Nuevo intento de despojo al ejido Tila en Chiapas por parte de autoridades del Ayuntamiento
This January 15, representatives from Ejido Tila in northern Chiapas denounced yet another attempt at dispossession by municipal authorities. On January 20, the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Human Rights Center published a communiqué denouncing a maneuver by the authorities to legalize the dispossession by means of a supposed citizen consultation (read the communiqué in Spanish below).
We spoke with Araceli Olivos Portugal, a lawyer from the Human Rights Center, who explained the situation.
(Descarga aquí)Click here to read the denunciation by Ejido Tila authorities (Spanish).
Read below the communiqué by the Miguel Agustín Pro Human Rights Center:
Michoacán: a fight to death for life (documentary)
Rompeviento Internet TV presents the special report “Michoacán: a fight to death for life.” Members of Michoacán’s self-defense groups explain in an interview the reason they arose, the movement’s fruits, the security crisis, and the void of authority in the state, as well as future scenarios. WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.