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  • Chiapas: Book ‘’Totik Marcelo, Prophet and Martyr for Peace’’ Launched
    by SIPAZ on 29/04/2025 at 18:55

    @Quadratin On April 28th, 2025, six months after the murder of the Tsotsil priest Marcelo Perez Perez, the book “Totik Marcelo, Prophet and Martyr for Peace” was launched by Jose Elias Hernandez. The book contains words from civil and clerical figures, organizations, journalists, universities, and even Pope Francis himself. Marcelo Perez Perez’s family members were

  • Oaxaca: After Six Months Searching, Sandra Dominguez and Husband Found Dead
    by SIPAZ on 29/04/2025 at 18:45

    @PostaMx On April 28th, the Oaxaca State Attorney General’s Office reported that on Thursday, April 24th, the bodies of Mixe Indigenous activist and lawyer Sandra Estefana Dominguez Martinez and her husband, Alexander Hernandez Hernandez, were found in two clandestine graves in Santiago Sochiapan, Veracruz. They had been missing since October 8th, 2024, shortly after Sandra

  • National: CEMDA Presents New Report on Human Environmental Rights Defenders
    by SIPAZ on 29/04/2025 at 18:33

    On April 24th, the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) presented its eleventh Report on the Situation of Individuals and Communities Defending Environmental Human Rights in Mexico. It reported that 25 environmental and territorial defenders were murdered in the country during 2024, a 20% increase compared to the previous year. CEMDA’s report highlights that other

  • Chiapas: Ten Femicides this Year. Collectives Protest against Increase in Gender Violence
    by SIPAZ on 28/04/2025 at 20:58

    Two new femicides were committed on April 25th in the municipalities of Berriozabal and Bochil, where the bodies of the victims, Maricruz and Esmeralda, were found, the feminist collective 50 plus 1 reported. It added that these two new cases bring the number of femicides recorded in Chiapas so far this year to ten; and

SIPAZ Report Vol XXIX NÂș 4 – December 2024

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21/12/2024

LATEST: “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States” 


The elections in the United States revive the saying: “Poor Mexico, so far from God, so close to the United States.” The elected candidate, Donald Trump, has declared that he will impose a 25% tariff war against Mexico if Claudia Sheinbaum’s government fails to contain the flow of migrants and fentanyl trafficking across the 3,000 kilometers of border that both countries share.
21/12/2024

FOCUS: Violence against Children and Adolescents in Mexico. The Case of Chiapas

In recent years, due to its geographical location connecting the north with the south of the American continent, Chiapas has become a territory disputed by different criminal groups, which has led to an alarming increase in violence in the state to which the entire population is vulnerable.
21/12/2024

ARTICLE: Seeds of Struggle. Legacies of Hope and Justice

November 2023 marked a significant moment for the Diocese of San Cristobal, celebrating 100 years since the birth of Samuel Ruiz Garcia, a bishop who dedicated his life to defending the rights of indigenous peoples and who, to this day, is fondly remembered as jTatik Samuel. His legacy lives on, reminding us of the importance of social justice and human dignity.

Important Dates

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Peace Process, War Process

Brief history of the conflict in Chiapas

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