The Pueblo Creyente organization of the municipality of Chicomuselo, Chiapas, denounced that pastoral agents and servants of the local parish were detained by members of the group El Maíz, social base of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG).
”Policies and practices related to gun acquisition and ownership in the United States directly contribute to the violence and insecurity that forces many people to flee their homes in search of safety. This flow of illegal weapons into Latin America results in an escalation of violence and insecurity, forcing people to make the heartbreaking decision to undertake a dangerous journey north in search of refuge. This forced migration is, in part, a consequence of US gun policies.”
In the first of a series of articles, Anabel Hernández takes an in-depth look at the ongoing narco war in Chiapas and some of its main players. It reads like a script for a nightmarish Netflix series but unfortunately, and often lethally, it is all to real for the inhabitants of the state.
Inhabitants and municipal authorities of Frontera Corozal, municipality of Ocosingo, requested the permanent and definitive presence of the National Guard in the region, in order to combat criminal groups operating in the Lacandon zone. This is their petition for protection.
As with the Frontera Comalapa, the communities of this region are experiencing a reign of terror perpetrated by organized crime, and largely ignored by the federal government.
Another portrait in Avispa Midia’s series, Chiapas: Disappearing on the Southern Border of Mexico.
A 45-year-old ejidal commissioner who called for a military presence to protect his town, was taken from a bus…
