Hermann Bellinghausen looks at the re-emergence of paramilitary group “Peace and Justice” in the north of Chiapas in acts of vandalism, and causing new community concern in Tila.
Acts of Vandalism and the Return of “Paz y Justicia” to Tila are exposed READ MORE »
Text and Photos by Ángeles Mariscal ALDAMA, CHIAPAS — On Manuela Sántiz Hernández, her thinness is a product of insufficient food. You can see it in her cheekbones and her body, it looks like that of an adolescent that has barely begun to develop. She is 24 years old and responsible for eight children. Three are hers and five were from her mother-in-law, who died and left five small children orphaned. They all lived in the community of Yetón, one of the 11 hamlets where 60 hectares of land are located that their aggressors from the municipality of Chenalhó try
Indigenous of Aldama, Chiapas, between famine and gunfire READ MORE »
