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Statement from Schools for Chiapas On Stopping the War Against the Zapatista Communities

From the mountains and forests of the northwestern Turtle Island, to the Emerald Isle of Slumil K’ajemk’op, (Unsubmissive Ireland), to the coastal territories of Baja California and the borderlands, to the jungles and highlands of the Mexican southeast, we – Schools for Chiapas call for an immediate end to the state-sponsored war against the Zapatista communities. 

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Organized Crime Takes Control of Mining Territory in Chiapas

In the last week of May, the deadly Sinaloa and CJNG Cartels ravaged the southern border of Chiapas in a dispute over territory. Residents were forcibly conscripted and threatened with their lives for four days before any State authorities intervened. While many factors are at play, this article fills in a few details of the history and allure of the region for these criminal players.

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More on the Acteal Massacre and CIDE

“Curiously, the directors of a research center par excellence were not informed that the review of the files of the Acteal massacre prisoners that they promoted, of enormous ethical, legal and political relevance, were part of an agreement between the President of the Republic and the professor of the CIDE that brought the case to them. Nor did it seem to matter to them that in reality they were advocating impunity and for the country’s jails to be full of indigenous people, those who in fact are unjustly imprisoned.”

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