One month after Guatemalan authorities acknowledged the massive influx of people fleeing the state of Chiapas, the atmosphere of violence in the border region caused families to abandon their homes once again. According to reports by journalist Isaín Mandujano, in the early hours of August 25, an armed commando infiltrated the Barrio Reforma community, belonging […]
Tens of thousands of students in Chiapas did not return to classrooms due to violence
Tens of thousands of students from the Sierra, Frontera, and Frailesca regions of Chiapas did not start classes yesterday due to the violence prevailing in those regions from the dispute between rival organized crime groups, reported Armando Falconi, leader of the Democratic State Assembly of Section 40 of the National Union of Education Workers, affiliated […]
Chiapas and the now “Captain Marcos”
Amidst the political noise surrounding the important decisions that the Congress of the Union will have to make in the coming weeks, a deafening sound begins to emerge, the epicenter of which is located in the southeast of the country, to be more specific in the State of Chiapas. Among the many problems that the […]
Fire in the northern market of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, devastates 25 stores
A fire destroyed 25 shops in the Zona Norte market in San Cristóbal de las Casas during the early hours of Saturday. Municipal Civil Protection reported that the fire, possibly caused by a short circuit, started at 03:55. Source: milenio
Criminal groups control cities on the border between Chiapas and Guatemala
The criminal groups in dispute have control of the main cities, roads, commerce and the border of Chiapas with Guatemala. In the region, soldiers have been the targets of shooting and drone attacks. Entire populations are threatened for collaborating in blockades that prevent the passage of federal forces, while families flee in caravans amid gunfire. […]
Crisis in tourism in the highlands of Chiapas
Due to the insecurity in the region, as in other areas of the country, travel agencies in San Cristóbal are experiencing their worst moment, with a sales level of seven percent, denounced Linda Armas, president of the Chiapas Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies. In a press conference, she announced that the hiring of this […]
Residents are forced by criminal groups to confront the Army in Chiapas
Residents of the municipality of Ángel Albino Corzo, near the border between Chiapas and Guatemala, were forced by criminal groups to block roads and confront army troops. After more than 24 hours of threats, blockades with ditches and trucks driven across, as well as detention of soldiers, whose camp had its power cut off, the […]
Displaced people in Chiapas: “I never even imagined that I would seek to go to the United States”
The patio of a migrant shelter in this border city has become the home of Gloria Ramírez, a woman who, along with her daughter, left their life in the municipality of Mapastepec, Chiapas, as a result of the violence and extortion of which she claims they were victims. “I never even imagined that I would […]
“Be on our side”: Residents of a Chiapas community prevent the passage of soldiers from the National Guard and the Army
Residents of the El Regadillo community, in the municipality of Chicomuselo, in the Sierra Madre of Chiapas, prevented elements of the National Guard and the Army from patrolling the area, in protest against the claims they have made to officials to ask for security and to prevent people from continuing to abandon their homes, due […]
“Dispute between rival cartels is over the fee for the Mayan Train and Trans-Isthmus Corridor”: EZLN
Captain Marcos, leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), reappeared on the public scene weeks before the end of the six-year term of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In recent days he has issued four statements to criticize megaprojects, displacements, violence by organized crime, disappearances and the political activities of the right and […]