Indigenous people of Pantelhó, Chiapas, will not participate in 2024 elections
Another municipality in Chiapas chooses not to participate in elections, citing violence and disorder. They will opt for governance by Municipal Council.
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Former Undersecretary of Government destabilizes Pantelhó
Last year armed self-defense groups in Pantelhó made their presence public in order to run organized crime out of their municipality. Though residents appointed new councillors, a recently appointed accountant stirred up suspicions with fiscal irregularities.
The mayor of Pantelhó is Impeached; Will Be Tried for Homicide
by Elio HenrÃquez San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis., The plenary of the local Congress, acting as a procedural jury, approved the ruling to remove the jurisdiction of the municipal president of Pantelhó, Raquel Trujillo Morales, which will allow the State Attorney General’s Office to try him for homicide, the PRD mayor himself reported. Trujillo Morales said that the legislators impeached him Tuesday, but that he will defend his integrity and that of his family, and “will produce evidence of the persecution of which I am the target. First, I swear to God, I will return to my municipality with …
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