Tila Autonomous Group rejects civility pact in Chiapas.
In a statement on social media, an armed group calling itself the Rebel Seed Indigenous Community Front for Land and Territory (Frente Comunitario Indígena Semilla por Tierra y Libertad), declared it was defending 130 hectares of land and accused the government of failing to provide solutions to the violence in the region.
In its message, the group denounced the murder of children of Ejidatarios (communal landowners) and noted that, due to the lack of government response, they were forced to organize and prepare militarily to protect their communities.
“Narco-militaries and hitmen have generated a climate of insecurity, affecting humble and innocent residents. They want to take our lands from us, and they will not succeed, because an organized people will never be defeated,” they stated in the statement.
The group also accused authorities at all three levels of government of allowing the spread of organized crime in the region, citing drug dealing, extortion, and the protection of alleged criminal leaders.
Among the names mentioned, they pointed to Representative Juan Manuel Utrilla Constantino and his brother-in-law, Joaquín Flores, who currently serves as Police Director in the municipality of Yajalón. They also identified several individuals who, they claim, operate within the Tila ejido.
In their message, the Community Front expressed their distrust of the civility pact signed on March 13 and 20, 2025, between the three groups in the area, stating that “it could be a government strategy to betray them.”
They asserted that, despite this agreement, firearms continue to be fired in the Tila ejido, with no action by the military or state police against the criminal groups.
“We are clear: we want no more murders of fellow ejido members, no more intimidation. If they touch one, they touch us all,” they warned, reaffirming their determination to continue their resistance and struggle to defend their lands.
The statement concludes with the slogan: “Long live the united peoples of the Tila ejido” and down with the system of bad capitalist government.
Source: Latinus
