Ángeles Máriscal interviews terrified residents in the region where the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels clash. Those fleeing leave everything behind. And those who stay are conscripted into the service of the cartels.
“That is why it is of no use when the drug kingpin is arrested or the politician in collusion with organized crime is tried.”
Raúl Romero glances the super structure of organized transnational crime and its influence on the global order. As Mexico roll into another election year (as do we) understanding these operations is a important part of seeing the threats they pose and building solutions.
As activists call for aid for the displaced from the Sierra region of Chiapas, clothes and food are being collected in Sendas in San Cristóbal, the cultural center which Schools for Chiapas forms part of.
As the military intervenes in the cartel violence on the southern border of Chiapas, the prospects for protection of communities appears bleak. Thousands of families have left their homes and are urgently in need of emergency aid.
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.
