FOCUS: “Chiapas, Pending Peace”

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SIPAZ Report Vol XXXI Nº 2 – June 2026
abuses of authority, arbitrary detentions, army, border region, civil organizations, clandestine graves, collective memory, community resistance, criminal threats, enforced disappearances, excessive use of force, extortion, extractive economies, forced displacement, forced recruitment, human rights, humanitarian aid, impunity, migration, national guard, organized crime, pacification, peacebuilding, public security, restrictions on movement, search collectives, security forces, social control, social fabric, structural impunity, territorial control, underreporting of crimes, victims' families, violence crisis
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Presentation of the GTRF report, San Cristóbal de las Casas, May 2026 © SIPAZ
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FOCUS: “Chiapas, Pending Peace”

On May 30th, the “Border Region Working Group” (GTRF), a network of civil society organizations of which SIPAZ is a member, publicly presented the report “Chiapas, Pending Peace,” an analysis of the situation of violence and human rights in the Sierra Frontera region of Chiapas during 2025.
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Mobilization for the release of José Diaz, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, November 2023 © SIPAZ
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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,
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