The security alert includes the surroundings of the town of Ciudad Hidalgo, located on the border between Mexico and Guatemala Through a statement, the US Embassy in Mexico City informed US citizens that due to recent security events, US government employees will not be able to travel to the town of Ciudad Hidalgo. The security […]
Organized crime is destroying cultural tourism in Chiapas
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. —On January 12, a guide who had taken tourists from Europe to Lacandona was scared when he saw armed men from the Sinaloa Cartel at the entrance to Lacanjá. “I’m already in Lacanjá and it’s very badass here. You cannot go to Yaxchilán or Bonampak. Prices are already rising. “Those who are charging here […]
The armed conflict in Chiapas crosses borders and hinders Mexican tourism
The armed conflict that Chiapas suffers is becoming a reality beyond its own borders. While the federal and state governments continue to talk about peace, the evidence that large regions of the poorest state in Mexico are controlled by drug trafficking is repeated every day, challenging the official version. The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco […]
Days of terror in Chicomuselo, Chiapas due to cartel violence (VIDEO)
Inhabitants of the border mountains of Chiapas live days of terror in their municipalities due to forced recruitment and clashes between drug cartels. Since January 17, news emerged of large displacements by the inhabitants of Chicomuselo, Comalapa, La Concordia, and Socoltenango fleeing organized crime. The anguish increased with the arrival of the National Army which […]
The border is also Mexico: Enough of the inaction of the Mexican State
For several years we have been talking about drug trafficking, and how little by little, in addition to gaining ground, their activities are escalating, Now it is not the sale of drugs, weapons. They exercise power over trafficking networks, extort and kill migrants, charge floor rights to economic activities, and worse, control territories and dispossess; […]
Crisis in Chiapas: More than 14,000 people leave their homes due to violence in the area
Drug trafficking and territorial conflicts have unleashed a wave of violence in Chiapas, causing the inhabitants to decide to leave all their assets The Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Center (Frayba) has revealed alarming data on forced displacement in several municipalities of the state of Chiapas. According to the reports, between 2010 and […]
Drug-related violence is spreading all over Chiapas: Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
In a letter signed together with his collaborators, Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar stated that the voices of peace of the people are being silenced by violence, weapons, and intimidation. The Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas and its parishioners united of the Pueblo Creyente organization denounced this Thursday the 21st the increase in drug violence […]
Residents of Chiapas applaud the arrival of the Sinaloa Cartel caravan
“We want peace”, shout residents of Chiapas while waving white flags and balloons before the arrival of alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel to the Sierra Madre region that crosses the state. In a video that circulates on social networks, more than a hundred residents are seen receiving the caravan of trucks with armed men […]
States Cartels threaten villagers in the mountains of Chiapas with bullets to recruit them
Inhabitants of Chicomuselo, Chiapas insist that there were 20 dead after a clash of cartels; state prosecutor’s office denies violence. Refugees in neighboring municipalities, residents of Chicomuselo, Chiapas – who are now displaced – narrated in an interview how, days before the clashes between the Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and Sinaloa cartels, in which they […]
“Guatemalan accused of homicide in the death of Florida Deputy is a huge injustice,” Attorney says
Virgilio Aguilar Méndez a 19-year-old Guatemalan, has been charged in the state of Florida for his involvement in the death of St. Johns County Deputy Michael Kunovich in May 2023. The case has gained national attention, with 450,458 people signing a petition to release Mendez. The medical examiner’s report says Kunovich died from an irregular heartbeat after […]