Chiapas is today the epicenter of a war that has spread throughout the country. With Chiapas we have the obligation to raise our voices and speak out about this war that hurts us as a society every day. To demand today a halt to the attacks against the Zapatista communities is also to demand a halt to the war in Chiapas and in all of Mexico. May peace continue to be the objective.

“A tireless fighter for peace, Padre Marcelo’s ideology can be summed up by two signs: an article of clothing and a melody. He wore, as a kind of civilian habit, a T-shirt with the image of Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, Metropolitan Archbishop of El Salvador, assassinated in 1980 during the celebration of a Eucharist, canonized in 2018. His favorite song was “No basta rezar” (It’s not enough to pray) by the Venezuelan musical group Los Guaraguo.”