Chiapas, from Paramilitaries to Organized Crime
Hernández Navarro sketches the portrait of organized crime and the web it weaves with local governments and police forces — one that is currently at play in the struggle in Pantelhó, Chiapas.
Forced Disappearance and the Genocide of the Poor
With the disappearance of migrants, the missing and murdered indigenous women, the serial elimination of environmental and human rights defenders, “Genocide of the Poor ” most aptly describes the nature of the war on marginalized communities.
Elected Officials of San Cristóbal Promote the Dispossession of the Zapatista Reserve of Huitepec, in SCLC
A group led by mayor-elect of San Cristóbal de las Casas, seeks to expel Zapatista residents/protectors from the Huitepec Reserve, an area of 102 hectares that they have protected for 15 years.
Pantelhó Demands That the Mayor-elect and the Interim Mayor Resign
Municipal agents from 69 of the 85 communities in Pantelhó, the presidents of four ejidal commissions, representatives of different religious denominations and 3,000 inhabitants, according to the promoters, demanded the resignation of the interim mayor, Delia Yaneth Flores Velasco, and of the mayor-elect, Raquel Trujillo Morales, both belonging to the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD).
Army Enters Indigenous Region Besieged by Crime in Chiapas, Thousands of Residents Flee
Thousands of indigenous people of Pantelhó and Chenahó displaced by the violence continue seeking asylum. In their communities, the actions of organized crime are increasingly visible. Indigenous people that call themselves the “self-defense groups of the people tried to expel the criminal groups. The Armed forces arrived in the region.