Violence and Terror Experienced by the Population of the Municipality of Frontera Comalapa
National human rights organizations call for a humanitarian corrido as unprecedented violence escalates in the region.
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Violence continues in Chenalhó; Hundreds abandon homes in La Esperanza
Hundreds of inhabitants of the community of La Esperanza (in the municipality of Chenalho, Chiapas state), abandoned their homes this Tuesday. Violence continues in the Highlands of Chiapas as extraordinary elections approach.
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The 11 executed and burned in Nueva Morelia were innocent: Diocese of SCLC
In the wake of the massacre in Nuevo Morelia, Chicomuselo, the Diocese confirms that the innocent victims “resisted leaving their homes despite the violence, threats, and harassment from criminal groups.”
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Urgent Measures Demanded To Stop Armed Violence against Children
From Palestine to Pantelhó, children continue to be victims of violence related to territorial disputes in increasingly alarming numbers.
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Chiapas: “The civilian population has been taken hostage,” civil society organizations denounce.
Since approximately 2021, the border of Chiapas with Guatemala has been plagued by an unacknowledged armed conflict based on the territorial dispute between organized crime structures for the control of goods, services, people, legal and illegal products, as well as the very lives of the local population. As the violence escalates, authorities and military personnel are, at best negligent, and in some cases, colluding with the crime groups in conflict.