Authorities Identify 90 Critical Waterway Risk Points as Chiapas Activates Interagency Command Center for the 2026 Rainy Season Authorities have identified 90 critical points in rivers and waterways as they activated the Interagency Command Center in response to the imminent impact of the rainy season and a period of contrasting weather conditions across the state. […]

Although Chiapas is not among the Mexican states with the highest number of recorded massacres, violence linked to organized crime has left episodes that have marked the state and exposed the deterioration of security in different regions. According to the civil organization Causa en Común, between January 2020 and March 2026, a total of 3,306 […]

Leak of Personal Data of More Than 45,000 Mobile Phone Users Raises Cybersecurity Concerns in Mexico The leak of personal data belonging to approximately 45,804 mobile phone users has raised cybersecurity concerns in Mexico after a group of hackers claimed to have obtained and published sensitive customer information, primarily from the state of Chiapas. Among […]

According to the vendor, the eviction occurred after she expressed her dissatisfaction with an extraordinary fee requested for maintenance work. A vendor at the San Cristóbal de Las Casas Candy and Crafts Market denounced the removal of a space designated for prayer and veneration of an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which, she claims, […]

Members of a documentation caravan reported acts of harassment in communities in Chilón that oppose the highway project in Chiapas: “From the Documentation Caravan for the San Cristóbal de las Casas-Palenque Highway Project, we support the struggle of the human rights defenders who oppose the highway project and denounce the fact that in recent weeks, […]

The Teacher Conflict in Chiapas Impacts the Angel Albino Corzo International Airport The teacher conflict in Chiapas reached a much more delicate breaking point this Friday, June 12, than the usual highway blockades: the Angel Albino Corzo International Airport. The new angle of the day’s events was not just the protest itself, but its capacity […]

San Juan Chamula is one of those small towns in Chiapas that you do not visit just to “see a pretty place,” but rather to understand a deeply different, proud, and living way of life. Just a few minutes from San Cristóbal de las Casas, this destination combines spirituality, Tzotzil tradition, a marketplace, mountainous landscapes, […]

Teachers’ protests once again impacted the operation of strategic infrastructure in the country. During the early hours of Thursday, June 11, members of the CNTE (National Coordinator of Education Workers) gathered near the Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport, the main air terminal in Chiapas, where they set up roadblocks that prevented the normal flow of […]

The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Jalisco arrested Joseph “N” in San Cristóbal de las Casas. He is the victim’s partner and the main suspect in the femicide of Makala Pendley, originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, whose body was found this Monday at the entrance to the municipality of Zinacantán. How did Makala […]