Las Abejas de Acteal announced a day to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Acteal Massacre and 32 years of their journey as an organization, as well as to demand justice for the murder of Father Marcelo Perez, who was killed last October 20 in Chiapas.
Las Abejas Announce Commemoration of Acteal Massacre and Father Marcelo in Chiapas READ MORE »
Frayba statement on historic IACHR ruling in the case of the forced disappearance of EZLN support base Antonio González Méndez. It was the state!
In protest against raids on places where drugs are allegedly distributed and the detention of 30 people, members of organized crime groups forced truck drivers and residents to cross trailers to prevent security forces from entering at least eight municipalities in Chiapas bordering Comitán, where the raids were carried out; this municipality is located in the border zone with Guatemala. This Sunday, the People’s Security Secretariat and the Chiapas Prosecutor’s Office arrived in the municipality of Comitán to give the “starting gun” to the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force (FRIP); that is, the security group that began operations in Chiapas on
Narco-blockades Carried out in Eight Municipalities of Chiapas READ MORE »
As we have seen Guadalupe has made us make a pilgrimage through many themes, although she was conceived in religion, she was always a symbol that belonged more to the people. Her power lies in the fact that Guadalupe-Tonantzin has been claimed for very constant social causes: women, migrants and the conquered who reconquered Spain. She has taught us that “symbols are neither created nor destroyed, only transformed.”
The Virgin of Guadalupe Between Counter-conquest, Migration and Feminism READ MORE »
Raúl Romero shares a brief history of militarization in Mexico and the evolution of its current expressions in paramilitary groups and organized crime in Chiapas.
