“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 »
Adherents to the National Indigenous Congress issue a statement regarding the context of the struggle against long-running organized crime and paramilitarism in Tila and denouncing the mis-information that prevails in the media.
Translation of further context forthcoming.
Terror in Tila: City Hall and Organized Crime READ MORE »
As those above make deals for the return of the displaced residents of Tila, the people demand security and the application of the rule of law as a condition for their return.
Four thousand displaced residents reject returning to Tila READ MORE »
“There were thousands of us who were trapped and defenseless, unable to leave our homes; the report had already been made to the federal and state governments, so they knew what could happen, but they did not intervene to prevent it, denounced the local man whose house was burned.”
For nearly a week in Tila, Chiapas residents have been held residents hostage as violence flares between narcoparamiltaries and members of the ejido. After days of unresponsiveness, Army and National Guard troops entered the area allowing nearly half the population to flee.
Tila, the Chiapas town that fled violence. More than 4 thousand displaced. READ MORE »
