Postcards from the War
In a first installment, Raúl Romero looks at the indicators in assessing the context of a multi-level, multi-actor war in Mexico…
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The Chiapas Powder Keg
“Chiapas is a powder keg ready to explode…” Luis Hernandez Navarro provides us with a potent summary of the imminent crisis unfolding throughout Chiapas.
The Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels wage an intense battle in Chiapas territory
The United Nations’ World Cocaine Report 2023 mentions that an significant part of the violence in Latin America related to drug trafficking is due to the rivalry between local allies of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel that has been supported in Mexico with networks of specialized alliances with local crime groups.
Crime Groups Displace Residents of the Lacandon Jungle
The territory on the border between Mexico and Guatemala has been used for decades by groups that traffic illegal merchandise and smuggle people; but the difference with the current situation, he says, is the acts of violence against the population that does not agree (with these activities); the use of arms, the control of roads and means of communication.
Femicide as a Symptom
So many women murdered. What is going on? Where does this criminal impulse to choose the imminent femicide, whether directed at women by chance or for personal reasons, come from? We can allow ourselves to call the phenomenon an epidemic. Could it be a contagious disease?