Social, environmental and human rights organizations, accompanied by academics, documented “serious and irreparable violations” in the 4T megaproject.
In Mexico today, the number of missing persons is alarming and continues to rise. According to the National Search Commission, as of March 17th, 2025, more than 124,000 people are registered as “missing” and “unaccounted for.” One of the most famous cases, even internationally, was that of the 43 missing students from the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Teachers’ College of Ayotzinapa, in the state of Guerrero. It is a deep wound still open in Mexican history, due to the involvement of the government and the armed forces in the disappearance of the young men, who were barely twenty years old.
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Mexican lawyer Ana Lorena Delgadillo, a member of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, points out that the case of the Aquila defenders exemplifies possible links between the company, the State, and organized crime. For the first time, a recent report raises the question of how economic power plays a role in the disappearance of land defenders and must assume responsibility.
Violent attacks against Zapatista Support Bases and CNI communities continue.
In addition to the crime against the priest, Héctor “N”, the suspect, is charged with gang membership and attacks against the peace and physical integrity and property of the community and the State, for events that occurred on October 7th, 2023, also in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
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