Please sign this Urgent Action!
“The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) expresses its deepest concern and strongly condemns the escalation of armed violence that, since May 6, 2026, has kept the communities belonging to the Indigenous and Popular Council of Guerrero – Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ) in the Lower Mountain region of Guerrero under siege.”
As those above make deals for the return of the displaced residents of Tila, the people demand security and the application of the rule of law as a condition for their return.
Four thousand displaced residents reject returning to Tila READ MORE »
“There were thousands of us who were trapped and defenseless, unable to leave our homes; the report had already been made to the federal and state governments, so they knew what could happen, but they did not intervene to prevent it, denounced the local man whose house was burned.”
For nearly a week in Tila, Chiapas residents have been held residents hostage as violence flares between narcoparamiltaries and members of the ejido. After days of unresponsiveness, Army and National Guard troops entered the area allowing nearly half the population to flee.
Tila, the Chiapas town that fled violence. More than 4 thousand displaced. READ MORE »
Faced with forced conscription by organized crime, familes have been forced to flee their homes in Chenalhó.
37 Tsotsil families from Chenalhó leave their homes due to threats from criminal group READ MORE »
Please sign the urgent action now to demand an end to the violence against Zapatista communities!
URGENT ACTION: Forced displacement of 28 Zapatistas in the Moisés y Gandhi region READ MORE »
