The Sentence Against the Murder of the Human Rights Defender Simón Pedro is Not Justice.
Frayba Center for Human Rights issues a statement on the sentencing of the Simon Pedro’s murder.
Organized Crime
Crime Groups Displace Residents of the Lacandon Jungle
The territory on the border between Mexico and Guatemala has been used for decades by groups that traffic illegal merchandise and smuggle people; but the difference with the current situation, he says, is the acts of violence against the population that does not agree (with these activities); the use of arms, the control of roads and means of communication.
Cartels Arrive in the Lacandón: “It is the Worst Time in the jungle” Residents Sayy.
Many families living in the Lacandon just in the last decades fled the violence of large plantation owners to make a life for themselves in the jungle. Now they face a new threat to their well being – the dominance of the cartels in the region.
“The Land is Not For Sale”: Defenders in the Face of the Mis-named Mayan Train
Avispa Midia interviews Mayan land defenders of the CNI of their experience with the mis-named megaproject, the Mayan Train.
Tlachinollan Human Rights Center Presents 28th Report on Ayotzinapa Case
Eight years after the disappearance of 43 student teachers in Guerrero, relatives and friends still seek justice. The main perpetrators remain in impunity in a case that the Tlachinollan Human Rights Center describes as a “shipwreck” in its 28th report.