Zapatista groups march on Mexico City to demand end to wave of violence

Record ID: 1729216

  • Title: Zapatista groups march on Mexico City to demand end to wave of violence
  • Date: 9th June 2023
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JUNE 8, 2023) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS HOLDING LARGE MEXICAN FLAG THAT READS (Spanish): ‘STOP WAR AGAINST EZLN (ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY)’ INDIGENOUS PROTESTER WEARING BANDANA CHANTING (Spanish): ‘YES, ONCE MORE WE ARE OUT HERE’ INDIGENOUS CHILDREN MARCHING WITH THEIR FISTS UP HOLDING HEART WITH ACRONYM ‘EZLN’ ON IT PROTESTERS MARCHING PROTESTERS’ FEET PROTESTER WITH RED BANDANA CHANTING (Spanish): ‘FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT. DON’T STOP FIGHTING’ PROTESTERS MARCHING HOLDING BANNERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SOCIOLOGIST, PROTESTER, RAUL ROMERO, SAYING: “We are asking for attacks from paramilitary groups to stop. We are talking about groups that are permitted, financed or armed by the Mexican Army that attack Zapatista communities. Right now they are also teaming up with organized crime groups that are holding Chiapas on the brink of a civil war.” VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS MARCHING VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS YELLING (Spanish): ‘PARAMILITARY GET OUT OF CHIAPAS!’ (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PROTESTER, DIEGO GARCIA, SAYING: “We make an urgent call to the federal government because they're the only one able to stop the paramilitary attacks, (they're responsible for) the growth of organized crime and the war against the autonomy of the Zapatista indigenous communities and people in this country.” PICTURES OF MEXICO’S LAST SEVEN PRESIDENTS PASTED ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOP WITH GRAFFITI READING (Spanish): ‘4T (name given to current government) IS A CONTINUITY OF THE NEOLIBERALS’ EZLN (ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION) GRAFFITI ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOP INDIGENOUS PROTESTERS MARCHING VARIOUS OF PROTEST
  • Embargoed: 23rd June 2023 02:08
  • Keywords: Chiapas EZLN Mexico Protest Zapatista indigenous narco paramilitary violence
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: South America / Central America,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001862708062023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of members of Zapatista communities and their supporters marched in Mexico City on Thursday (June 8) to demand the government do more to stop a wave of violence affecting their indigenous region.
    These protesters are demanding an end to violence they say is being waged against the Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN, who are an armed group fighting for indigenous rights in Chiapas.
    Zapatista communities say the group is coming under attack from paramilitary groups in the state
    "We are asking for attacks from paramilitary groups to stop... Right now they are also teaming up with organized crime groups that are holding Chiapas on the brink of a civil war," protester and sociologist Raul Romero said.
    Violence in Chiapas from turf wars between paramilitary groups, cartels and local self-defense groups is happening with ‘active or passive complicity’ from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Chiapas governor Rutilio Escandon, a statement from the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) read.
    The statement, signed by people such as Noah Chomsky and Mexican actor Diego Luna, also denounces the serious health situation of a Zapatista member following an attack by a paramilitary group justice and demands justice.
    (Production: Alberto Fajardo, Nina Lopez)
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