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  • National: “Inventory of the Militarized’’ Documents that AMLO’s Government Has Most Militarized Mexico
    by SIPAZ on 07/05/2024 at 01:34

    According to the National Inventory of the Militarized, a database coordinated by the Drug Policy Program (PPD), Mexico United Against Crime (MUCD) and Intersect, between 2006 and 2023, the three levels of government have transferred civilian functions and budgets to the armed forces on at least 291 occasions. This was achieved through two constitutional reforms,

  • Chiapas: PT Candidate, Gutierrez Vazquez, Kidnapped in Frontera Comalapa
    by SIPAZ on 30/04/2024 at 03:21

    @La Jornada On April 27th, three days before the start of the municipal campaigns in Chiapas, Rey David Gutierrez Vazquez, PT candidate for mayor of Frontera Comalapa, was kidnapped in front of his family. A commando of armed men broke into his house around 11:00 p.m. ‘’Amigo Rey”, as he is known, had previously received

  • Chiapas: March for Peace and Security in San Cristobal de Las Casas
    by SIPAZ on 29/04/2024 at 02:15

    @SIPAZ On April 24th, more than 300 people marched for peace and security in San Cristobal de Las Casas. This march was called after an eleven-year-old boy was kidnapped a few days before. Although the minor was rescued safe and sound by state police the night before the march, it was decided to go ahead

  • Chiapas: “The State Should Measure and Address Violence in Chiapas”
    by SIPAZ on 27/04/2024 at 05:29

    On April 24th, the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Center for Human Rights (Frayba) published a statement titled “The State must Measure and Address Violence in Chiapas,” responding to the accusations of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) who accused said center of “magnifying” the violence in Chiapas in his press conference on April 21st.

SIPAZ Report Vol XXVIII Nº 4 – December 2023

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16/12/2023

LATEST: Human Rights – Pending agenda for candidates for the 2024 elections

In September, the National Peace Dialogue was held in Puebla, after talks and Justice and Security Forums were held in the states in which more than 18 thousand people participated in the last ten months.
16/12/2023

FOCUS: Arbitrary detentions; a frequent practice, pain and injustice in Mexico

According to various reports from Mexican and international human rights organizations, arbitrary detentions are a recurring practice in Mexico. This phenomenon involves the arrest of individuals without valid justification or illegally,

Important Dates

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Peace Process, War Process

Brief history of the conflict in Chiapas

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