Communiqué from the Clandestine Indigenous Revolutionary Committee–General Command
of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation

Mexico.

16 October 2024

To the National and International Sexta:
To the signatories of the Declaration for Life:

Compas:

For some weeks, residents of Palestina have been harassing women, elders, children, and men of the Zapatista community “6 de Octubre,” part of the Caracol of Jerusalén, with threats of evicting them from the lands they have occupied and worked peacefully for over 30 years.

Before this “change” of government, the community of “6 de Octubre” had lived in peace and harmony with the surrounding communities, without frictions or problems.

Since the beginning of the problem, the Local Autonomous Government (GAL) of “6 de Octubre” and the Assembly of Collectives of Autonomous Zapatista Governments (ACEGAZ) of the Caracol of Jerusalén have insisted on dialogue and agreements with the communal authorities of Palestina, but all has been in vain. Those authorities of Palestina claim that they have the support of the municipal authorities of Ocosingo and the Government of the State of Chiapas (PVEM and MORENA respectively), and have been informed by those governments that they will grant the aggressors property papers for the stolen lands.

The residents of Palestina themselves say that there is pressure by the so-called organized crime to evict our compañeras and compañeros, and that there is an agreement between the organized crime and the various levels of government to “legalize” the dispossession.

The threats have been worsening to include the presence of people from Palestina with assault weapons, threating to rape women, burning houses, and stealing belongings, harvests, and animals.

The harassment is unceasing. The Caracol of Jerusalén was one of the locations considered for the celebration of the Encounters of Resistance and Rebellion 2024–2025.

Since we must remain attentive to the deterioration of this serious situation, we will suspend all communication and information about those encounters and will consider cancelling them, since there would be no security for the attendees anywhere in Chiapas.

This is the reality of the “continuity with change” in gad governments.

That is all.

For the Clandestine Revolutionary Committee–General Command of the
Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
Subcomandante Insurgente Moisés.
Mexico, October 2024.