The aim of this chronology is not to cover the complete history of Oaxaca, but rather to explain key elements in order to provide an understanding of recent events.

16/01/2014

2013

14 January: the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Northern Zone of the Tehuantepec Isthmus (UCIZONI) denounces the constant death-threats directed against Juan Carlos Beas Torres. […]
25/01/2013

2012

13 January: the state congress of Oaxaca unanimously approves the Law for the Defense of the Human Rights of the People of Oaxaca. 18 January: at […]
03/01/2012

2011

11 January: Alba Cruz, lawyer and human-rights defender in Oaxaca, receives an intimidating text-message to her cellular phone. The message was sent from the same number […]
03/01/2011

2010

13 January: Members of the mediation commission between the Revolutionary Popular Army (EPR) and the federal government decide to reactivate and enlarge the commission in an […]
04/01/2010

2009

10 January: Ruben Valencia Nuñez, member of Oaxacan Voices Building Autonomy and Liberty (VOCAL), part of the APPO, is the subject of an attempted assassination in […]
02/01/2009

2008

30 January: Rosalino Díaz Barrera, a campesino from San Blas Atempa is kidnapped by a group of municipal police in a patrol vehicle. The next day […]
02/01/2008

2007

1 January: Twenty communities in the indigenous Triqui region come together to form the autonomous municipality of San Juan Copala, which they will govern under the […]
02/01/2007

2006

June 14: A sit-in by Section 22 of the SNTE which had occupied the historic centre of Oaxaca City since May 22 is violently repressed, leaving […]
02/01/2006

2005

1 January: The population of the town of San Blas expel the official authorities and their leader, Agustina Acevedo Gutiérrez, from the town council and found […]
03/01/2005

2004

18 March: A group of unknown assailants shoot at Governor José Murat, who is slightly injured. Expert tests indicate that the Governor of Oaxaca could in […]
02/01/2004

2003

25 January: The Agrarian Forum Against Repression and Para-militarism is founded in the city of Tuxtepec, with more than forty social, indigenous and independent organizations and […]
02/01/2003

2002

1 January: Members of the CROCUT assault 46 members of the Consejo Indígena Popular Ricardo Flores Magón (CIPO-RFM) from the communities of Santiago Yagallo, San Isidro […]