The New Year started with at least 20 murders in Chicomuselo despite government claims that the area is calm. The ongoing battle between cartels for control of migrant routes is being used as an excuse for militarization of the state in the name of public safety.
In the season when we commemorate the birth of a child to a displaced family, thousands of parents find themselves in the same plight today in their search for a better life. Schools for Chiapas is currently recruiting volunteers to work at a migrant center in Salto de Agua. Please visit our website for further information https://schoolsforchiapas.org/become-a-human-rights-observer/
Forced displacement is a phenomenon that particularly affects indigenous peoples in Chiapas. The Civil Observer Brigades (BriCO) organized by Frayba represent an important effort to put a halt to this. If you are interested in becoming a BriCO volunteer, please take a look here to find out more https://schoolsforchiapas.org/become-a-human-rights-observer/
The discovery of 155 migrants in Tonalá, Chiapas, gives us some insight into the dreadful conditions they face.
Out of desperation with their conditions in Tapachula and long bureaucratic delays, a group of some 500 migrants are making their way to Huixtla to join the caravan of 5,000 other migrants who hope to make their way safely through Mexico to the US. “We decided to walk because we have no money, we have no choice, we no longer want to be here, there is no work, and the papers tell us one date and then they change us to another,” said Guatemalan Juana Pérez.
