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.
San Cristóbal
“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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Fredy López Arévalo, Journalist, Murdered at his Home
On the night of Thursday, October 28th 2021, journalist Fredy López Arévalo was murdered at his home. His final tweet pointed to the dismissal of 200 employees at City Hall.
Elected Officials of San Cristóbal Promote the Dispossession of the Zapatista Reserve of Huitepec, in SCLC
A group led by mayor-elect of San Cristóbal de las Casas, seeks to expel Zapatista residents/protectors from the Huitepec Reserve, an area of 102 hectares that they have protected for 15 years.