERATORS LINKED TO THE CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION (KARMA) OPERATING IN THE REGION.
THE FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES HAVE FABRICATED CRIMES AGAINST OUR COMPAÑEROS AND COMPAÑERAS MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS (CNI), THEY HAVE CREATED FALSE INVESTIGATION FILES, THEY HAVE RELEASED ARREST WARRANTS WITHOUT CRIMES; THE SEDENA, THE NATIONAL GUARD, THE PAKALES IMMEDIATE REACTION FORCES (FRIP), HAVE MADE ARBITRARY DETENTIONS, RAIDS OF HOMES, ROBBERIES OF VALUABLE BELONGINGS, DETENTIONS OF ELDERLY ADULTS AND WOMEN WITHOUT CRIMES, UNDERAGE STUDENTS AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REGION, THERE IS PERSECUTION AGAINST US, INTIMIDATION, AND HARASSMENT, THEY HAVE ALSO VIOLATED THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.
TODAY IN THE INDIGENOUS TOWN OF TILA AND NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, THERE IS NO LONGER PEACE AND TRANQUILITY IN THE TOWNS, THE NATIONAL GUARD ENTERS CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES. ALL CRIMES AND COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN IGNORED, ALL GO UNPUNISHED.
THEY USE SOCIAL NETWORKS SUCH AS WHATSAPP, FACEBOOK AND OTHER DIGITAL MEDIA TO UPLOAD PHOTOS AND IMAGES (TAKEN WITHOUT ANYONE’S AUTHORIZATION) TO DENIGRATE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES; THEY INTIMIDATE, THREATEN, ALARM, SLANDER, DEFAME AND CREATE PANIC IN THE POPULATION OF
TILA AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. WE DENOUNCE THE ETHNIC FACEBOOK PAGE “la voz bilingüe del pueblo”, “VECINOS TILA CHIAPAS”, Petalcingo Chiapas (Petalcingo sin censura) and Denuncias Anónimas THIS PAGE IS USED TO PROMOTE VIOLENCE AND CONFRONTATION IN SOCIETY. WE IMMEDIATELY REQUEST THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE CYBERNETIC POLICE TO TRACK THE AFOREMENTIONED ACCOUNTS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE DATABASE OF INVESTIGATION.
WE ASK USERS NOT TO COMMENT OR SHARE SO AS NOT TO FALL INTO THEIR GAMES AND NOT TO BE ACCOMPLICES OF THIS GROUP THAT THEY HAVE USED TO PROPAGANDIZE THEMSELVES. AND ANY SITUATION THAT HAPPENS TO OUR PARTNERS, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE.
AS THE NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS WE WILL NOT FALL INTO THE PROVOCATIONS OF THIS GROUP, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS, NEITHER DO WE PROTECT OR HAVE LINKS WITH CRIMINALS; NOR ARE WE CAUSING TERROR, FEAR, ANXIETY AND PSYCHOSIS IN THE POPULATION; WE DENY ALL THE ACCUSATIONS FOR WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ACCUSED, THESE ARE LIES, FALSE AND UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR DESPERATION AND ACT OF PROVOCATION THAT COMES FROM THE FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. WE TELL YOU THAT, AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMIES OR THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING, ON THE CONTRARY WE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WANT TO LIVE IN PEACE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND WE DO NOT LIE TO OUR BROTHERS. WE KNOW THAT MORE STORMS ARE COMING AND AS PEOPLES WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE OURSELVES TO DEMAND PEACE, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, A STOP TO VIOLENCE AND CRIMINALIZATION.
THEY MAY ACCUSE US OF MANY THINGS, AND EVEN IF WE HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY CRIME, THEY CAN HAVE US IMPRISONED, THEY CAN ASSASSINATE US, DISAPPEAR US, KIDNAP US, JUST AS THEY DID WITH OUR BROTHERS DOMINGO LUGO AND CARMEN LUGO. THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHERE THEY ARE AND WHO THE MURDERERS ARE. THE INNOCENT ARE CONDEMNED TO MANY YEARS IN JAIL; AND THEY WERE CONDEMNED WITHOUT AN EXISTING DUE PROCESS. WE DEMAND THE CANCELLATION OF THE ARREST WARRANTS, NO MORE ARBITRARY DETENTIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, A STOP TO THE STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE IN OUR TOWNS AND WE DEMAND THE INVESTIGATION OF THOSE WHO HARASS AND INTIMIDATE THE CNI SUPPORTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE CONTINUE TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR FATHER MARCELO PÉREZ, SIMON PEDRO, SAMIR FLORES AND MANY MORE WHO HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED AND DISAPPEARED, WHO WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOR THEIR WALK AND FOR THEIR STRUGGLE ALONGSIDE THE PEOPLE; THEIR FAMILIES AND VICTIMS ARE NOT ALONE, WE EMBRACE THEM FROM WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WE ASK YOU TO BE VIGILANT WITH US, OUR COMRADES ARE AT HIGH RISK. SHARE FROM THE EXTREME CORNERS OF THIS GEOGRAPHY OUR WORD THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU TODAY. OUR WALK AND OUR STRUGGLE IS FOR LIFE AND PEACE.
ON JULY 13, 2025.
NEVER AGAIN A MEXICO WITHOUT US. IF THEY TOUCH ONE OF US THEY TOUCH US ALL.
LONG LIVE OUR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
LONG LIVE THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES WHO STRUGGLE AND RESIST ATTENTIVELY
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS CONGRESS TILA
REPRESENTATIVES, COORDINATORS, DELEGATES, COUNCILMEN (AS) OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLES OF THE NORTHERN ZONE OF CHIAPAS.
Original text by the Congreso Nacional Indígena published on July 13, 2025.
Translation by Schools for Chiapas.