Three migrants were shot dead when they were kidnapped in Tapachula, Chiapas, police sources reported. The alleged kidnapper also lost his life, while three more migrants were injured by gunfire, according to police reports. According to an informative card that was accessed, the authorities received reports of shots in the Ejido Manga de Clavo, in […]

The tsotsil peasant organization “Ocez-Casa del Pueblo” in the Municipality of Venustiano Carranza, in the center of Chiapas, warned that they will not let the Morenista Governor, Rutilio Escandón, to enter, because two of his bodyguards tried to take one of their members, they pulled out a weapon and in response he fired into the […]

Elements of the three levels of government arrested in the Las Delicias neighborhood, of San Cristobal, nine alleged gang members who travel on motorcycles, known as motonetos, after a fight in which a person was injured by a bullet, reported the Municipal Police. He explained that around 5:40 p.m. this Monday, the nine people now […]

In response, alleged human traffickers maintain a roadblock and demand that three people detained by the communities be handed over to them. Tseltal indigenous people from the municipalities of Nicolás Ruiz, and from two communities of Venustiano Carranza and Totolapa, located in the central area of the state of Chiapas, placed community guards to stop […]

More than 100 evangelical churches closed due to violence in Chiapas The evangelical church in Chiapas reported the closure of more than 100 temples located in the Sierra Mariscal region as a result of the violence that prevails in several municipalities and in order to safeguard its members. According to the testimony of the president […]

On Saturday, the evangelical church in Chiapas announced that more than 100 temples closed their doors in the Sierra Mariscal region Francisco Napabe, pastor of Chiapas, shows that the evangelical church in Chiapas is a victim of extortion and floor charges, he shared how much the drug trafficking charges the temples as a floor fee […]

Coffee producers from the Soconusco region of Chiapas joined this Thursday the national strike carried out by the Mexican Alliance of Transport Organizations (Amotac). The producers completely blocked the road section Tapachula-Nueva Alemania, at the entrance to the High Zone, to demand fair prices for the grain. As part of the peaceful protest, more than […]

The insecurity that has hit San Cristóbal de Las Casas, has the local economy in crisis due to the low number of tourists. Small businesses, even in the main walkways, have had to close their doors due to low sales. Establishments have had to pay floor rights, and many have gone bankrupt while those who […]

Human Rights defending organizations demand the government to recognize the conflict and assume its responsibility to address the violence in Chiapas. Forced to dig trenches, set up checkpoints, hand over their belongings, show their phones, their messages, keep quiet, ask for permission even to officiate a religious service, serve as servants, or be sexually abused, […]