Six migrants died and 10 more were injured by gunshots after a chase by elements of the Mexican Army in the municipality of Villa Comaltitlán, Chiapas, authorities reported. Security sources indicated that SEDENA elements were patrolling the lower area of the coastal town when they intercepted a truck that tried to flee near the Los … Read more
The armed attack against a truck in which undocumented migrants were traveling in Chiapas by elements of the Army, killing six of them and injuring ten more, “cannot be repeated,” so necessary measures are being taken to do so, he emphasized. President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. He regretted the murder of the migrants by, presumably, members … Read more
The Citizen Council of the National Migration Institute (INM) expressed its “deep indignation” at the events in which six migrants died and ten more were injured by shots fired by elements of the Mexican Army in Chiapas. He called on the Institute to convene security authorities to “establish commitments to eliminate any practice that involves … Read more
After the death of six migrants due to shots fired by members of the Army in Chiapas, the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate, through the Episcopal Dimension of the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility, requested the State to adopt non-repetition measures to limit the presence of the Armed Forces in public order work and in … Read more
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chis. The Tsotsil writer, Ruperta Bautista, the first woman from indigenous peoples to write a novel, considered that the 2024 Indigenous Literatures of America Prize that she recently received can contribute to “opening the way for other women to publish” in their mother tongue. “The award is recognizing the work … Read more
Guadalajara, Jal. The Tzotzil writer Ruperta Bautista Vázquez (May 17, 1975, San Cristóbal de las Casas) won the 12th edition of the Prize for Indigenous Literature of the Americas (PLIA) with her collection of poems Presagio lóbrego, in which she gives voice to women from the communities of that entity in southeastern Mexico, who, upon … Read more
The expansion of the appointment system to request asylum through the CBP One application in Tabasco and Chiapas starting this Friday requires a “comprehensive intervention to reduce violence” in the latter entity, which has been experiencing armed attacks between criminal groups for days. Otherwise, “the lives and safety of thousands” of them will be put … Read more
San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chis. For the creator Manuel Suasnávar Pastrana (Mexico City, 1946), who was the object of a tribute for his 60 years of career, painting “is a vehicle through which you travel through life with emotion.” Painting, he stressed, “is a vehicle that you travel with because the moment you imprint … Read more
Concordia, Chis. In the framework of the “historic” inauguration for the region of a cable-stayed bridge, which will connect Frailesca with Sierra Mariscal, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed his hope that very soon this region will live up to its name. Close to the border with Guatemala, this area is shaken by violence arising … Read more
Concordia, Chis. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his next successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, inaugurated yesterday in Chiapas a historic cable-stayed bridge in this area of La Frailesca, near the border with Guatemala The president’s allusion to the turbulent situation in the region caused by the confrontation between two organized crime cartels was inevitable. We must … Read more