“This is not an isolated oversight; the pattern in Chiapas has been the denial, concealment and minimization of forced displacement and the violent causes that lead to it. For these reasons we hold the federal and state governments responsible for the current crisis of violence and displacement in Chiapas.”
Failure to attend to displaced people in Tila “is not an isolated oversight” says Frayba READ MORE »
Magdalena Gómez provides some essential background on the conflict that continues to unfold in Tila, Chiapas– a complex story of campesino struggle for land and of State negligence that began decades ago.
The ejido in Tila and the Ch’ol people: the impossible pursuit of a legal victory READ MORE »
Frayba calls for a complete investigation of the role of the National Guard in the massacre of of over 25 civilians in central Chiapas. The incident points to ongoing collusion of military forces with organized crime.
Raúl Zibechi warns that the narco is a structural outgrowth of the capitalist system, from which political processes and State actors will grant no reprieve.
Narco Trafficking and the Armed Forces READ MORE »
The murder of young Yanqui Kothan Gómez Peralta has freshly poured salt into the wound that is Ayotzinapa. “For those who remember that expression “let’s not wake up the bronco Mexico,” it seems that the crime of March 7 has already awakened the rebellious and combative normalismo that, without a doubt, will be reactivated beyond Ayotzinapa. The commitment that the investigations will be continued by the next government remains. It will be obligatory.”
Ayotzinapa: A New Rift with the State READ MORE »
