UPDATE: On the morning of May 21st, Cofradía de Ostula woke to yet another attack by Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación. The Community Guard are defending the area, trying to get them to retreat.
Community in Ostula Reports New Armed Attack by the CJNG in Michoacán READ MORE »
In Ostula, the Nahua defend their ancestral territory and autonomy against a marriage of extractivism, organized crime, and State impunity, a pattern of violence against indigenous peoples that recurs from Sonora to Michoacan, and on to Chiapas.
Raúl Romero shares some history.
Cease Fire Against Ostula READ MORE »
Santa María Ostula is a paradise that organized crime wants to turn into hell. The Nahua community in Michoacán, zealous defender of their lands and natural resources, is being savagely attacked by the drug traffickers.
In the state of Michoacan, indigenous Nahua defend their land and autonomy from incessant attacks by organized crime. Last week was the latest incident in decades of violence against them.
Santa María Ostula, unrelenting assault READ MORE »
When in 2001 the Mexican State betrayed the San Andres accords, an agreement with the originary peoples of the country, it unleashed in its wake a story of many resistances.
Neoliberal Integration and Territorial Defense READ MORE »
