Civil organizations, collectives, and human rights defenders participating in the Caravan documenting the San Cristobal de Las Casas-Palenque highway project denounced an increase in threats and acts of intimidation against residents of communities in Chilon who oppose the highway’s construction. In a statement released on June 16th, they indicated that in recent weeks there have

@La Jornada On June 12th, 2026, the Fray Bartolome de Las Casas Center for Human Rights (Frayba) published a bulletin on the increase in violence and attacks against indigenous communities members of the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) in the states of Guerrero, Michoacan and Chiapas. According to Frayba, these communities face an increasingly serious situation

@Proceso On June 12th, 2026, Harold “N” was arrested, more than a year after the attack on Marco Antonio Suastegui, a renowned Indigenous land and environmental defender from Guerrero. Human rights organizations considered this a victory in the fight against impunity. Marco Antonio Suastegui was the spokesperson for the Council of Ejidos and Communities Opposed

@Diario On June 10th, families of missing persons and search collectives took to the streets of Mexico City in a March for the Disappeared to raise awareness of the persistent crisis of disappearances in the country. With the slogan “Mexico, Champion… in Disappearances,” the participants denounced the contradiction between public celebrations surrounding sporting events and