Violence and Terror Experienced by the Population of the Municipality of Frontera Comalapa
National human rights organizations call for a humanitarian corrido as unprecedented violence escalates in the region.
Organized Crime
Forced Displacement Rising in Chiapas Leaving Ghost Towns
Spiraling cartel violence in Chiapas since the pandemic has forced thousands of people to abandon their homes and lands. “These cartels kidnap, murder, and threaten. In recent weeks the war has been very intense, this has caused us to move from our communities.”
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EZLN Denounces Cartel Clashes in Chiapas over Protection Racket for Mayan Train and Trans-Isthmus Corridor
“The so-called megaprojects do not lead to development. They are only commercial corridors opened so that organized crime has new markets. The dispute between rival cartels is not only about human and drug trafficking, it is above all the dispute over the monopoly of the protection racket in what is wrongly called the Mayan Train and the Trans-Isthmus Corridor.”
In the Highlands of Chiapas, Organizations Warn of a New Spike in Violence
With violence on the rise in the Highlands of Chiapas, the Abejas re-activate shelters for the displaced, and denounce the “unstoppable” violence.
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Violence continues in Chenalhó; Hundreds abandon homes in La Esperanza
Hundreds of inhabitants of the community of La Esperanza (in the municipality of Chenalho, Chiapas state), abandoned their homes this Tuesday. Violence continues in the Highlands of Chiapas as extraordinary elections approach.
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