Oaxaca
Report from the First Civil Observation Mission in Eloxochitlán, Oaxaca, identifies crimes against humanity, ethnocide, and ecocide committed against the community
Presented on Saturday, November 29 to the community of Eloxochitlán in Spanish and Enna (the Mazatec language). The report is the result of the Observation Mission carried out in July of this year by an interdisciplinary group.
It concludes that the community is the victim of crimes against humanity which, being systematic and prolonged for a decade, constitute a case of ethnocide aimed at destroying the forms of organization and life of this Mazatec community. The ethnocide of the community of Eloxochitlán seeks to undermine community resistance to extractivist activities that have caused the ecocide of the Xangá Ndá Ge River and the destruction of the community’s right to self-determination:
– In this regard, arbitrary detentions, prolonged pre-trial imprisonment, political criminalization, forced displacement and ethnocide, as well as gender-based violence, were detected.
– Regarding the plundering of the Xangá Ndá Ge River, hydrological alterations, contaminating agents, and desiccation were identified, in addition to damage to flora and fauna.
This compilation of documentation seeks to be taken to international bodies, as it argues that there are no legal conditions in place to guarantee the protection of the community’s rights. Acts of aggression, political persecution and criminalization have resulted in 50 direct victims and at least 500 indirect ones.
The documentation collected identifies governors, agency heads, and magistrates as responsible actors, who—with the backing and complicity of the State—have contributed to the denial of justice, persecution, and fabrication of case files.
Likewise, it states that the Huautla Court bears the greatest responsibility by allowing omissions and practices that favor local strongmen, as it has rejected acts of torture substantiated under the Istanbul Protocol, obstructed legal processes, criminalized community authorities, carried out arbitrary detentions, and manipulated testimonies.
Through a timeline of events, the report describes the process of aggression the Mazatec community has endured, including military intervention, intimidation, torture, dispossession, home raids, threats, and abuses of authority. Many of these forms of violence predate 2014, as multiple formal complaints had been filed since 2011, none of which advanced due to omissions by the Huautla court.
In recent weeks, Oaxaca governor Salomón Jara has labeled Eloxochitlán a “red zone,” attempting to portray it as a violent community—a smear strategy taking advantage of his authority and media reach to support the strongman Manuel Cepeda in the municipal elections of November 23, where he received the second-highest number of votes.
The presentation also served as a space for community reflection, where a message was directed at those who continue to push the narrative of “a conflict between two families,” a simplification of the severe attacks carried out in complicity with the three levels of government. They responded that Eloxochitlán is made up of many families with different surnames, a small town where it is common to share last names.
Many women, as shown in the Radio Zapote broadcast that day, stated their last names. Those who spoke were mothers, wives, and sisters of former political prisoners and persecuted individuals since 2014, who had to leave their homes to dedicate themselves to the struggle for their relatives’ freedom—working the land those relatives once worked to feed their children, sleeping on the streets during sit-ins such as the one maintained for over two years outside the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico City, while waiting for the justices to take up the case.
The report concludes that, given the incompetence of the Mexican justice system in guaranteeing minimum conditions of safety, justice, and respect for the human rights of the persecuted community of Eloxochitlán, the case must be brought before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and calls for precautionary measures for all persons at risk, as well as specific protective measures for indirect victims.
The preparation of this report marks an important precedent in the forms of resistance against State injustices and violations toward Indigenous peoples. The Mazatec women comrades are an example of how to confront impunity and criminalization; their struggle for freedom has been arduous and is not yet over.
As they have done in recent years, the Mazatec women for freedom again extend their invitation to the “Internationalist Faena to End Criminalization,” which will take place from December 3 to 4, 2025, in Mexico City in front of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and on December 3, 4, and 5 outside UN Women at Calzada General Mariano Escobedo 526, Anzures neighborhood, Miguel Hidalgo.





Noticias de abajo – 2 de diciembre 2025
PALESTINA: 29 de noviembre, Dia internacional de solidaridad con Palestina. Una fecha marcada por la memoria, la resistencia y la solidaridad internacional.
EUA y MEX: 9 de diciembre Jornada de movilizaciones en el aniversario de la prisión politica de Mumia Abu Jamal y Actividades en memoria de Carolina Saldaña. Amigos de Mumia.
MÉXICO OAXACA-CDMX: Informe de la Comisión Civil de Observación a Eloxochitlan y Faena Internacionalista frente a la Corte para demandar el fin de la represión y hostigamiento contra el pueblo mazateco por parte del cacicazgo local de la región. https://www.facebook.com/asambleacomunelox.floresmagon
PUEBLA AUTONOMÍA: Concluye primer ciclo el Centro de formación para la Autonomía Teocentli. Organizaciones, comunidades se reunierón este 29 de noviembre en las instalaciones del colectivo MAIZ para finalizar el proceso de auto formación que tuvo la escuelita de la autonomia Teocentli. Fuente: Laboratorio Popular de Medios Libres
PUEBLA, XOSTLA: Extractivismo del agua en Puebla pone en alerta nuevamente a los pueblos Cholutecas. Entrevista con Alejandro Chocolatl del Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra sobre el conflicto hídrico en la región. Noticias de abajo.
CHIAPAS: Convocatoria Zapatista a Semillero en CIDECI y a celebrar el aniversario de su rebelión. Enlace Zapatista
JALISCO: PRONUNCIAMIENTO DEL CONGRESO NACIONAL INDÍGENA ANTE EL ASESINATO DEL COMPAÑERO MARCOS AGUILAR ROJAS COMUNIDAD INDÍGENA DE SAN LORENZO DE AZQUELTÁN
Fuente: Congreso Nacional Indígena, Radio Zapatista





