Chiapas, Incessant Violence
Fear and uncertainty. In Chiapas, the violence, far from ceasing, grows and intensifies. Let no one be surprised when what is about to happen happens.
Organized Crime
The Criminal Industry in Mexico
It was the process of neoliberalization that facilitated the expansion and diversification of these industries’ businesses. Organized crime was globalized as well.
“Calm” returns to San Cristóbal de Las Casas
By Ángeles Mariscál The booths in the Northern Market opened, children attended school, amarket with typical sweets was installed on the central plaza and dozens ofsoldiers and police maintain searches and patrols. 24 hours after armed men took control of the northern zone of San Cristóbal de Las Casas forseveral hours, the population tries to recuperate its daily life. Señoras María Eugenia and Morelia spent Wednesday morning setting up astall selling typical sweets in the corridor of what used to be the MunicipalPresidency of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, next to the Cathedral of Peace.The Corpus Christi celebrations will begin …
Dispute Over Control of Market Incites Panic in San Cristóbal
From the Editor’s Desk Several burned vehicles were left behind following a confrontation between armed groups that sowed terror and panic for at least four hours, as they drove around the public road with their high-powered weapons without the security forces intervening, presumably due to the dispute over the administration of the market in the northern zone of San Cristóbal de la Casas, Chiapas. Police sources said that the hooded subjects, who carried long weapons and some bulletproof vests, according to images transmitted on social networks, blocked the road to Chamula shortly before noon with heavy vehicles and the south …
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Former Undersecretary of Government destabilizes Pantelhó
Last year armed self-defense groups in Pantelhó made their presence public in order to run organized crime out of their municipality. Though residents appointed new councillors, a recently appointed accountant stirred up suspicions with fiscal irregularities.