Indigenous people from the community of Tzanembolom, Chiapas, abandoned their homes and ran to take refuge in the only school in the town after being attacked by the criminal group identified as “Los Herrera.” Testimonies from residents collected by journalist Elio Henríquez for the newspaper La Jornada confirm that the group of “Los Herrera” attacked […]

A local judge ordered the eviction of families living in the 5 de Marzo neighborhood of San Cristóbal, whose houses were built on land taken in 1994, denounced the president of the colonists, Carmen Guillén Méndez. She said that on June 27, an attorney was presented with the eviction order for two families, but the […]