Paramilitaries fire shots into a march in Tila, Chiapas leaving two dad and many injured. This is the most recent agression in a deep, and old reign of power by paramilitary forces and families.
Counter-insurgency tactics in Chiapas, under AMLO’s administration ironically remain unchanged from the military occupation of Chiapas in the 90’s. Hermann Bellinghausen describes a foreboding and familiar scenario as agressions break out across the state.
Gilberto López y Rivas connects the dots of the “wholesale war of attrition” leveraged against Zapatista communities, from paramilitaries to AMLO’s latest statements.
Despite wars waged on them from many fronts during the pandemic, Zapatista and CNI communities face the health crisis with autonomous health systems. Raúl Romero describes resistance and resilience in the face of yet one more threat.
Hermann Bellinghausen looks at the re-emergence of paramilitary group “Peace and Justice” in the north of Chiapas in acts of vandalism, and causing new community concern in Tila.
