Heavy rain hit the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas on Monday afternoon, leaving flooded streets in several neighborhoods and damaging roadways. The downpour caused the Chamula River to overflow its banks, increasing the concern of residents near its banks, who reported that the water level rose rapidly in a matter of minutes. The […]

The summer vacation season closed with moderate numbers for the hotel sector in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, reported Verónica Alcántara, president of the city’s Hotel Association. In an interview, the union representative detailed that weekday occupancy levels averaged 35%, with a recovery on weekends that allowed occupancy to reach 60% on Fridays and Saturdays. […]

The traditional practices of a family of Tsotsil women from San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, reveal the complex relationships between nature and the culture of a territory that stands the test of time. This is the guiding thread of the film essay “Formas de tramonto un territorio” (Ways of Traversing a Territory), by Mexican […]

The Chiapas State Congress approved the “Ingrid Law” on Wednesday, reforms to the Penal Code to punish the distribution of images of a victim with up to six years in prison. This includes public officials, citizens, and media outlets that disseminate, photograph, copy, or publish images, videos, audios, documents, or evidence of a criminal investigation […]

The National Epidemiological Surveillance System (Sinave) reported that Chiapas leads the national list of tetanus cases with a total of six people affected, three men and three women, so far in 2025. The state surpasses Jalisco and Veracruz, which each have four cases, while Tabasco, Michoacán, and Hidalgo each have two, and Colima, Guerrero, Oaxaca, […]

Marlene de Coss, originally from Chiapa de Corzo and living in Ixtapa, is an artisan dedicated to the creation of hand-embroidered textiles, an activity that has shaped her entire life. She began learning this craft at the age of six, and next January she will celebrate 50 years of embroidery. For Marlene, this activity is […]

Amid a significant drop in cacao prices, Chiapas is preparing to celebrate the Seventh Cacao and Chocolate Festival 2025, an event that will bring together more than 50 local and national producers in two venues: from August 29 to 31 at the San Cristóbal de las Casas Museum (MUSAC) and on September 2 and 3 […]

The Attorney General of Chiapas, Jorge Luis Llaven Abarca, reported that at least four leaders of the Corn Cartel have Interpol red cards, which Guatemalan authorities can use to help locate and arrest. In a press conference, Llaven Abarca identified Vladmir “N” and Noé “N” as the two main leaders of this criminal organization in […]

Four Tzotzil women were imprisoned in the El Pozo community of San Juan Chamula for refusing to donate land containing a spring, which for years has been used to supply water to the community of just over 2,500 inhabitants. Community authorities detained the women, one of whom was breastfeeding a newborn, and then took them […]